Product review for Chameleon Plant Overall Rating: Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers Sort Reviews: Newest | Oldest | Highest Rating | Lowest Rating   :: Viewing page 1 of 2  -  Friday, April 06, 2007 AVOID THIS PLANT Reviewed By: Nicole (Springfield, Virginia) This plant is highly invasive and the roots smell like rotting fish! Weeding it is a nightmare as the smell seems to be a migraine trigger for many and it's just replusive. Worse, it will replicate from _any_ part of its root system left in the ground. Sure, it's pretty but that's not enough to buy this noxious weed.  -  Tuesday, April 15, 2008 Be careful! Reviewed By: Meg (Iowa City, IA) I found this to be most unattractive in a partially sunny area--it was pale green and blotchy with none of the pretty reds and yellows. It spread VERY well underground however and took me 8 days to dig it out  -  Wednesday, May 07, 2008 Extremely Invasive Reviewed By: Sue Scott (Peoria, IL) I discovered moving was the only way to get rid of this. The leaves are pretty, but they do not form a dense mat. The problem is that roots can go down a foot or more. I completely dug out a perennial bed to get rid of this--unsuccessfully. By the end of the summer it was back. The roots are brittle, and any pieces that break off grow. Use with extreme caution.  -  Thursday, April 05, 2007 Doubly Beware Reviewed By: D (Boise City, Oklahoma) Doubly Beware because. Most of these as shipped as 'plants' are small cuttings barely rooted, and they are very tender at that size. Years back I bought a one gallon rootbound one that was bulletproof... and three separate batches of the tiny cuttings in the past two years. They are very picky to get thriving... THEN stand back as they will take over. I bought the original one as a bog waterplant, and it was picky about how much water it'd tolerate. In one gallon nursery pot it liked one inch at the bottom of the pot, no more. Drier than that it didn't like either. Recommendations are part shade here, likes to be on the damp side but well drained, and a thorough soaking and let dry slightly between waterings. Once it's going it still doesn't like to be dry. Best color is with midmorning light, shade from strong afternoon light(11a to 5p). I consider it a tender tropical in having to bring it in to winter it in zone 6A, before frost starts. Also recommend potting up in one gallon pot for handleability for indoor. AND it delights in growing out the drain holes. IF you think a pot is dead, carefully depot and check at the bottom of the rootball for fresh shoots! I've been surprised more than once.  -  Wednesday, March 14, 2007 Planted in PA Reviewed By: Pam (Allentown, PA) Buyer Beware. I bought and planted in November. The good news is that the retaining wall is nicely covered in new growth from the runners. The bad news is that my entire law is as well. All 20 feet to the front of my house.