Texas Gardening: Texas Native Plant Pictures ( Shrubs ), 1 by htop

htop wrote:
Rose Glory Bower, Cashmere Bouquet, Mexicali Rose, Mexican Hydrangea (Clerodendrum bungei), Verbenaceae Family, naturalized, perennial, highly invasive, needs part shade and lots of water in the summer heat, deer resistant, blooms in summer

This plant's blooms are beautiful; but, it can take over your yard very quickly. It sends out underground runners. Mine is growing in a large container and sits upon a stand so that no roots are able to touch the ground. In the hottest part of the summer, I have to water it every other day. My neighbor and I bought specimens at about the same time. I informed him not to plant it in the ground because I had observed it growing in a yard in another neighborhood where it had spread so much, it looked like a cashmere bouquet forest. He did not listen. By the end of the first summer, the whole side of his yard had plants springing up everywhere.

Form ore information and photos of the blooms, etc., see its entry in the PlantFiles:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/1253/index.html

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