Can anyone identify this plant please

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  1. Odif

    Odif Young Pine

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    This is a non flowering indoor plant
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    It grows really well and will readilly root from cuttings, it likes water. It cascades out the pot and the branches always remount when they get near the floor The leaves are shiny about 10cm accross, and it is easilly broken.

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    Another picture, if the information is insufficient, ask me some questions so tha I can clarify.
     
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    carolyn Strong Ash

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    swedish ivy is what I know that as. plectranthus australis
     
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    purpleinopp Young Pine Plants Contributor

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    That must be a synonym of P. verticillatus:
    http://www.gardenstew.com/plantstew/565414

    Needs some direct sun to bloom. Where I am, blooming happens in late summer through fall. Pics of blooms in the database entry I linked.
     
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    Jerry Sullivan Garden Experimenter Plants Contributor

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    Looks like a Swedish Ivy, Plectranthus verticillatus. There may be more varieties. It is on the plants database.

    Jerry
     
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    Odif Young Pine

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    Thanks, I think you are right, our ones have never flowered though, we have always grown them indoors out of direct sunlight. I will try putting one in a sunnier place and see if it flowers
     
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    Odif Young Pine

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    Plectranthus australis has pink flowers according to google, it seems there are many varieties of Swedish ivy.
     
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    Kay Girl with Green Thumbs

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    Swedish Ivy and I just planted some today! Very nice, easy to grow plant!
     
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    Ron Butler New Seed

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    sometimes they will call it creeping charlie
     
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    Sjoerd Mighty Oak

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    We called it moneda, or planta del dinero, when we lived in Spain.
     
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