Purple Firespike Plant

A hard freeze can kill the above ground growth but the plant will typically return in the spring. Firespike can grow in full sun but will also thrive and bloom in a shady area.

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Purple firespike plant

Tips for growing firespike plants. And firespike s upright growth habit makes it a good fit in small or large yards. Running almost uninterrupted from southern south carolina to southern washington.

When you learn about firespike plant information the most crucial point is that it will live in usda zones 8 or higher which means the southernmost. Lest your eyebrows are rising too high no that is not my garden pictured in the top photo. Plant it once the danger of frost has past to give it the best chance of getting established before the first frost and freeze.

It can tolerate some sandy soil but it won t live through extended periods of cold. With vividly colored flower spikes this plant is another favorite of hummingbirds and butterflies. Once established firespike is moderately drought tolerant.

Firespike can really fool you. In san antonio firespike is grown for its beautiful deep green bushy tropical foliage in the spring summer and late fall and its magnificent purple lavendar purple or fuscia pink blooms depending upon the cultivar from early to middle august zones 8a 8b until the first freeze. Many of our shade tolerant plants have small flowers or even none at all.

If well established firespike is generally considered hardy well into zone 8b. Plants should be spaced 24 to 36 inches apart. Firespike is one of my favorite plants in my garden even when it s not in bloom.

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