Plant Care Colorado Rubberplant

Colorado Rubberplant

Also known as

Colorado rubberweed, Richardson's bitterweed, pingue, pingue hymenoxys, pingue rubberweed and Colorado bitterweed

Taxonomy

Hymenoxys richardsonii
Hymenoxys
Asteraceae
Asterales

How to care for Colorado Rubberplant

šŸ’¦ Water

How often to water your Colorado Rubberplant

Water needs for Colorado Rubberplant
0.5 cups
every 9

Colorado Rubberplant needs 0.5 cups of water every 9 when it doesnā€™t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.

Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.

Water 0.5 cups every
9

Does your plant get direct sunlight?

Select the pot size

5"
ā˜€ļø Light

Finding light for Colorado Rubberplant in your home

Light needs and placement for plant Colorado Rubberplant: 3ft from a window
3ft or less from
a window

Colorado Rubberplant may have difficulty thriving, and will drop leaves šŸƒ, without ample sunlight.

Place it less than 3 feet from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.

Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Colorado Rubberplant in your home šŸ”.

šŸŖ“ Nutrients

How to fertilize Colorado Rubberplant

Nutrient, fertilizer, and repotting needs for Colorado Rubberplant: repot after 2X growth

Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.

By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil itā€™s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.

To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Colorado Rubberplant after it doubles in size or once a yearā€”whichever comes first.

Care Summary for Colorado Rubberplant

Colorado Rubberplant


Greg recommends:

Water

0.5 cups every 9 days

Placement

< 3ft from a window

Nutrients

Repot after 2x growth

Based on the 4ā€ pot your plant is in, and that it doesnā€™t get direct sunlight.

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