Famille
Caprifoliaceae
Synonymes
Vesalea floribunda
Rounded shrub with rigid twigs. Semi persistent. Flowers pink deep red, scented in June-July. Height 1.5 to 2m.
Classification
Trees and shrubs
Climat
Zone 9: from -7°C to -1°C
Couleur de feuille
Couleur de fleur
Exposition
Sheltered winds
Sunny
Hauteur minimum
150cm
Hauteur max
200cm
Encombrement min
100cm
Encombrement max
200cm
Intérêts remarquables
Flower
Utilisation au jardin
Massif
General description
- Origin
- Mexico, altitude around 3300m. Region of Veracruz, Oaxaca and Puebla. Introduced in Europe and North America in 1841.
- Climate
- Resistant to -10 ° C, not really rustic.
- Exposure
- Sunny, protected, against a warm wall.
- Soil
- Light and well drained. Poor.
- Growth
- Normal to fast.
- Propagation
- By herbaceous cutting in July-August.
- Use
- Boarder.
- Merit
- Award of Garden Merit (RHS).
General physiology
- Dimensions
- 1.5 to 2m, in its country of origin it can reach 6m.
- Habit
- Dense and spherical bush.
- Trunk
- Multi stems.
- Branches
- Young reddish shoots.
Leaves
- Shape
- Oval 2 to 4cm long, opposite.
- Colour
- Dark green, shiny.
- Note
- Persistent to semi-persistent.
Flowers
- Flowering time
- June-July or earlier in hot countries.
- Shape
- Large narrow tubular flower 3 to 5cm long.
- Colour
- Shiny cherry red.
- Note
- Very abundant flowering.