PlantFiles: Red Flame Ivy
Hemigraphis alternata

Here in Tampa, this did really well through the summer, but it looks now like it's all dead. I'm not sure if it's coming back, or gone for good. If it's supposed to be perennial, should I give it a chance to come back, or give up and try something else?

This gets a little wilty in the mid day heat here in zone 11. But really it is so striking as a ground cover mixed in with the bright lime green sweet potato vine, It has tiny little white flowers that are hardly noticable, but are still a nice little gift. This plant is new to me this year, so even though its so far, so good, it isnt even June yet so judgment is reserved!
**4/27/06- this plant died back but returned this spring. I did pull a lot of it out of the beds because they looked so scraggily. The new growth popped up along the old runners I missed (under an hibiscus) Now I know it will return, if you can put up with how it looks in its dormant period...(zone 10 b or 11).