Chameleon
Houttuynia cordata. SAURURACEAE.
Planting and Growing Chameleon
You’ll find everything you need to know to plant and grow chameleon in the accompanying table’s tabs:
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- Flowers, foliage, and root structure of chameleon
- Plant hardiness and growing conditions for chameleon
- Season of bloom and planting time for chameleon
- When, how deep, and where to plant chameleon
- How to plant chameleon
- Watering, fertilizing, care, and pests or diseases of chameleon
- Landscape and container uses of chameleon
- Comments about chameleon and its features
Growing Chameleon
Several cultivars of low, spreading, stoloniferous, rhizomatous, deciduous perennial herbs, 1–2 ft. (30–60 cm) tall. Shiny, gold, green, purple, red, white, variegated, spotted, or fringed, ivylike, heart-shaped, pointed, fragrant leaves, 2–3 in. (50–75 mm) long, on red leaf stalks, often in circular rosettes.
Planting and Care Guide
Blooms
Insignificant cream, white, dogwoodlike, bractlike-petaled pseudoflowers, to 1/2-in. (12-mm) wide, surround tiny yellow flowers, forming clusters, to 2 in. (50 mm) wide, in summer.
Best Climates
Hardy. Plant as annual, zones 3–5; ground hardy, zones 6–10.
Soil Type and Fertility
Moist, well-drained, sandy soil or, in water features, shallow-depth marginal sites. Fertility: Average. 6.0–8.0 pH.
Where and How to Plant
Spring in partial to full shade, 1–3 ft. (30–90 cm) apart, or submerged 2–4 in. (50–100 mm).
Proper Care
Very easy. Keep evenly moist. Fertilize annually in spring. Propagate by cuttings, division, offsets, seed.
About This Plant
Good choice for borders, containers, ground covers in shade, woodland gardens and water feature margins. Invasive. Pest and disease resistant.