Purple Waffle 101: How to Care for Purple Waffles (2024)

FAQs

How do you revive a purple waffle? ›

Purple Waffle does not like its roots to be sitting in water. Your Purple Waffle loves to be misted, feel free to do this daily, especially in the winter when the air is very dry. Not only does misting provide humidity, it also keeps pests away.

Propagation Timeline

Cuttings begin their journey with a snip. Select a healthy stem, 4-6 inches long, and cut just above a node. For division, gently tease apart the root ball, ensuring each new plant has a good mix of roots and leaves.

How often to water your Purple Waffle Plant. Purple Waffle Plant needs 0.8 cups of water every 9 days when it doesn't get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5.0" pot.

Brown spots signal care issues like watering, light, or disease. 🌱 Check soil moisture before watering to prevent fungal infections. Transition to indirect light to avoid sunburnt leaves.

Purple waffle plant is a small, tender, herbaceous, tropical perennial in the Acanthaceae family that is grown for its colorful, textured foliage.

Thirsty Roots: The Underwatering Problem

Dry soil is the silent alarm for underwatering. When your Purple Waffle Plant 'Exotica' starts sporting yellow leaves, it's likely crying out for water.

The Purple Waffle Plant needs a very well draining soil, and prefer to have slightly dry conditions. Regular potting mix or potting mix with sand mixed in works well for plants potted in containers. Purple Waffle Plant likes to be root bound.

The purple waffle plant stands out from other houseplants due to its unique leaves. Puckered and rippling, they develop in a way to increase the surface area over each leaf surface. The underside of each waffle plant leaf is a vibrant purple color.

Soil or water methods: Plant in well-draining soil or submerge in water, avoid soggy conditions. Post-propagation care: Bright, indirect light and consistent temperature for thriving new plants.

How much light does a purple waffle plant need? ›

Grow purple waffle plant in medium to bright light indoors. If the plant doesn't get enough light, it may lose some of the rich purple coloring. If it gets too much direct sun as a houseplant, the leaves may bleach and show signs of sunburn. Water purple waffle plant enough to keep the soil moist, but not wet.

The purple waffle plant is a low-growing perennial (growing to a height of 6 in. -8 in.) and makes the ideal groundcover for indoor plants, such as Ficus trees and Ti plants.

Underwatering and overwatering can send your Purple Waffle Plant 'Exotica' into a tailspin of leaf curling. When underwatered, leaves curl inward, hoarding every last drop of moisture like a miser with gold. Overwatering, on the other hand, turns roots into waterlogged victims, with leaves that feel limp and lifeless.

It loves a daily misting, especially in the morning. If your Purple Waffle Plant is kept in dryer areas, we suggest supplementing humidity through the use of a pebble tray or humidifier.

Plants will spread as ground cover up to 8 inches and will grow up to 10 inches tall.