Dicliptera suberecta Propagate Found by Mike Creel in

Found by Mike Creel in Lexington County

the branches layering horizontally

at a pond or stream edge

One of the hardiest of the rockroses

but this hybrid is perhaps the easiest to grow in southern gardens

Dicliptera suberecta Propagate Found by Mike Creel inDicliptera 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