Odontonema Strictum Red Firespike

Flowering plants hummingbird plant odontonema strictum red blooms red firespike. These jewels of the landscape bed can grow 4 feet tall and are covered in spikes of blazing red blooms through the fall and winter.

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Odontonema strictum red firespike

This plant for shade is absolutely gorgeous. Firespike is an herbaceous perennial growing to about 4 feet tall with an upright habit which has naturalized in florida fig. Firespike does well in full sun and better in partial shade.

From late summer through winter firespike produces abundant upright panicles of brilliant red tubular flowers. For southern gardeners who want to make a big impact in their gardens firespike odontonema strictum is a good showy option. Known botanically as odontonema cuspidatum firespike grows 4 to 6 feet tall and produces clusters of 3 inch long tubular red flowers.

Odontonema red firespike quantity add to cart sku. Beautiful terminal or axillary spikes of tubular red flowers appear on firespike in the fall and winter. The natural charm of firespike is its unbeatable combination of big green leaves topped by tall ruby red flower spikes that attract hummingbirds and butterflies and it even blooms in shade.

You might think that a plant native to central america would perform poorly in cold weather but this species is capable of doing quite well along a huge swath of the u s. Firespike adds a big pop of red to the garden making some gardeners suggest that it s the equivalent of red salvia on steroids. The flowers attract butterflies and hummingbirds.

The shiny dark green leaves of this plant have entire to undulate margins and reach a length of 7 to 8 inches. Firespike odontonema strictum is an excellent butterfly nectar plant. The bright red flower spikes will attract butterflies to your yard each year.

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