These are so easy to grow and create such a wonderful show. They are easy to keep trimmed if you don't want them to get too tall. They ...Read Morerecover well from wilting if they get too dry. You can grow them in the shade or half day full sun. In the sun you will get more flowers and denser growth habit, but they will need more water. Some of mine are out in the open and do get damaged by freezing temperatures in the winter, but they regrow quickly and have never been so damaged that they lost more than about the first foot of growth. The deer don't tough them and the hummingbirds love them!
None of the photos show this plant at its best in size and color. When you get it just right in the yard..people have mistaken it for Plu...Read Moremeria. Maybe it should be called poor man's Plumeria in certain climates?...
I have the white (alba) form and frost hasn't killed it yet. We've had a couple of nights in the low 30s and the plants are still going s...Read Moretrong and even blooming a little. I'll keep my fingers crossed.
The large dark green leaves are a nice foil for the white flowers.
Excellent self seeding annual in the north. It grows freely in part sun or sun, and reseeds *very* readily...you'll never have to re-plan...Read Moret. The fleshy stems are very similar to the varieties of impatients commonly used as a shady annual, but it is taller, and more leafy.
Overall very easy to grow, it will take over if you let it, but a pre-emergent weed-killer will get rid of it easily, and the seeds do not spread far. Benefits from thinning, but also grows fine without it. Sprouts early, then flowers and seeds for most of the summer.
The hanging seed pods 'pop' and curl up when squeezed, making it a good plant for children.
If you wish to collect seed, wait until the seed pods begin to turn pale yellow (they will not 'dry'), if you wait too long, the seed pods will 'pop' on their own, scattering the seeds.
A large, shrubby, almost succulent perennial, native to part of East Africa.
Has toothed, glossy, lance shaped leaves. Bea...Read Morers large (up to 2.5 inches across), pale pink, lilac or white flowers with flattened faces that unfold from a seashell like bud. Each flower bears a long spur.
Flowers practically all year in the right conditions but mainly in the summer months.
Loves a moist, well drained soil in light to partial shade.
Despite the fact that this chap can reach 10ft tall, it's very tender and won't stand temperatures much below 50F/10C. It must come indoors if you want to keep it in areas where frost is expected. Saying that, in some areas of the world this is considered a noxious weed. It's incredibly easy from cuttings and will self sow in abundance where winters are very mild.
The plant in the above photo is from a fairly young cutting, already it's close on 2ft high and has several branches.
These are so easy to grow and create such a wonderful show. They are easy to keep trimmed if you don't want them to get too tall. They ...Read More
None of the photos show this plant at its best in size and color. When you get it just right in the yard..people have mistaken it for Plu...Read More
I have the white (alba) form and frost hasn't killed it yet. We've had a couple of nights in the low 30s and the plants are still going s...Read More
Excellent self seeding annual in the north. It grows freely in part sun or sun, and reseeds *very* readily...you'll never have to re-plan...Read More
Plant is deer-resistant, self-seeds though not invasive & extremely easy to grow. Good shade shrub that'll bloom practically all year round.
A large, shrubby, almost succulent perennial, native to part of East Africa.
Has toothed, glossy, lance shaped leaves. Bea...Read More