8 Purple Fuzzy Plant names and pictures | update 2023

Here you can find the names and images of Purple Fuzzy Plants with pro tips for growing them.

Fuzzy purple house plants are very popular among indoor gardeners they are strange and wealthy appearances. Most people after spotting one of them, like to add it to their living space, but what are their names?

In this article, you will get familiar with the names and pictures of 8 purple fuzzy plants. The colour of the fuzzy purple house plant is usually variegated in various lighting conditions. Hence you usually them as a green and purple fuzzy plant. Some of them are very easy growing and others need an experienced gardener. Therefore, I tried to provide you with points about their requirements.

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What plant has purple fuzzy leaves?

Here, you can see the 8 fuzzy purple house plant names and pictures.

Purple Passion Vine

Other common names:  velvet plant or purple velvet plant

Scientific name: Gynura aurantiaca

Gynura aurantiaca has fuzzy purple and green leaves with small yellow flowers. Indeed, the leaves are dark green that are covered by purple hairs. The color of the leaves is influenced by the amount of sunlight. Purple passion (velvet) plant is one of the easy caring indoor plants.

Below, you can see its important caring tips.

Requirements	Caring tips
light	bright indirect light
watering	The best time for watering is everywhen the several inches of topsoil dries out.
Temperature	Purple passion is a tropical plant, hence it cannot tolerant temperatures below the 59°F (15 °C)
Humidity	Although purple passion can grow in low humidity conditions it has the best growing in moderate to high humidity levels.
Soil	The ideal soil for the velvet plant is moist, rich soil with good drainage. The acidity of soil should be between 6.1–6.5 pH
Fertilizer	Use a balanced fertilizer ratio such as 10-10-10 or 20-20-20 during the growing season.
Propagation	Stem cutting

 

 

Baby Bunny Bellies

Scientific name: Tradescantia chrysophylla

Baby Bunny Bellies is a popular hanging plant with green and purple fuzzy leaves and eye-catching tiny white flowers. It can be an idea to choose for your office because Baby Bunny Bellies is a very easy-caring indoor plant.

In the following, you can find out the important caring tips for this beautiful houseplant.

Requirements	Caring tips
light	Tradescantia chrysophylla needs a bright indirect light
watering	In the growing season, you should water it when the one inch of topsoil dries out.
Temperature	62-85F (17-30 C)
Humidity	It needs moderate to high humidity levels. So, you should put its pot in a shallow saucer full of water and pebbles.
Soil	It needs good drainage soil that contains organic matter.
Fertilizer	You should fertilize it with a balanced, liquid fertilizer once a month during the growth season.
Propagation	Stem cutting

 

Fuzzy Wandering Jew Plant

Scientific name:  Tradescantia pallida ‘Purple Fuzzy’

One of the easy-growing indoor and outdoor vine plants. The color of the fuzzy leaves is green and purple depending on the lighting conditions. You may see between the leaves their gorgeous white, pink, or purple tiny flowers.

Requirements	Caring tips
light	Tradescantia pallida ‘Purple Fuzzy’ needs a lot of bright indirect light to maintain its color.
watering	They love the moist but not (soaking and soggy) soils. This plant cannot tolerate dried soils, although don’t like sitting its roots in water.
Temperature	They can easily tolerate 50-80°F (10-27°C)
Humidity	Fuzzy Wandering Jew Plant loves the high humidity levels.
Soil	They thrive in a regular (standard) house plant potting soil.
Fertilizer	You should fertilize it once a month with organic fertilizers. They may be sensitive to some chemical fertilizers.
Propagation	Stem cutting

 

Iron-Cross Begonia

Scientific name: Begonia masoniana

It is a kind of begonia with green fuzzy leaves and purple to maroon patterns on it. in the following, you can see the important tips that help you to have a healthy Iron-cross begonia.

