🌿 Gotu Kola
Centella asiatica
herbs
perennial groundcover
☀️ Sun
Partial Shade to Full Shade
💧 Water
High
🗺️ Zones
4-9
🧪 Soil pH
5.5-7.0 (moist to wet soil)
📏 Spacing
6-12 in. apart (groundcover, spreads by runners)
⏱️ Maturity
60-90 days (from planting divisions); harvest leaves every 2-3 months after establishment
Key:🤝 Grows well together❌ Keep apart☀️ Sun needs💧 Water🗺️ Hardiness zone
🤝 Companions (5)
Comfrey's deep roots bring up minerals that gotu kola benefits from; comfrey leaves make excellent mulch to retain the moisture gotu kola requires.
Lemongrass provides light shade and wind protection for gotu kola; its clumping habit doesn't compete with gotu kola's spreading groundcover.
Gotu kola flourishes as a groundcover beneath taro's broad leaves, which provide shade and maintain the high humidity and soil moisture both plants need.
Both thrive in perpetually wet soil and create a lush, moisture-retaining groundcover together , perfect companions for pond edges and bog gardens.
🤝 mints
Both prefer consistently moist soil and partial shade; they create a dense, aromatic groundcover together that suppresses weeds effectively.
⚠️ Keep Apart (1)
⚠️ drought-loving herbs (rosemary, thyme, lavender)
Gotu Kola needs constant moisture; drought-lovers will suffer or compete
🛒 Buy Seeds & Plants
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Johnny's Selected Seeds
Botanical Interests
True Leaf Market
Burpee
Territorial Seed Company
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