Botanical Name: Dicliptera suberecta (Jacobinia suberecta)
Common Name: Hummingbird plant; Uruguayan firecracker plant
Type of Plant: dicot: perennial
Character

Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape upright, semi-succulent plant grown for gray-green foliage and scarlet-orange flowers at ends of branches during spring and summer
Height to 2 ft.
Spread to 2 ft.
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors: full sun preferred; tolerates part shade
Soil tolerates most any soil with good drainage
Hardiness some frost; zones 12,13, 15-17, 19, 21-24
 
Morphology:
Leaves fleshy, somewhat fuzzy gray-green leaves oppositely arranged; strongly folded leaves are 2-1/2" long, 3/4" wide, oval to ovate
Flowers terminal cymes of brilliant scarlet to orange flowers which attract hummingbirds; flowers are tubular, 1-1/2" long, 1/4" across
Fruit small capsules
 
Propagation:
stem cuttings
 
Usage:
used for gray-green foliage and for hummingbird-attracting flowers in summer; good in perennial beds. subtropical areas and hummingbird gardens; can be used as an effective container plant
 
Landscape Care:
Watering likes moderate watering; can tolerate drought after first summer
Fertilizing slow release at planting time
Pruning cut back hard in late winter to encourage new growth
Pests/Diseases none significant
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Uruguay
Family: Acanthaceae
 
Notes:
 
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