Hypoestes Splash Select Mix Seeds

Grow Hypoestes Splash Select Mix for bold, colourful spotted foliage in bright indoor pots, sheltered patios and warm partial-shade borders. This raw-seed Hypoestes phyllostachya product is a mixed selection from PanAmerican Seed's mounded, spreading Splash Select series.

Want a lively mix of polka dot foliage from seed? Follow our step-by-step Hypoestes Grow Guide for Splash Select Mix for shallow sowing, warm germination, transplanting, regional timing and ongoing care.

Quick Grow Facts

• Plant Type: Frost-tender tropical subshrub, usually grown as a warm-season annual outdoors or a short-lived houseplant.
• Scientific Name: Hypoestes phyllostachya; PanAmerican Seed Splash Select series mixed selection.
• Seed Form: Current live variants are raw seed. Sow as supplied and follow any lot-specific treatment warning on the packet you receive.
• Best Sowing Window: Start under warm protection from late winter into spring, or use the guide's regional window.
• Position: Bright filtered light, dappled shade or gentle morning sun; protect from harsh afternoon sun and frost.
• Sow Depth and Light: Surface press and apply only a fine 0–1 mm cover. Do not follow the current packet label's incorrect 3 cm depth. Light is optional during the first breeder stage.
• Germination Temperature: 21–24°C.
• Germination: Controlled breeder conditions can complete in 2–3 days; the current packet gives a practical 7–10-day home window.
• Method: Clean plug cells are recommended because the raw seed is very fine.
• Transplanting: About four to five weeks, when two or three pairs of true leaves and a holding root plug have formed.
• Spacing: 30–40 cm; 35 cm is a practical target.
• Growth Form: Mounded and spreading; about 25–46 cm high in the garden and 30–36 cm wide. Pot-grown plants can stay 10–15 cm high.
• Foliage Display: Plan about 10–12 weeks from sowing in warm, bright conditions.

Why Grow This Series

• Bold spotted foliage creates a varied colour display without relying on flowers.
• The mounded, spreading plants fill pots and partial-shade borders.
• Splash Select tolerates warm conditions and shade when roots remain moist and aerated.
• The packet does not state fixed colour percentages, so each tray develops its own balance of shades.

Garden and Indoor Uses

Use Splash Select Mix as a colourful indoor foliage pot, a shaded patio feature or a frost-free bedding accent. Give mature outdoor plants enough room to spread, and bring containers indoors before cold nights.

Growing Notes

• Use clean, fine, free-draining seedling mix and keep the surface continuously moist but aerated until emergence.
• Vent the humidity cover at first emergence, then provide bright filtered light and gentle airflow.
• Keep established plants evenly moist, allow the surface to dry slightly between waterings and feed lightly during active growth.
• Pinch tall shoots just above a leaf pair and remove flower spikes if you want denser foliage.

Safety: The ASPCA lists polka dot plant as non-toxic to dogs, cats and horses, but chewing may still cause mild stomach upset. This is an ornamental, not a food crop; do not eat the plant or seed.

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