Megaskepasma erythrochlamys - Brazilian Red Cloak

Very pretty shrub. What would the spread & height be?

Beautiful!

megaskepasma reminds me a greekword?
megalo skepasma / alexandra mou?
very beautiful delonix

Dwyllis:

It can grow to 16ft (5m) tall with a 12ft (3.7m) spread; however, it can be kept much smaller.

Alexandramou:

Thanks! I have many plants throughout the yard.

Bik:

Most likely it was derived from Greek. Many of the Latin Botanical names have their roots from Greek.

Yes....
megalo=big.......
skepasma=cover/spread.

''my big fat greek wedding'' hahahahaha

Oh... come on!!! It is a "justicia vermelha" :P
stop giving it greek names... ;)

It can grows the size of your house if you don't keep one eye on it :)

Alexandramou; Bik:

Thanks for the Greek lessons! :>)

Aleyna:

It still goes by the botanical name (here in the U.S): Megaskepasma erythrochlamys; although, I've seen it seems to be reclassified into Justicia-vermelha.

I noticed it's still in Wikipedia as Megaskepasma, and the photo is of a plant that's in the Botanical Building in Balboa Park, San Diego, CA. (it's not the nicest plant, though).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megaskepasma

It's true, it can quickly become a very large shrub! I cut my plants back every early spring. I generally make cutting plants and sell them...which is super easy.