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Clerodendrum ridleyi

Clerodendrum ridleyi
Photo: Chronos.Zx, CC BY 4.0

Clerodendrum ridleyi is a shrub or small tree from wet tropical western Malesia, growing to about 4.6 m with white or pale yellow flowers and red fruit. It is a rarely cultivated species, and the key to growing it is steady warmth, humidity and moist, well-drained soil.

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season and let the top few centimetres dry out slightly before watering again.
Soil
Rich, humus-heavy, well-draining potting mix or garden loam.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. Malesia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Clerodendrum ridleyi is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. It was first described by King and Gamble in 1908. The species is native to western Malesia and occurs in wet tropical regions, where it grows as a shrub or small tree.

Other Clerodendrum plants

Clerodendrum albiflos · Rose glorybower · Stickbush · Clerodendrum cochinchinense · Lolly bush · Gloryberry · Clerodendrum glandulosum · Turk's turbin · Clerodendrum infortunatum · Clerodendrum palmatolobatum · Pagoda Flower · Sage Glorybower

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Clerodendrum ridleyi 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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