Tropical Zone Gardening: Flowering today part II, 1 by weed_woman

weed_woman wrote:
Hi Shari, Rj, Texasgal, pepper and louC. (hope I didn't miss anyone) Yeah, when you see a mass of flowers thats when you have to have it, but it takes so long to get there, most of the time! I planted 2 of the trumpet vines and both died. I know they grow around here, (or so the picture suggests LOL)
The Bleeding Heart vine is gorgeous. One of my garden customers has a lovely one and he calls it Tears of Christ (he's in his 90's). Have any of you heard it called that before?
I have the obedient plant. It's called Physostegia and I have white and purple. they self seed and are a little bit foxglove-like, in that they have a spike of flowers. Apparently if you push them to one side, they will stay there, hence, Obedient!
My customers Clerodendron last year.