General Landscape Uses: Accent shrub or small tree, hedge or flowering screen, container planting

Ecological Restoration Notes: Pollinator support, soil stabilization

Description: Flowering shrub or small tree

Dimensions: Height 8 – 10 ft.; Spread 8 – 10 ft.

Growth Rate: moderate to fast

Native Range: West Indies and Cuba

Native Habitats: Tropical dry forests and scrublands, coastal slopes

Soils: soils can vary – clay, loam, and sand, acidic – alkaline. Not particular on soil pH.  Well-drained.

Nutritional Requirements: Moderate

Salt Water Tolerance: Low to moderate

Salt Wind Tolerance: Low

Drought Tolerance: Moderate

Light Requirements: Part Sun to Full Sun

Flower Color: Red, Pink

Flower Characteristics: Small, star-shaped

Flowering Season: All year

Fruit: Small, capsule-like, green when immature turning brown or tan as it ripens

Wildlife and Ecology: Attracts butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds

Horticultural Notes: Propagated by seed, cuttings

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