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Persian Shield
Strobilanthus, Persian Shield
Easy to grow and beautiful
Some coasters I'll have at Nucleus Portland for their annual coaster show SALUT9! You can check it out irl 6/2 or online the day after.
Went with a purple leaf theme this year! In order of appearance: Persian shield, watermelon coleus (aka premium sun coleus), calathea medallion, purple shamrock 💜
Here are even more pretty plants for your feed! 🌿💜
Beautiful Leaves Pt. 3, taken by me (2025).
Persian Shield.
A Quiet Little Seedling Plants
Chapter 11
Monstera
Persian Shield
Yellow Marigolds
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My houseplant spotlight this week is the first of the three houseplants I bought for my birthday: a Persian shield.
There's kind of a serendipitous story behind this-- we went to the Fancy Plant nursery, but I didn't want to overspend, and I told myself that I could only get stuff that was on my wishlist and wasn't too expensive. I had already picked out two plants that met that criteria, and we were walking through the outdoor plant section to look at some pots, when I spotted these.
During my arduous quest to find a cast-iron plant, I spent a lot of time on Etsy, looking at mail-order plants, and I had seen (and coveted) the Persian shield before, but ultimately decided I didn't want to mail-order plants unless I couldn't find them locally, and I kinda forgot about this one. The important thing was that when I saw it and recognized the name, I remembered that it could be easily grown indoors as a houseplant.
And my gosh, look at it! It's gorgeous! The color is almost iridescent, like dragon scales!
It's also huge-- that's an 8" pot. They like low light and lots of humidity. I read that they lose their bright color after a year or two, but you can easily propagate them from cuttings. Also it was five dollars and fifty cents. It's so big and beautiful and I love it so much. Happy Birthday to me.