One of Texas’ best loved and most used flowering ornamentals hails from a variety of habitats: sandy low grounds near streams, limestone slopes around wooded creeks and even palm groves provide fertile ground for turk’s cap. It ranges from the Texas Coastal Plain, east to Florida and also to the West Indies, Mexico and Cuba. In the Valley it is evergreen, flowering year round, but farther north it will die to the ground as an herbaceous perennial in colder climates where it grows to a maximum of 4 by 4 feet. Turk’s Cap forms a multi-branching bush that grows several feet high, but can be pruned back to a desired size. It can grow in full sun to deep shade, with a long bloom season through summer and into fall. The flowers consist of approximately 2 inch long petals that fold into each other and create a tight bloom that doesn’t “open”. The bright red flowers attract butterflies and hummingbirds and put on a striking summer show.

SIZE: 1 GALLON

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