Justicia brandegeeana 'Fruit Cocktail' (Fruit Cocktail Shrimp Plant)
Botanical name: Justicia brandegeeana
Common name: Fruit Cocktail Shrimp Plant
Cultivar: Fruit Cocktail
Family: Acanthaceae







A charming addition for any sunny to partly sunny exposure, its golden lime colored bracts accented by bright red flowers crown this upright grower in a never-ending display. As easy to grow as any in this genus, it tops the list as a free bloomer. Use it to brighten south, east, or west exposures, or as a potted container for the summer garden. Everbloomer.
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Link to this plant:
https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/justicia_fruit.htm
Fruit cocktail shrimp plant, golden lime colored bracts accented by bright red flowers crown. Very cold hardy tropical, like many of Acantheceae plants. It survived in our garden two nights of 25F hard freeze with no protection and no damage.
Recommended Fertilizer: SUNSHINE Megaflor - Bloom Nutrition Booster
Recommended Fertilizer: SUNSHINE Megaflor - Bloom Nutrition Booster
Grown in
6"/1 gal pot







