Purple Toadflax
About Purple Toadflax
Purple Toadflax is a popular houseplant 🌿 that is easy to grow and needs regular watering to thrive. They do best in long-lasting, direct light ☀️ and should be less than 1 foot from a window.
Purple Toadflax likes soil that is well draining. Your plant shouldn't need added fertilizers if you repot each time it doubles in size.
Purple Toadflax belongs to the Linaria genus, and is native to Southeastern Europe.
Taxonomy
Linaria purpurea
Linaria
Plantaginaceae
Lamiales
How to care for Purple Toadflax
How often to water your Purple Toadflax
every 9
Purple Toadflax needs 0.5 cups of water every 9 when it doesn’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
Finding light for Purple Toadflax in your home
a window
Purple Toadflax love being close to bright, sunny windows 😎.
Place it less than 1ft from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
Purple Toadflax does not tolerate low-light 🚫.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Purple Toadflax in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Purple Toadflax
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 it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Purple Toadflax after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
Care Summary for Purple Toadflax
Purple Toadflax
Greg recommends:
Water
0.5 cups every 9 days
Placement
< 1ft from a window
Nutrients
Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.