Requirements	Caring tips
light	They love shade to medium indirect sunlight
watering	They hate over-watering and much water. In summer, weekly watering is enough.
Temperature	They can grow at 24 – 28 degrees Celsius
Humidity	They love humid conditions with 70 – 90 % humidity.
Soil	They thrive in a normal potting mix with a low PH.
Fertilizer	You should fertilize it once a month only during the growing season.
Propagation	leaf cuttings.

 

Begonia Baik

Scientific name: Begonia baik

It is a rare colorful houseplant with fuzzy leaves. Begonia baik is not an easy-growing indoor plant, hence caring for it is not easy for new gardeners.

Requirements	Caring tips
light	Tradescantia pallida ‘Purple Fuzzy’ needs a lot of bright indirect light to maintain its color.
watering	They love the moist but not (soaking and soggy) soils. This plant cannot tolerate dried soils, although don’t like sitting its roots in water.
Temperature	They can easily tolerate 50-80°F (10-27°C)
Humidity	Fuzzy Wandering Jew Plant loves the high humidity levels.
Soil	They thrive in a regular (standard) house plant potting soil.
Fertilizer	You should fertilize it once a month with organic fertilizers. They may be sensitive to some chemical fertilizers.
Propagation	Stem cutting

 

Purple Sage

Scientific name:  Salvia officinalis ‘Purpurea’

Although you may grow Purple Sage indoors, it is a perfect fuzzy purple plant for growing outdoors and you can add them to your landscape design. Salvia officinalis ‘Purpurea’ is an easy-growing plant too.

Requirements	Caring tips
light	Salvia officinalis ‘Purpurea’ love the full sun condition however it can tolerate shade area too.
watering	They love regular watering although hate over-watering and prefer to thrive in dry to medium moisture.
Temperature	In winter, they can tolerate -15 C.
Humidity	Purple Sage can tolerate drought environments too.
Soil	They thrive in well-drained soil.
Fertilizer	They don’t need fertilizing and adding a little compost will be good for their healthy thrive.
Propagation	Stem cutting

 

Columnea purpureovittata

Columnea purpureovittata is a hairy fuzzy purple house plant with leaves that are green on the upper surface and purple on the underneath. This wonderful plant has long trampoline-shaped yellow flowers with deep purple lines. Growing this plant is difficult.

Requirements	Caring tips
light	Columnea purpureovittata likes to grow semi-shaded in light areas.
watering	You should water them regularly but this plant hates its roots to sit in water. However, this plant likes moist (not soaked) soils.
Temperature	They like to 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
Humidity	This plant like quite high humidity.
Soil	They like to have well-drained soils with peat moss and perlite.
Fertilizer	You should fertilize it regularly.
Propagation	Stem cutting

 

Jersey Pigmyweed

Scientific name: Crassula pubescens subsp. Rattrayi

Jersey Pigmyweed is a fuzzy purple houseplant that can thrive outdoors too. In the following, you can read their caring conditions.

Requirements	Caring tips
light	Jersey Pigmyweed must be planted in full to partial-sun areas.
watering	This succulent needs a small watering and you should avoid over-watering.
Temperature	They are frost-resistant and tolerate to 23˚F (-5ºС).
Humidity	It is tolerated to heat and drought-tolerant and humid conditions and can be harmful.
Soil	They can thrive in a variety of soil types but have to be well-drained.
Fertilizer	You should fertilize it once a month with liquid succulent fertilizers.
Propagation	cuttings, leaves, offsets, or seeds.

Conclusion

Now, you got familiar with fuzzy purple houseplants including purple and green fuzzy plants that belong to Purple Passion Vine, Baby Bunny Bellies, Fuzzy Wandering Jew Plant, Iron-Cross Begonia, Begonia Baik, Begonia Baik, Purple Sage, Columnea purpureovittata, Jersey Pigmyweed.

Which one of them is your interest house plant? Which one have you ever grown in your house? Please share your experience with us.