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What blooms for you in December: Calliandra tweedii With Love

Calliandra tweedii "With Love" in a pot

Calliandra tweedii "With Love" plant in the ground

Calliandra tweedii "With Love" flowers

Calliandra tweedii "With Love" flower close up

💥 What blooms for you in December: Calliandra tweedii "With Love"

💥 December just started and so did Calliandra tweedii "With Love" - right by TopTropicals Bfarm office. This plant always knows how to kick off winter around here. First week of December… boom, the red tassels pop open, and then it keeps going all the way through winter and into spring.
💥 Calliandras are famous for being spectacular winter bloomers, but in our garden they seem to ignore the calendar and flower pretty much year-round. "With Love" grows as a many-stemmed dense shrub, kind of like a small fountain. Branches rise right from the ground, covered in tiny leaflets that gently fold at night or when you touch them.
💥 And the flowers - that’s the whole show! Fine, feathery, glowing-red tassels that look almost electric in the morning sun. The bush by the office is covered in them right now - bright scarlet puffs against fresh green foliage. Most calliandras lean more pink, but this one stays true red. It makes a fantastic hedge, a bold specimen shrub, and honestly a great bonsai because of the branching structure.
💥 If you want something cheerful, easy, and blooming exactly when most gardens look quiet, With Love delivers every single year.

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