Cast Iron Plant
It is an evergreen, perennial herbaceous, see how the Cast iron plant looks like in the garden and landscape.
Cast Iron Plant is suitable for growing in USDA hardiness zones: 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11a, 11b. Other winter zone scales for planting this plant are ANBG: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; RHS: H5, H4, H3, H2, H1c; PHZ: 9a.
Plant details
| Plant type | herbaceous, ornamental, as houseplant, containers | ||||||||
| Life cycle | perennial, evergreen | ||||||||
| Sun needs | shade, part shade | ||||||||
| Growth habit | upright, fountain shape | ||||||||
| Height at maturity | 45 sm - 60 sm | ||||||||
| Spread | 60 sm - 75 sm | ||||||||
| Spacing | 45 sm for mass plantings; 42" (1m) or more for space between plants | ||||||||
| Soil type | loamy, sandy, clay, silty | ||||||||
| Soil moist/drainage | well drained moist, dry | ||||||||
| Soil PH | 4.5 - 5.5 (very strongly acidic - moderately acidic) | ||||||||
| Water needs | low when established | ||||||||
| Maintenance / care | low | ||||||||
| Resistance to | deer, disease, drought, heat, insect, humidity, rabbit, dry soil, deep shade | ||||||||
| Gardens types | container, rock | ||||||||
Winter hardiness zones:
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Cast Iron Plant in the landscape and gardening
