Chinese money plant
Pilea peperomioides
RHS AGM 1993
USDA zones9 to 11
SunNeeds partial sun (4 to 6 hours)
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size12 inches tall12 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Bloom color
- Pink, white
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam
- Soil pH
- Acid, neutral, alkaline
Garden uses
Notes
Chinese money plant (Pilea peperomioides) is a houseplant for containers and low maintenance spaces. It grows outdoors year-round in USDA zone 9 and warmer, down to about 20°F (-7°C). In colder areas, grow it as a houseplant or bring it indoors for winter. This plant likes part sun and average to moist, sandy or loamy soil. It grows fast and forms a tidy, clumping mound of green leaves that stays evergreen.
Pairs well with Wood sorrel, Black bat flower, and Japanese forest grass.
Native range
Oceania.