Justicia Species, Rose Pine, South African Acanthus, Jade Magic, Purple Shrimp Plant

I've had this in a pot in a shady part of my garden for a few years. It seems to withstand my neglect and keeps blooming. Doesn't quite...Read More look like the beautiful pics in Pinterest but it keeps going and has popped up in other parts of my garden. I give a big thumbs up and I'll take care to take better care.

It does come and go in the bay area. You can always get them to re seed in pots of other plants and sometimes in ground..but every insect...Read More that eats plant,eats the Rose Pine.
Still,I'm kind of amazed at something so tropical looking being almost a weed. A great looking weed.

The beds in my zone 7 central VA garden are mostly shade. After exhausting the selection of shade garden plants available to me locally,...Read More I decided I would grow some specialty-type plants from seed last year. I bought a package of Brazilian fireworks seeds from one of my garden catalogs in hopes that the variegated foliage would add some contrast to my beds. The seeds were very slow to germinate (inside under a grow-light set up) but were surprisingly maintenance-free once developed. We had a brutal summer here last year, but my Brazilian fireworks plants seemed to tolerate the hugely variable conditions better than just about any other annual I planted. I have this year's crop under my grow-lights already, and I'm sure I will keep planting them for years to come.

This is a fabulous plant! It looks great in tropical or shade gardens! I have a small patio surrounded by cinder blocks (ugly and somewha...Read Moret prison-like) and I get little to no direct sun. This plant seems to be flourishing! I've planted purple and hot pink Impatiants around it as a border, which brings out the vibrant coloring of the "firework" blooms. Many of the plants have multiple blooms.

I also have some in the house. They seem to have adjusted nicely, and I plan on putting them in hanging baskets with some trailing vines in the summer.

I am hopeful that these plants WILL spread in my little garden. I just adore them! They stay small (8-12 inches tall) and are very easy to grow.