On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 23:05:54 GMT, "Bernadette"
wrote:

Uggg Ive had 2 of those polka dot plants...they get all spindly.. and then i
TRIED TO PUT THEM IN DIFFERENT PLACES TO NO AVAIL, the leaves got lighter
and lighter and fell off. I even gave it food.

doesn anyone else have polka dots?

I'm in Southern California, Zone 9, minimal frost. Hypoestes goes
perennial here. When the tops get leggy and drop their leaves, I cut
them to the ground. They come right back.

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Chris Green