Hello everyone. Welcome back to the podcast. Kevin from Epic Gardening.

Okay, we're talking about a really cool plant today. It's called the Persian Shield.

Already I'm a fan of it it's got an awesome name. Now if you're into

interesting looking plants, low maintenance, purple plants, ones that have nearly no

pest or disease issues and brighten up a room well consider the Persian

shield it's a tropical and it originates in Southeast Asia so that makes a

fantastic plant whether you're growing it indoors or out and the leaves have a sort of metallic

purple iridescent look to them when it's in full color.

Kind of like an oil slick. It sort of has that same feeling when you look at it.

It's an absolutely beautiful plant. So let's go ahead and learn how to grow this. I'm going to

absolutely butcher the Latin name, but you you know what let's give it a shot

strobelanthies diorianius diorianus strobylanthes diorianus strobilanthes diorianus

also known as Persian shield which I will be referring to it, as for the rest of the

podcast, it's also known as the Royal Purple Plant. There aren't really any other cultivar

variations with additional names as it's basically all the same plant.

It is native to Myanmar and it comes from Southeast Asia.

So they grow to about three to four feet tall two to three feet wide.

It's mostly known like I said for those brilliant purple flushed leaves,

but sometimes it will produce tiny flowers in the and temperature. It can handle full sun to partial shade but generally

speaking if you are any doubt at all I would give it slightly shadier conditions

rather than blasting it with full sun. They often grow in their natural environment under cover of trees. So

dappled sunlight is perfectly fine for this plant. If you live in a hot desert

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