Garden Rose Before and After

Before.......(roses still on the bush)

After.........(roses and clerodendrum on the table)


Today's photos have a neat story. The Clerodendrum is a vining, flowery bush that my neighbor has planted on either side of the garage door. It's beautiful and another neighbor wants to plant this variety in her own yard. We walked over to get a closer look at the plant because we didn't know what variety is was. It looked kind of like a bleeding heart, but it was not white and red. Turns out, after some research online, we found out it's a Clerodendrum. The bleeding heart is also a Clerodendrum...just a different variety.

Here's the bleeding heart

Here's what I think we found

Clerodendrum splendens or Clerodendrum speciosum


Now, two days ago, when we looked at the clerodendrum, we picked a few flowers to take back to the house. I put it in water and today I noticed that it's already begun to sprout roots!

Photos: courtesy of Top Tropicals in Punta Gorda, FL.