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Combretum aubletii
Monkey's brushFamily: Combretaceae
Origin: S. America
Combretums are very impressive plants, and this one is definitely one of the brightest of them. Powder-puff flowers are multi-colored: yellow, orange, and red. When in bloom, this vining shrub is all covered with them, looks like a fire. Can be trimmed as a shrub or grows as a vine with support when you let it go.
Similar plants:
- Combretum apiculatum (Red Bushwillow)
- Combretum caffrum (Riverbushwillow, African bush willow, Cape Bushwillow, Bushveld willow)
- Combretum constrictum (Thailand Powderpuff, Ball of Fire)
- Combretum erythrophyllum (Bush willow)
- Combretum fruticosum (Orange Flame Vine, Chameleon Vine)
- Combretum grandiflorum (Showy combretum)
- Combretum indicum, Quisqualis indica (Rangoon Creeper, Burma Creeper, Chinese Honeysuckle)
- Combretum kraussii (Forest Bushwillow )
- Combretum microphyllum, Combretum paniculatum subsp. microphyllum (Flame Creeper, Burning Bush)
- Combretum padoides (Thicket Bushwillow)
Link to this plant:
https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/combretum_aubletii.htm
Monkey's brush. Combretums are very impressive plants, and this one is definitely one of the brightest of them. Powder-puff flowers are multi-colored: yellow, orange, and red. When in bloom, this vining shrub is all covered with them, looks like a fire. Can be trimmed as a shrub or grows as a vine with support when you let it go. See picture of the plant.
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Grown in
10"/3 gal pot
5 plants in stock
$74.95