Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical Garden #98, 1 by dyzzypyxxy

dyzzypyxxy wrote:
Can anyone ID the variety of clerodendron in this pic? It grows fast to a large shrub, and the leaves get as big as 12" long and 5" wide. It has this pretty leaf color, very dark green with purple on the reverse, and the flower clusters have 4in. long, tubular fragrant blooms with pink tubes and white flare. I don't have a good shot of the flowers, as it's been very stingy about blooming. Although I keep finding seedlings popping up, so it must have bloomed behind my back!

I like the pretty foliage, but it has died back a lot these past two winters, and it was planted as a screen, so when it doesn't have leaves for 3 months, that's a lousy screen.

I'm thinking of yanking a few of them out to make room for more brugs. (yes, they've done better in the cold here!) I'd like to be able to let people know what it is if I give the plants away.