Barleria oenotheroides - Giant Yellow Barleria or Shrimp Shrub
By Delonix1
30 Oct, 2016
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This is a beautiful tropical, Central American native shrub starts flowering in fall through spring here in San Diego, CA. Photo taken Oct. 28, 2016.
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It's a really nice flowering plant. It's super easy to grow from cuttings. It is a really tropical plant. It grows very well here, though.
30 Oct, 2016
I think it would be fine here. A good patio plant. I had an in ground Justicia Shrimp plant for a few years.
Like the Strobilanthes I think it was in too much shade in the backyard, and the soils too cool even in summer. My front yard shade is much warmer.
31 Oct, 2016
This one I wouldn't count on to be reliably hardy in the SF Bay Area. Believe-it-or-not, this plant is only about as hardy as a croton (it really hates temps below 50ºF (10ºC). Even though, it's cold-hardy to 35ºF.
1 Nov, 2016
I like that.
30 Oct, 2016