Plant's Details

Scientific Name
Rotheca microphylla (Blume) Callm. & Phillipson
Category
Angiosperms
Created on Date
2024-09-23 19:39:22
Common Name
Musical Note, Morning Kiss.
Synonym(s)
Clerodendrum incisum Klotzsch
Family
Lamiaceae
Status
Live
Description

A small bushy shrub with small leaves. Leaves elliptic, margins dentate, acute apex, cuneate base. Flowers white, delicate, long corolla tube, buds hook shaped. They appear in large masses. The unopened flowers resemble musical notes in the bud stage - opening to showy flower with red stamens. Use as a short hedge, in small groupings or as a single specimen plant. This perfect landscape plant is very easy to grow, blooms in both full sun or shade, and tolerates some drought.