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. 

Information displayed on this page about Plectranthus verticilatus is based on our research conducted about this plant in our nursery library as well as from information provided by reliable online resources. We also include our own observations made about it as it has grown in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers in our nursery field. We will 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.