Flowers best in part sun or light shade with regular watering. Can also tolerate coastal situations and clay soils. Cut back hard after blooming to keep plant dense and tidy.

Plectranthus ecklonii is native to the Eastern Cape region of South Africa where it grows in moist subtropical coastal and temperate forests and forest margins, often along the margins of streams. 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 honors the Danish naturalist Christian Friedrich Ecklon, who first visited South African in 1823 and developed an interest in the flora. He co-authored a catalogue of SA plants in 1835-7. We grow this nice plant, and the white form 'Alba' from 1996 until 2002 and every time we have seen it since wonder why we were are not still growing it – probably because it wants a little more water than we wanted to give it. 

The information displayed on this page about Plectranthus ecklonii is based on our research conducted about this plant from books in our nursery library as well as from information that is provided by reliable online resources. We also have included our own observations made about it as it grew in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers when we had them in our nursery field. We also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.