General Landscape Uses: Accent plant, tropical garden border, container planting, indoor, mass planting

Ecological Restoration Notes: Not recommended

Description: Red Sister is a popular South Florida plant. While it can take both sun and shade, it also provides color and height into your garden. Used best when placed in the back of the landscape as it will get taller than most shrubs.

Dimensions: Height 5 ft.; Spread 2 – 3 ft.

Growth Rate: Moderate to fast

Native Range: Southeast Asia, Papua New Guinea, the Pacific Islands

Native Habitats: Humid tropical forests, coastal lowlands, and rainforest understories

Soils: Rich, well-draining

Nutritional Requirements: Moderate to high

Salt Water Tolerance: Low

Salt Wind Tolerance: Low to moderate

Drought Tolerance: High

Light Requirements: Full Sun to Shade

Flower Color: Pale pink to lavender

Flower Characteristics: Small

Flowering Season: Spring to summer

Fruit: Small red or purple berries

Wildlife and Ecology: Pollinator attraction, birds eat fruit

Horticultural Notes: Grown from cuttings, seed, division

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