General Landscape Uses: Container, specimen plant
Ecological Restoration Notes: It is used in “Naturescaping” to provide nectar sources in urban environments where native nectar may be scarce.
Description: A weeping, multi-branched subshrub with slender, rush-like green stems. While the species is famous for red flowers, the ‘Alba’ cultivar features delicate white blooms. Its “leaves” are actually tiny scales, giving it a fine-textured, airy appearance.
Dimensions: Height 3 – 5 ft.; Spread 4 – 6 ft.
Growth Rate: Fast
Native Range: Mexico and Guatemala
Native Habitats: Often found on cliffs, rocky slopes, and banks where it can drape naturally.
Soils: Well-drained, sand, loam, rock, neutral, slightly alkaline
Nutritional Requirements: Low to moderate
Salt Water Tolerance: Low
Salt Wind Tolerance: Moderate
Drought Tolerance: High
Light Requirements: Full to part sun
Flower Color: White
Flower Characteristics: Small, tubular, bell-shaped flowers that hang in clusters along the arching stems.
Flowering Season: All year
Fruit: Inconspicuous small capsules
Wildlife and Ecology: A magnet for hummingbirds and butterflies (especially the Long-tailed Skipper). The tubular shape is perfectly evolved for long-tongued pollinators.
Horticultural Notes: Grown from layering, division, cuttings
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