Partytime Alternanthera

Alternanthera ficoidea 'Partytime' (Alternanthera ficoidea 'Partytime') is a vivacious, boldly colorful foliage annual that earns its celebratory name through glossy, pointed dark green leaves strikingly splashed with vivid, bright pink variegation — adding an energetic, jewel-toned color presence to borders, containers, and mixed plantings with eye-catching consistency from planting through frost, even when the modest white blooms are not in evidence. Unlike many flowering annuals that depend on bloom cycles for their visual impact, 'Partytime' delivers its spectacular show entirely through its foliage — a continuous, reliable riot of contrasting pink and green that brightens sunny and partly sunny garden spaces with bold, tropical energy throughout the entire warm growing season. The glossy leaf surface reflects light brilliantly, intensifying the vivid pink variegation and giving the plant a fresh, polished presence in any garden context.

This professional-grade 4" plant arrives with a healthy, well-established root system cultivated through professional horticultural practices — ready to establish and grow quickly into its characteristic freely branching, mounding form. 'Partytime' excels as a bold foliage accent in mixed annual borders, as a colorful edging plant along pathways and bed margins, and as a vibrant container subject in patio and balcony arrangements where its vivid pink-and-green color combination creates an immediate and sustained tropical focal point. Its low, spreading, mounding habit fills in beautifully to create a dense, weed-suppressing carpet of colorful foliage across the full warm season.

• Vivid Pink & Dark Green Variegated Foliage All Season: Glossy, pointed dark green leaves boldly splashed with vivid bright pink variegation deliver a continuous, jewel-toned color presence throughout the entire warm growing season — color that performs reliably with or without bloom, making 'Partytime' one of the most dependably colorful foliage annuals available.
• Tropical Energy in Borders & Containers: The bold, high-contrast pink-and-green palette brings vivid tropical energy to mixed annual borders, container arrangements, pathway edging, and patio plantings — a striking, cheerful foliage presence that integrates beautifully with both cool-toned and warm-toned planting companions.
• Heat-Loving Summer Performer: Thrives in the full heat of summer when many cool-season ornamentals fade — a vigorous, high-energy warm-season foliage performer that delivers its most vivid, saturated color during the hottest and longest days of the growing season.
• Dense Weed-Suppressing Mounding Habit: The freely branching, low mounding growth habit fills in efficiently and completely to create a dense, colorful, weed-suppressing foliage carpet — ideal for edging, mass planting, and filling gaps in mixed annual and perennial border compositions.
• Versatile Design Companion: The vivid pink variegation harmonizes beautifully with white, purple, chartreuse, and silver companion plants — making 'Partytime' an exceptionally versatile and practically useful color accent in a wide range of garden design styles and seasonal planting combinations.

These 4" healthy live plants thrive in full sun to partial shade with well-drained, fertile to average soil and moderate moisture. Best pink variegation color intensity develops in full sun — shade reduces the vibrancy of the pink significantly. Water regularly during establishment and through summer heat. Grow as a warm-season annual; frost-sensitive and performs best where nighttime temperatures remain above 50°F. Transplant outdoors after the last frost date. Mature height: 10–14 inches; spread: 12–18 inches.