ACALYPHA YELLOW

DESCRIPTION: A fast-growing tropical evergreen shrub native to Fiji and neighboring South
Pacific islands.  It has 4 to 8-inch heart-shaped leaves that come in a variety of mottled color
combinations of green, purple, yellow, orange, copper, crimson, pink, or white. Requires
consistently moist, well-drained soil or leaf drop will occur.  Great accent in containers, most
commonly grown as a houseplant or in a hanging basket or patio container that can be brought
indoors over the winter.  Separate male and female flowers appear on the same plant, male
spikes long and hanging with female spikes short.