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**Rainbow Kathgolap** • **Beauty:** The plant brings a touch of unique and regal beauty to the garden with its mesmerizing flowers of multiple colors. • **Utility:** Very suitable for garden, balcony, landscape and decorative decoration. • **Features:** It is one of the favorite plants of plant lovers due to attractive color variety, sweet fragrance and long flowering period.

**Watering:** Keep soil consistently moist but not soggy. Allow the top inch to dry before watering thoroughly. **Lighting:** Prefers bright indirect light, but can tolerate partial shade if blooming is reduced. **Pruning:** Deadhead spent blooms regularly to encourage continuous flowering and maintain a bushy shape.

### Potting & Planting Instructions for Rainbow Kathgolap 1. **Container Selection**: Choose a terracotta, ceramic, or nursery pot with generous drainage holes at the base. 2. **Soil Mix Recipe**: Use Well-draining garden soil enriched with 30% organic vermicompost. Adding a layer of coarse gravel or leca at the bottom enhances oxygenation. 3. **Planting Depth**: Position the plant at the exact same root collar depth as in its nursery container. Avoid burying stems too deep. 4. **Initial Settling**: After potting, water thoroughly until water drains freely, then place in bright indirect light for 3–5 days to acclimatize before moving to full sun.

Harvest mature stems/leaves as needed using clean sterilized pruning shears.

Pairs wonderfully with drought-tolerant companion plants and complementary flowering plants varieties.

Origin Country

Tropical & Subtropical regions

Climate Zone

Tropical / Subtropical (Hardiness 9–11)

Alternative Names

Rainbow Kathgolap

Plant Age

1–2 years established nursery sapling

Pot Size

Minimum 10-inch diameter pot for mature plants

Mature Height

2–5 ft

Mature Width

2–4 ft

Growth Rate

Moderate

Soil Mix

Well-draining garden soil enriched with 30% organic vermicompost

Germination

10–20 days

Blooming Season

Spring to Summer

Fruiting Season

Late Summer to Autumn

Flower Color

Species standard

Fruit Color

N/A (Ornamental)

Yield / Year

Continuous seasonal flowering and vigorous foliage

Lifespan

Perennial (10+ years)

Rootstock

Own-root seedling / Air-layered root system

Toxicity Info

Non-toxic and pet safe when grown in organic garden conditions.