Not the plant you're looking for? Search over 300,000 plants
Conservatory GreenhouseShrubs

Acalypha wilkesiana 'Hoffmannii'

Jacob's coat 'Hoffmannii'

'Hoffmannii' is an evergreen shrub to 2m, with narrow, rather contorted coppery-green leaves margined with pink or cream lobes, and drooping racemes of tiny greenish flowers, often hidden among the foliage

Size
Ultimate height
1.5–2.5 metres
Time to ultimate height
10–20 years
Ultimate spread
1–1.5 metres
Growing conditions
Chalk
Clay
Sand
Moisture
Moist but well–drained
pH
Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Colour & scent
StemFlowerFoliageFruit
Spring Green Bronze Cream Green Pink
Summer Green Bronze Cream Green Pink
Autumn Green Bronze Cream Green Pink
Winter Bronze Cream Green Pink
Position
  • Full sun
  • Partial shade
Aspect

South–facing or East–facing

Exposure
Sheltered
Hardiness
H1B
Botanical details
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Native to the UK
No
Foliage
Evergreen
Habit
Bushy
Genus

Acalypha can be evergreen shrubs or trees, or annuals, with simple leaves and catkin-like racemes of tiny flowers, brightly coloured in some species

Name status

Unresolved

How to grow

Cultivation

Grow under glass or indoors in a loam-less potting compost in full or filtered light. When in growth water freely and apply a balanced liquid fertiliser monthly. Water sparingly in winter, keeping barely moist. Can be grown outdoors in fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil in sun or part shade but only in warmer climes

Propagation

Propagate by softwood cuttings in early spring or semi-hardwood cuttings in late summer. Bottom heat will be required

Suggested planting locations and garden types
  • Low Maintenance
Pruning

Pruning group 11

Pests

May be susceptible to glasshouse whitefly, glasshouse red spider mite, mealybugs and scale insects

Diseases

Generally disease-free

Get involved

The Royal Horticultural Society is the UK’s leading gardening charity. We aim to enrich everyone’s life through plants, and make the UK a greener and more beautiful place.