Jatropha
Jatropha integerrima
| PLANT TYPE: Shrub or small
tree
AVERAGE SIZE: 3 to 10 feet tall by 2 to 8 feet wide. GROWTH RATE: Moderate LEAF: Glossy medium green leaves; Variably shaped; About one inch across FLOWER: Clusters of star-shaped bright scarlet flowers. Year-round bloom. Produces small oval berries. GROWING CONDITIONS WATER: Once established, low water requirements. Fairly drought tolderant. Keep soil well drained. CARE: Handles pruning well and can be kept
to shrub size, trained to a tree form or used in a container. |
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A spectacular shrub in bloom
Jatropha, or Peregrina, is a beautiful flowering evergreen shrub. It blooms most of the year with clusters of star-shaped bright scarlet flowers. It handles pruning well and can be kept to shrub size, trained to a tree form or used as a container specimen. It attracts butterflies and hummingbirds as well.
Jatropha is easy-care. Though not salt-tolerant, it will thrive in most soil conditions, provided the soil is well drained.
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