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Hardiness: USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F) USDA Zone 10a: to -1.1 °C (30 °F) USDA Zone 10b: to 1.7 °C (35 °F)
On Mar 9, 2006, SisterClay from Hurst, TX (Zone 7b) wrote:
I love this plant! I planted it in the fall from a little 4 inch pot. When it grew back in the spring, it was huge. It grew to about a 6 foot spread by 3 feet tall. I was also pleasently suprised to look out my window one day to see a hummingbird feeding on it.
It did produce at least 1 new plant the following fall which I dug up and planted in another part of the garden.
On Aug 24, 2004, frostweed from Josephine, Arlington, TX (Zone 8a) wrote:
I love this plant, and so do the hummingbirds. It blooms all summer even in
part shade, and can take the heat with no problem.
I do not have any trouble with it overpopulating and I would not mind having many of them. They are beautiful and easy to root, blooming through the hottest part of summer.
This plant is endemic to Texas and one of my favorite shrubs.
On Aug 23, 2004, GardenQuiltLady from New Braunfels, TX (Zone 8a) wrote:
Every garden should have one Flame acanthus, and only one! Seedlings pop up everywhere in the yard propogated by birds, wind, etc. Hummingbird magnet. Blooms summer through first frost. I never, ever water mine. Do not plant with intentions of containing it to one area.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Tucson, Arizona Sacramento, California Temecula, California Brooksville, Florida Gainesville, Florida Pensacola, Florida Riverview, Florida Sorrento, Florida Umatilla, Florida West Palm Beach, Florida Yulee, Florida Cordele, Georgia Hebron, Kentucky New Iberia, Louisiana Albuquerque, New Mexico La Luz, New Mexico Elizabeth City, North Carolina Washington, North Carolina Greenville, South Carolina Abilene, Texas Alvin, Texas Arlington, Texas Austin, Texas (2 reports) Belton, Texas Boerne, Texas Dallas, Texas Desoto, Texas Flint, Texas Fort Worth, Texas (4 reports) Frisco, Texas Georgetown, Texas Groesbeck, Texas Houston, Texas (2 reports) Hurst, Texas Jacksonville, Texas (2 reports) Lampasas, Texas Mexia, Texas New Braunfels, Texas Rowlett, Texas San Antonio, Texas (6 reports) Spring Branch, Texas Van Alstyne, Texas Zapata, Texas Stafford, Virginia
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