Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical Garden # 33, 1 by rjuddharrison

rjuddharrison wrote:
The firemans cap is not that thorny. See ..if you leave tall, the kids can't reach it..sorry..couldn't resist.

I love Iochromas- They bloom all year long. I now have Red, Plum and Pruple. The purple is the best performer, and can get very tall. I think the plum is right behind it. I just planted one in the ground, so we'll see how big that one gets. Course, this garden here is abnormal, everything seem to be twice as big. I noticed that the clerodendrum philipinums have worked their way up the pear tree and the tallest is 12 feet tall, I ran out of tape measure...now that seems abnormal but then I haven't seen them in the wild.
It's impossible to get a good picture of the Iochroma..but you can see how tall it gets