The firecracker plant – Russelia Equisetiformis [russ-SEEL-lee-uh eck-kwiss-see-tiff-FORmiss] is a perennial plant type often used as an ornamental shrub.
The firecracker plant – Russelia Equisetiformis [russ-SEEL-lee-uh eck-kwiss-see-tiff-FORmiss] is a perennial plant type often used as an ornamental shrub.
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This firecracker plant is a weeping subshrub in the style of the Weeping Willow, its long stems arch and dangle with scale-like leaves similar to the limbs of a Weeping Willow tree.
This firecracker plant is a weeping subshrub in the style of the Weeping Willow, its long stems arch and dangle with scale-like leaves similar to the limbs of a Weeping Willow tree.
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This firecracker plant is a weeping subshrub in the style of the Weeping Willow, its long stems arch and dangle with scale-like leaves similar to the limbs of a Weeping Willow tree.
This firecracker plant is a weeping subshrub in the style of the Weeping Willow, its long stems arch and dangle with scale-like leaves similar to the limbs of a Weeping Willow tree.
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The specific epithet, equisetum, means horse tail and refers to the plant’s growth habit.
Coral Fountain is kept as a houseplant in the wintertime, but move it outdoors into the sunlight for the summer to enjoy the best blooming performance and as a treat for pollinators.
The specific epithet, equisetum, means horse tail and refers to the plant’s growth habit.Coral Fountain is kept as a houseplant in the wintertime, but move it outdoors into the sunlight for the summer to enjoy the best blooming performance and as a treat for pollinators.
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Size & Growth
This arching form plant can grow 3′ – 6′ feet high in full sun with long arching stems of 6′ feet.
The rush-like bright green stems start out erect then fall over into showy cascades.
Size & GrowthThis arching form plant can grow 3′ – 6′ feet high in full sun with long arching stems of 6′ feet.The rush-like bright green stems start out erect then fall over into showy cascades.
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Flowering & Fragrance
Firecracker Plant’s firecracker-shaped red tubular flowers come in shades of white, scarlet, orange and coral.
Flowering & FragranceFirecracker Plant’s firecracker-shaped red tubular flowers come in shades of white, scarlet, orange and coral.