Starburst Clerodendrum dazzles with star-like flowers that burst open in Florida’s late winter or early spring. What’s remarkable about this eye-catching specimen (also known as a Shooting Star Clerodendrum) is that you can have it both ways – growing it as cluster-packed showy shrub or as a tree loaded with…
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Loropetalum shrubs are known for the razzle-dazzle way they fire up Sarasota, Florida landscapes. Their branches of richly colored foliage will fringe your other plants as if to tell them, "You need something to go with that drab green and you need it now!” An evergreen shrub with plenty of…
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Florida yellow ixora shrubs are just as dazzling as their orange, red and pink siblings. So why don’t we see more of them? Could be their availability. Many nurseries stock the more popular red/orange shades because they’re grown more and are easier to get. Or maybe it’s because the yellows…
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Florida firecracker plants add a spectacular display of brilliant color to almost landscape, but a word of advice. You don’t tell them what to do; they tell you. That’s because these fiery specimens have minds of their own, spilling this way and that with fountain-like red blooms that attract hummingbirds…
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