Mid-Atlantic Gardening: FIRST FLOWERS OF SUMMER 2015, 2 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Jeff--I used to keep them in sun--years ago. Then i read that they
prefer shade--so I have been keeping it shaded. You may want to
find a happy medium.

Yes! Mine is bushy--as I usually cut it back in the fall--that is how you all
got the cuttings at the spring swap. I left ONLY one tall, new shoot.
This is how it filled out throughout the winter and outside.
I think if it was in it's natural habitat--it would grow as a tree...

Here's some good links...I learned few things too...

http://www.thegardenhelper.com/brazilian_plume.html

http://www.igarden.com.au/plant-type.jsp?id=88&t=Justicia

[HYPERLINK@toptropicals.com]

Pics. are from 2007. Yes!! --I have had it that long! .