Sound to me that you already have figured this out. Any response that I would give you would be wrong. Norma

I have one of these which I believe is dormant. I got it from my C&S club & it seems have gone dormant almost immediately (I've kept it, but frankly wondered if it was dead or dormant). Sadly, the woman who gave it provided no information (I'd gotten a tiny one of these which died quickly).

I'd been unble to find any info on it at all, can I ask pls. where you found the info on it that you did?

Another mint relative, this plectranthus, like all
plectranthus, is sensitive to frost. This particular species
comes from south of Durban in South Africa. It is a small
shrub, blooming in fall with lilac ÃÂ owers and needs full sun.

Here is a link that might be useful: hope this helps

That link is interesting because a lot of the plants in the pictures there have a very definite yellow tinge to them, except for the topmost pic which has decidedly blue-green leaves.

I THINK one of the reasons mine is losing some leaves, however, is related to the flowering. It LOOKS like it drops whatever heads the flower spikes emerged from completely and probably branches at that point.

I'm suspecting indoors that it'll probably get leggier and need more pruning than one grown in full sun although I'm not sure whether or not that'll cause a negative affect on the health of the plant or just the appearance. Hopefully I'll be able to get it outside somewhere.

Oh, another thing.

"Latest experiments shows a significant improvement in growth in plastic pots compared to clay."

The actual text on that page makes it sound like they don't need much water, but THAT piece of information about the plastic pots makes me wonder, since plastic pots dry out a lot slower, meaning in a plastic pot the plants would have more water available to them, so...

Pg:

Winter dormancy is something I'm also having trouble finding info on. From what I can gather, at the least they slow down in the winter, although I don't know if they go dormant to, say, the extent of losing their leaves or completely stop growth or something. It's also possible it's variable depending on the amount of water available, I guess, since some succulents do that.

Here's a great article on how to care for these plants. Hope it helps! :)

Here is a link that might be useful: Plectranthus Ernstii Care