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Clerodendrum

This genus of over 400 species ranges through the world's tropics and warmer climates. It contains trees, shrubs, climbers and herbaceous plants, both deciduous and evergreen, some with very showy flowers. usually flared or bowl-shaped at the mouth and with 4 long stamens and a style protruding well beyond the tube; and fruit, a shiny berry sitting at the center of the calyx that usually becomes larger and thicker after flowering.

Clerodendrum Thomsoniae
(Bleeding Heart Vine)

Insider's secret


The ornamental part of the glorybower flower is its white, inflated calyx. The plant requires a sunny growing area and an evenly moist soil. In winter, keep the soil drier when the plant is resting. The plant likes cool temperatures, preferably in the 60's. Glorybower's growth and blooming period is in late summer. Once the flowers fade, pick them off and do any pruning that may be needed. Propagation is by suckers, or green wood cuttings taken in summer. The cuttings root in perlite at a temperature of 70 degrees.