Botanical Name: Chorizema cordatum
Common Name: Heart-leaf flame pea
Type of Plant: dicot: perennial
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape sprawling, spreading upright perennial/shrub with slender, arching branches
Height to 4'
Spread to 4'
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun to partial shade
Soil prefers a well-drained soil
Hardiness hardy (zones 15-17, 19-24)
 
Morphology:
Leaves orbiculate to cordate; sessile on stems; sometimes notched with fine teeth along margins; to 3/4" long
Flowers sweet-pea like flowers with bright orange-red upper petal and scarlet-red lower petals; to ½" across, very showy
Fruit ovoid small legume fruit
 
Propagation:
semi-hardwood cuttings, seed
 
Usage:
good spilling over banks or in containers; small specimen plant for drought-tolerant landscapes; used for bight flower display in spring
 
Landscape Care:
Watering takes moderate watering, can tolerate brief drought once established
Fertilizing slow-release in spring
Pruning pinch back after blooming; cut back hard if overgrown
Pests/Diseases none significant
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Australia
Family: Fabaceae

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