Ixora Species, Chinese Ixora

The Chinese Ixora is another one of my absolute favorites. A very hardy plant. The vibrance of the red(ish) bloom is setoff perfectly by ...Read Morethe darker green mini leaves. Cuttings take off like little soldiers! Waiting anxiously to collect the seeds.

This dwarf Ixora is a sub-tropical broad leaf evergreen which is nativeto India and Central America. It produces clusters of scarlet redf...Read Morelowers with a blooming season from May to September.

Ixora chinensis and I. coccinea are often confused even by nurseries. I recently read a thesis about Ixoras, and the author pointed the d...Read Moreifferences between these two largelly used species:

Both have mainly red to yellow flowers, with tubes never longer than 5cm and very small sepals.

-I. chinensis: cuneated leaf base, round petals.
-I. coccinea: heart shaped leaf base, pointy petals.

There are so many varieties that it´s hard to distinguish both species by the petals shape, and even to differ them from other species by the flower color. But the shape of the base of the leaf is constant, and can be safely used to distinguish I. chinensis from the more popular I. coccinea.