What kind of plant is this? How to prune it to look better:

Purple duckweed (Latin name: Setcreasea purpurea Boom.), also known as Purple Bamboo Plum, Purple Leaf Grass, Purple Mallow Grass, etc., for the family of duckweed perennial herbaceous plants, the height of the plant is 20-30 centimeters, the leaves are oblong, slightly curled, purple-red, was fine tomentum. Stem purple-brown, initially erect, elongated and semi-trailing, was creeping ground cover. Blooms in spring and summer, with peach-colored flowers, variegated, with white stripes on the leaves. Flowers are small, white and open in summer and fall. Flowers are larger in full sunlight conditions.

Pruning: prune above its nodes and it will soon grow many beautiful branches.

Propagation

Purple duckweed is best propagated in the fall because it has 3 advantages:

Easy to survive, grows quickly, and fills the pot in a short time.

The growing stems are not too tall and the growing leaves are more vigorous, making it easy to grow in winter.

Many flowers in the coming year, beautiful. Autumn propagation, cuttings are preferred. Cut the old stems about 10 centimeters, in the section under the cut flat, half of the plug, half a month after the root, and from the side of the buds.

Cultivation should adhere to the "three more":

Water more. Usually to keep the pot of mud moist, too dry will be less long leaves, futile stems, stems are also weak, leaves are small, at the same time will be folded leaves drooping. In addition to pay attention to watering, but also need to frequently spray water to the foliage.

Fertilizer. Purple metatarsal grass fertilizer, fertilizer is more leaves and fat, so a frequent application of liquid fertilizer.