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Clerodendrum thomsoniae |
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| Synonym(s) |
Clerodendron thomsoniae |
| Common name |
bleeding heart clerodendron |
| Family |
verbenaceae |
| Life cycle |
shrub (Z9-11) |
| Flowers |
white/red (summer-fall) |
| Size |
vine to 15' |
| Light |
part shade |
Evergreen woody vining plant producing delightful red-and-white dangling flowers. The white parts are actually bracts, and contrast strikingly with the dark red petals below. I was assured when purchasing this that it would be hardy here (zone 8b/9), but some sources rate it hardy only to zone 10. It probably would not have survived the particular winter that followed shortly after I planted it in just about the only part of our fenceline that gets enough shade to satisfy this prima donna. But it wasn't even the winter that did it in – our plant went into decline shortly after planting, and just faded away. I'll have to try it, or one of its relatives, again some time.
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This plant used to grow in our garden, but it slipped away... About my plant portraits
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common mis-spellings: thompsoniae
Last modified:
April 19, 2018
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