Shape | Usually presents as a scrambling shrub. |
Landscape | Excellent as a border specimen or for hedging, or as a container plant that can be moved outside in the summer. |
Propagation | Propagate through seeds, layering, or semi-hardwood cuttings. |
Cultivation | Grow in full sun in a fertile, well-drained soil. |
Pests | May be attacked by the glasshouse red spider mite or the glasshouse whitefly. |
Notable Specimens | Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington, Ontario, Canada. |
Bark/Stem Description | Branches have glandular patches between nodes. |
Leaf Description | Leaves are dark green, with leaflets to 2-3 x 1-3 cm, with serrate margins. |
Flower Description | Flowers appear in bright orange-red clusters with slender, curved tubes to 5 cm in length, on a limb to 3 cm in diameter. |
Fruit Description | Fruit is an oblong-linear capsule to 13 x 1 cm, with seeds that are tansverse oblong with membranous, hyaline wings. |