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Javanese glorybower

Clerodendrum speciosissimum

Javanese glorybower
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0

Javanese glorybower is a tropical shrub up to about 4 m tall, grown for its large heart-shaped red flowers. It needs warmth, humidity and bright light to bloom well.

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during the growing season and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Rich, well-drained potting mix or garden loam.
Temperature
18-30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. Malesia, New Guinea to Vanuatu
Climate
wet tropical

About

Clerodendrum speciosissimum is a tropical shrub of the family Lamiaceae, native to Indonesia and Papuasia, but now naturalized in parts of Latin America, Africa, the Caribbean, Seychelles, and Florida.

Other Clerodendrum plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Clerodendrum speciosissimum 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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