If you enjoy collecting unusual tropical ornamentals for your garden, here’s a real attention getter: the chenille plant, Acalypha hispida, known as felpilla in Spanish, a plant native to Malaysia ...

This morning in Savannah, the heat and humidity were simply staggering, but as I drove into the garden, there they were, two acalypha plants, the tropical troopers of the landscape. What I was looking ...

Acalypha wilkesiana ‘Java White’ originated from Java an island in Indonesia. Last week, I wrote about Acalypha Fire Dragon which is related to the Acalypha family. Acalypha Java White is a variegated ...

This past week in Savannah, the heat and humidity was simply staggering. But as I drove into the garden there were two acalypha plants, the tropical troopers of the landscape. What I was looking at ...