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Ixora coccinea |
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| | I like the popping-orange-red buds at least as well as the flowers |
| Common name |
flame of the woods |
| Family |
rubiaceae |
| Life cycle |
shrub (Z9-11)  |
| Flowers |
red (spring-fall) |
| Size |
4-6' |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil, not too dry |
Frost-tender shrub grown for its large clusters of red flowers (other colors are available in numerous cultivars) combined with substantial glossy leaves. Freezes will tend to kill the top growth, but new growth may appear from the roots in spring. We planted ours on the south side of our pond's waterfall structure, hoping the large stones will store some of the winter sun's warmth and provide a little protection against freezes – but realistically, any true zone 8 winter weather will do our ixora in. Sure enough, even though it fared rather well through some mild freezes, it was killed outright in a harsh January freeze. We like it quite a bit, and hope for a few mild winters in a row, so I decided to get a replacement – a variety named 'Maui', probably the same as our original.
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| | So far, so good – a series of overnight frosts in December that did in many of our tropicals left the ixora mostly unscathed |
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| | 'Maui' starting to bloom late March |
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| | Our butter-yellow variety |
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| | Growth returning from roots in late May after the Feb '21 megafreeze |
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: waterfall pondside About my plant portraits
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June 06, 2021
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