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Stickbush

Clerodendrum chinense

Also called Glory Bower, Chinese Glorybower

In Singapore: Glory Bower, Cashmere Bouquet, Chinese Glory Flower (Grown in Singapore)

Stickbush
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0

Clerodendrum chinense, called glory bower or stickbush, is a fast-growing perennial shrub up to about 3 m tall, grown for its fragrant pink flower clusters. It is a popular garden plant in warm climates and is widely naturalised in the tropics.

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Shrub, Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly during growth and let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile loam or garden soil.
Temperature
18-32 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
Himalaya to S. China and Malesia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Clerodendrum chinense, called the glory bower, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Clerodendrum. It is native to Nepal, the eastern Himalayas, Assam, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, south-central and southeast China, Southeast Asia, and Malesia. It is a perennial shrub that grows up to 3 m (10 ft) tall.

A popular garden plant, it has been widely introduced to the rest of the world, including Florida, the Caribbean, Bermuda, Central America, the Galápagos, South America, Ascension Island, the Gulf of Guinea islands, East Africa, the Seychelles, Pakistan, India, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Taiwan, the Cook Islands, Fiji, Niue, and the Society Islands. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Other Clerodendrum plants

Rose glorybower · Lolly bush · Clerodendrum glandulosum · Turk's turbin · Clerodendrum infortunatum · Pagoda Flower · Sage Glorybower · Fire Works · Javanese glorybower · Clerodendrum splendens · Bagflower · Downy Chancetree

[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Clerodendrum chinense by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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