Root Beer Plant Care: How To Grow This Tropical Shrub?

The Root Beer plant, Piper auritum, is a huge perennial that can also be grown as a flowering shrub. This tropical plant may be grown both indoors and outdoors, and it is distinguished by its fuzzy, large, heart-shaped leaves. This fast-growing plant is also known as sacred pepper, hoja santa, and Mexican pepperleaf, but the most frequent term is root beer plant, because its leaves have a hazy root beer-like odour and flavour. However, despite its name, this plant is used to create root beer. This plant's edible leaves are used in a variety of Mexican and South American recipes and have a peppery flavour. Furthermore, the root beer plant produces small, white, aromatic flowers. Making it a pollinator-friendly plant for your garden. Root beer plant care is simple; however, this plant is considered invasive, so be cautious when growing it and conduct a study before planting. Here's how to cultivate and care for a root beer plant in the garden.