Clerodendron bungei
tight growing tropical plants with magnificent late summer displays like this Clerodendron bungei , were at one time , only found only in botanic gardens , or private estate indoor garden ’s with knowledgable staffs . Today , they are becoming pronto useable and can either be mail arrange or found at progressive fine garden pith . Adventurous home gardeners can find these alternatives to mums and hydrangeas with a little effort . A great agency is to simply bear attention the next time you travel to a botanical garden , and note what they are planting in containers for seasonal presentation . Popular publication like gardening magazines seldom show more unusual specimins since editors prefer to fork over content that not only is easlily available , but which is somewhat familiar . Trying something that is not only raw to you , but raw to anyone that you have it away , fill a leap of trust . Still , many of these ‘ temperennials ’ , a term coined by Dan Hinkley of the landmark yet now closed Heronswood Nursery , are low-cost enought to be temporary yet perennial in more tropic areas . In the north , they can be allowed to grow fast all summertime , and then freeze . The nurseryman simply needs to replace them in the spring by either taking slip in the fall and bear them over indoors or buy new ones which sometimes is just easier , and better .
Regardless , if you what something unlike , and nerveless , this are the ‘ it’plants . They are all rage right now for home gardenering in the know . They can be found at the trediest of garden centerfield . Other disposable tropic annuals like Brugmansia , tropical salvia and many other tropical plants can be grow successfully in one time of year , with autumn as the season where they really strut thier clobber . Basically , they are deal as annuals , but unlike most annuals , these tropical plant deliver a punch that often is not seen in the late summer . Take many of the Clerodendron clan , for example .
Purchased as root cuttings in April , this Clerodendron bungei , a native of China and the Himalayas , begin off as nothing specia , a four inch cutting . Three cuttings were plant in a ten congius pot , but by June , they develop rapidly to about two feet tall . The grow point was pinched out , and one the hot and humid summertime weather strike in July , the plant explode into development . This C. bungei presents a new position to the late summer terrace .
Many tropical non - vining Clerodendron species that are more shrub - the likes of in habit can successfully be grown in a single summer cycle , with the reinforcement being spectacular hydrangea - like heads like these that are surprisingly fragrant and attract butterflies as well .
I will reduce this plant back and move it back into the nursery , for the wintertime , since it is freeze tender . There , is will transport up new growth in late winter , where cuttings will be taken to start the wheel over again .
