Plant in full coastal sun to shade in a fairly well-drained soil and give regular to occasional irrigation. Not very frost tolerant so best in coastal or other winter warmer locations unless some protection is provided - reliably hardy to only short duration temperatures down to around 30° F. This is a nice ground cover, container plant or hanging basket specimen for near frost free gardens.

Plectranthus verticillatus is native to Knysna through KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo where it grows in woodlands and forest margins. The name Plectranthus verticillatus is often mistakenly used for the common hanging basket plant commonly called Swedish Ivy or Creeping Charlies, but this plant is actually Plectranthus oertendahlii. The name for the genus comes from the Greek words 'plektron' meaning a "spur" and 'anthos' meaning "flower" in reference to the spur that is found at the base of the corolla tube of the type species Plectranthus fruticosus. The specific epithet means "whorled' in reference to the inflorescence. Our plants originally from seed received in 1992 from the National Botanic Garden at Kirstenbosch, South Africa. 

This information about Plectranthus verticilatus displayed is based on research conducted in our horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We also will relate observations made about it as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we receive from others and we welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share any cultural information that would aid others in growing it.