GENERAL DESCRIPTION

• ORIGIN: Mexico, altitude around 3300m. Region of Veracruz, Oaxaca and Puebla. Introduced in Europe and North America in 1841.
• CLIMATE: Resistant to -10 ° C, not really rustic.
• EXPOSURE: Sunny, protected, against a warm wall.
• SOIL: Light and well drained. Poor.
• GROWING: Normal to fast.
• PATHOLOGY:
• MULTIPLICATION: By herbaceous cutting in July-August.
• USE: Boarder.
• Mérit: Award of Garden Merit (RHS).
• SYNONYMOUS: Vesalea floribunda.

GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY

• DIMENSIONS: 1.5 to 2m, in its country of origin it can reach 6m.
• HABIT: Dense and spherical bush.
• TrUNK: Multi stems.
• BARK:
• Branches: Young reddish shoots.
• Note:

LEAVES PHYSIOLOGY

• SHAPE: Oval 2 to 4cm long, opposite.
• COLOR: Dark green, shiny.
• BUDS:
• StomatA:
• Note: Persistent to semi-persistent.

FLOWERS PHYSIOLOGY

• DATE: June-July or earlier in hot countries.
• SHAPE: Large narrow tubular flower 3 to 5cm long.
• COLOR: Shiny cherry red.
• Note: Very abundant flowering.

FRUITS PHYSIOLOGY

• SHAPE:
• ColOr:
• SEEDs:
• Note: