Justicia, Brazilian Plume Flower 'Huntington'

I think a common name for this is Flamingo Flower, presumably because of the beautiful hot pink color. I have a little patch of it again...Read Morest the house in the shade here in CA, Calaveras County foothills, where it gets frosted out in winter. So far this year it is coming back slowly and has not yet flowered. It would probably like a little more sun, but it gets extremely hot here in the summer so would not put it in full sun.

I got it from cuttings where it is in several pots in the milder SF Bay Area, and it grows so vigorously year round that it needs to be cut back often. I think I could easily propagate from cuttings; I tried once but the little plants got too hot and dry; I might try root cuttings later this year, there is a big mass of roots.

A beautiful plant that attracts hummingbirds. I have the yellow species, Justicia aurea, as well.
It grows well here in the full s...Read Moreun in Costa Rica, without additional water even during dry season.
Starts easily from cuttings.

I have cut mine numerous times to root cutting for others and it grows back very quickly. It is November now and it is still in full blo...Read Moreom. Last winter we had a freeze which killed my lantana's and hybiscus, but it did not harm the Justicia. Perhaps because it is next to the house. I am careful to feed it every two weeks with a liquid fertilizer. I just love it!

I've had this growing successfully out of doors here in coastal S. W. England for a couple of years. It is grown in dappled shade, which...Read More protects it from frosts on clear winter nights. The form I have has glossy deep green leaves that are flushed purple beneath as opposed to the downy, grey-green leaved form. It retains all of its top growth and tends to be semi-evergreen, but needs fairly rigorous pruning to prevent 'legginess'. This Justicia responds well to regular deep watering and (liquid) feeding throughout the summer and produces its very large 'plumes' of intense, deep pink flowers from August onwards in our climate.