Laurembergia repens
Care Guide
💧 Water
☀️ Light Partial sun
Redmat is native to habitats such as forest understories or rocky areas, where it grows in natural shade. It prefers partial sun but can also tolerate full sun or full shade, showing its adaptable and hardy nature.
🌡️ Temperature 15–37.8°C
Redmat comes from tropical areas, where the weather is generally warm and humid. Consequently, it is suited to elevated temperatures and moisture. The plant does not tolerate abrupt temperature shifts and favors a consistent thermal environment, so keeping indoor temperatures steady is important. It is generally sensitive to cold and needs warmer conditions to grow. If temperatures fall too far, growth can stop and the plant may even die.
💨 Humidity
🪴 Soil 6-7
🌱 Fertilizer
Fertilizing is essential for caring for Redmat. Regular feeding during the growing season maintains the energy required for its showy leaves and encourages overall growth. Failing to fertilize can lead to unhealthy foliage, reduced ornamental value, and stunted or weak growth that is prone to breaking.
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity
Characteristics
- Plant Type
- Shrub
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Hardiness Zone
- 8-11
- Mature Height
- 10 cm to 30 cm
- Mature Spread
- 30 cm to 61 cm
- Leaf Color
- Green, Dark Green
- Leaf Type
- Deciduous
- Flower Size
- 0.20 cm to 0.25 cm
- Bloom Time
- Late spring, Summer, Early fall
- Planting Time
- Spring, Summer
- Harvest Time
- Mid summer, Late summer, Fall