I think I will take a softwood cutting and grow another plant just to see what the flowers look like.
#ZIGZAG PLANT LEAVES FULL#
If I grew it in full sun and didn’t give it water when it was dry, it would most likely lose its leaves but it would probably show me those odd flowers on the ends of the stems by mid-summer. The zigzag plant, also known as Corokia Maori, is a minimalist plant with roots that reach back to the Maori tribes of New Zealand.
I water it when it dries out so it becomes a lovely, lush plant. My Devil/zigzag/slipper/bird plant spends summers out of doors in the shade of a porch.
The second thing I learned, I have been too good to my plant so it has never blossomed. First, this plant will bloom with red flowers resembling either a slipper or a bird, perhaps depending on how you squint at it. Well today, I saw tiny red flowers that looked like little red. This is an all-season plant, perfect for indoor growing conditions and outdoor sometimes care.Īfter a bit of research, I discovered two things. It has interesting zig-zag stems and the leaves colors give a nice accent to any garden spot. The rest of us can grow this unusual plant as a houseplant indoors and to add a tropical flair outdoors during the warm days of summer. It thrives in Southern California, Southern Florida, and Southern Texas. Sun and cold cause the leaves to turn pink. This is where the water is stored, as sap. The Devil’s Backbone and Zigzag names come from the zzz’s of the stems, which are quite fleshy. I see his garden when I look at this plant he shared with me.) (If you want to be remembered, share your plants. In its native habitat it can be found growing. Why “Japanese” when it comes from Central America is a mystery to me.Ī gardener friend gave me my Variegated Devil’s Backbone as a cutting, a friend who passed away two years ago. It surfaces from a corm that will feature crimped basal olive green leaves and showy zigzag red spikes of flowers. That also accounts for the Poinsettia in Japanese Poinsettia. I know my plant as Devil's Backbone ( Pedilanthus tithymaloides) a euphorbia, which is where the spurge part of Slipper Spurge comes from. Yet this plant is considered unusual in most of the U.S. Zigzag Plant, yes, but Slipper Spurge? There are still more names in the common vernacular for this plant found growing over much of Southern Florida. Talk about conjuring up very different images with common names.įor the life of me, I can’t quite figure out why this plant is also known as Japanese Poinsettia. On the other hand, Devil’s Backbone might give some gardeners pause.
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