jacob's coat
Acalypha wilkesiana
RHS AGM 2012
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Bloom color
- Reddish-pink
- Foliage color
- Brown/copper, gold/yellow, green, orange, pink, purple/lavender, red/burgundy, variegated, white
- Soil types
- Sand, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Notes
Jacob's coat (Acalypha wilkesiana) is a shrub for borders, containers, and specimen or accent planting. It grows outdoors year-round in USDA zone 10 and warmer, down to about 30°F (-1°C). In colder areas, grow it as a houseplant or bring it indoors for winter. This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, sandy, clay, or chalky soil. The evergreen leaves come in copper, gold, green, orange, pink, purple, red, and variegated mixes. It grows 24 to 48 inches tall at a moderate pace.
Pairs well with Banana, Black-eyed Susan vine, Kahili ginger, and Citronella grass.
Native range
Middle East, Asia, Africa, Oceania, and 15 more places. See all 19
Middle East, Asia, Africa, Oceania, Andaman Is., Djibouti, Eritrea, Eswatini, Hainan, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Maldives, Maluku, Nansei-shoto, Nicobar Is., Northern Provinces, Socotra, and Sumatera.