Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: What's your favorite shrub? (right now anyway), 1 by knolan

knolan wrote:
Here's a close up of the plant.....

This thing is a keeper! Blooms from spring until temps get in the 40's (not too often here). Drought tolerant, full sun, dies back in the winter but comes back FAST! Seed pods develop after blooming and new plants sprout up all of the time. The babies transplant well and I've given many away as gifts in pretty pots. The can get up to about 12' and shaped into a tree or they can be a 8' shrub (mine will before summers' end....). I've always cut back in the winter but this coming year I'm going to leave them be to see what happens. I now have 8 lush plants and lots of babies (and lots of seed pods). It is a sub-tropical so I don't know how well it would do up north (unless you brought it in during the winter) but I'm happy to share the seeds.

Kristi