Clerodendrum minahassae (Fountain Clerodendrum)

Botanical name: Clerodendrum minahassae

Common names: Fountain Clerodendrum, Clerodendron, Tube Flower

Family: Lamiaceae    (Formerly:Verbenaceae)

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Beautiful free branching shrub with clusters of white flowers, resembling fountain. Fast growing. Very showy small fruit is deep blue (egg-plant) color, appears in the middle of red-petaled bract and creates unusual decorative effect. Unlike most of clerodendrums, this one is hard to propagate and is very rare in culture.

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