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Malvaceae
Cuban-jute
Sida rhombifolia
Also known as Cuba jute, paka, aramina fiber, Diadesma rhombifolia
Tropical Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Cuban-Jute · Sida · Malvaceae · Tropical Shrub · Medicinal Herb · Perennial · Warm Climate · Wildlife Garden · Fiber Plant · Weedy
Cuban-jute is a tough, adaptable perennial shrub that thrives in warm climates with partial shade and moderate watering. It tolerates a range of soil types and requires minimal fertilization once established. Best suited for outdoor garden beds in USDA zones 9–11, where it can grow vigorously with little intervention.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, allowing the top inch of soil to dry between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Assam, Azores, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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