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Photographed: Below our deck garden at our former home in Montserrat.
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**Bleeding
Heart #1 (Caribbean version) Clerodendrum
thomsoniae or Clerodendrum speciosum or Clerodendrum
delectum
Blooming almost continuously, this bleeding heart has the qualities of
a small bush but with a strong vine like tendency if it has anything on
which to grip. The flowers are less delicate than more northerly versions
and its bumpy papery leaves are a rich medium green. In our garden in the
Caribbean it thrived in the hot sun, but grew just as well in mixed shade
and sun.
Blooms: Almost continuously with ever evolving floral
colors and shapes. Having had one of the northern climate bleeding
hearts, it took me a while to appreciate just how wonderful this one really
is. Now I'm completely sold on it.
From: It is believed to have originated in W. Africa.
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2009 and GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com 2014 |
Photographed: Below our deck garden at our former home in Montserrat.
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Photographed: In the Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney, Australia, in 2013.
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Photographed: In the Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney, Australia, in 2013.
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Blue
Butterfly Bush, Butterfly Clerodendrum, Blue Glory Bower, Blue
Wings Clerodendrum ugandense
This is a delightful shrubby bush that I've never seen higher than four feet,
though it is said to reach 10 feet at its best. It flowers almost continuously
in warm climates with blossoms that look very much like blue butterflies, hence
the name.
Benefits: It is a hummingbird and butterfly attractant,
but maybe its best feature is its resistance to all insects.
From: Tropical areas of Africa
Planting and Care: This plant does best in semi shady
areas of the garden and it likes routine rainfall or watering during
the growing/flowering season.
Text and Photograph Copyrighted ©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com
2015
This
Flower Mystery was solved with help from
Ursula G. living in Southern
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Photographed: At
the Hotel Atitlan at Lake Atitlan in Guatemala in 2010.
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Photographed: In
the Botanical Garden at the Hotel Atitlan on Lake Atitlan
in Guatemala.
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**Fireworks,
Clerodendron, Winter Starburst, Starburst Clerodendrum Clerodendrum quadriloculare
The small plant in the photograph below on the left is
a young fast growing tall leafy bush or small tree which when
mature has very appealing large droopy flowers. The leaves have
a purple hue above and a full purple on the underside.
Photographed: In our garden at our former home
in Montserrat.
Planting and Care: It grew very well in our
Caribbean garden in a semi shady area. It does love moisture
and does not appear to be at all drought tolerant. It is said
to be accepting of being set in full sun or bright full shade,
but in my experience I would have to say keep it in a bright
semi shady area where it will also have some protection from
the wind. Our plant grew like a weed under these conditions and
I think yours will too. This is one of my favorites and it is
affectionately known as our q-tip plant.
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2009/2010 and ©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com 2013 |
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Glory
Tree, Cashmere Bouquet, Fragrant Glory Bower, Scent Malli Cleodendrum
Chinese 'False Pikake,' Clerodendrum
fragrans, C. philipinum, C. fragrans 'Pleniflorum'
I
came across this bush in the midst of a very shady,
very wet tropical area of a botanical garden. The bush
looked like it could have been a strangely appealing
weed, but it turns out not to be so. Still it does
take on a bit of a raggedy appearance. The wonderful
part of it is its flowers centered in a circle of very
large leaves (maybe 6 to 8 inches long). The flowers
look very much like what a wedding's flower girl would
carry as her bouquet. It is said to be very fragrant
at sundown, but we are almost always reading books
by the lake at that hour of the day.
Photographed: At the Hotel Atitlan Botanical Garden on Lake Atitlan
in Guatemala.
Planting and Care: It is said to be "shade tolerant" which
probably means it will do just fine in the sun too. It grows fast and spreads
even quicker, so choose your site carefully. When content, this plant will
grow to be about six feet tall and almost as wide.
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and Photograph Copyrighted ©KO 2010 |
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Harlequin
Glorybower Clerodendrum trichotomum
This is a hardy and appealing shrub that flowers in the summer and fruits in
the early fall.
Benefits:
From: China and Japan
Photographed: In the Blithewold Garden in Bristol, Rhode Island
2013.
Planting and Care: Plant it in full sun in an area where you
will be able to control the underground runners it produces. It likes routine
rainfall or watering, but is not greedy about it.
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2013 |
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**Java
Glorybower, Clerodendron, Giant Salvia, Flaming Glory Bower Clerodendrum
speciosissimum
This is a wonderful bush with almost
continual flowering of its bright red flowers.
Benefits: As
are so many of the plants on this
site, the Java glorybower is an
attractant for butterflies and
hummingbirds.
From: Tropical Africa
and the Pacific or Java
Photographed: On
the right in one of our border
gardens at our former home in Montserrat.
Planting and Care: Although
it is said to prefer a moist soil
I have not found that to be true.
It has done well in full sun and
in semi sunny areas with little
need for special attention. Apparently
it will spread by sending out underground
runners although it does not do
this at an alarming speed. A happy
plant may well reach five feet
in height.
Text & Photograph
Copyrighted ©KO 2008/2010 and ©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com
2013 |
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Kashmir
Bouquet, Mexican hydrangea, Cashmir Bouquet, Rose Glory
Bower Clerodendrum bungei
If you like the look of this
shrub/bush, you will love a similar one
called fireworks. It is so much more
spectacular. It grows quickly and with
routine watering, semi shade and protection
from high winds this is something that
should be growing in every warm climate
garden.
Benefits: Its fragrant flowers are butterfly attractants
From: China and Northern India
Photographed: In the Botanical Garden at the Hotel Atitlan on
Lake Atitlan in Guatemala.
Planting and Care: This shrub is not frost hardy
and that seems about the only thing that can kill it. It is tolerant
of drought and almost everything else. It
prefers full sun, but will also do well in partial shade. From
what I've read, you will love this shrub only if you keep it
contained, perhaps in a large pot.
Text & Photograph
Copyrighted ©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com 2013
No
longer a mystery thanks to Beth in San Antonio, Texas.
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Pagoda
Flower Clerodendrum
paniculatum
I found this appealing member of the clerodendrum family living in the Jardin Botanique
in Tahiti. I recognized it immediately as a relative to the plant above that
I had growing in my own garden though I confess to finding mine even more
appealing.
Benefits: It is said to have some medicinal benefits.
From: Tropical areas of Asia.
Photographed: In the Botanical Garden in Tahiti
in
2013.
Planting and Care: This is a tolerant plant as long as it is
in a warm and humid environment with routine rainfall or watering.
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2014 |
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