Dicliptera suberecta Propagate Native to South America despite

Native to South America despite the name

Found by Mike Creel in Lexington County

and 'Maryland Beauty'

the branches layering horizontally

Dicliptera suberecta Propagate Native to South America despiteDicliptera suberecta is a member of the acanthus family, Acanthaceae, and hails from the grasslands of Uruguay and Argentina, a heritage that shows in a love of heat, sun, and lean soil. Gardeners know the plant by two names that between them tell the whole story: Uruguayan firecracker plant, for the volley of tubular blooms, and hummingbird plant, for the traffic those blooms draw. The foliage charms first. Soft, velvety, and washed a cool bluish