Mexican Honeysuckle
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Justicia spicigera
Mexican Honeysuckle Photo Description: Mexican Honeysuckle is a medium-sized shrub with rich green leaves and bright orange flowers. It grows 2 to 4 feet tall and spreads 3 to 6 feet wide, depending on the planting location. The soft, velvety leaves are medium green and become larger in shady locations. Clusters of bright orange, narrowly tubular flowers appear almost any time of the year.

Maintenance: Mexican Honeysuckle prefers light shade to full sun exposure. It is fairly drought tolerant, but looks better when given regular supplemental water in the summer. It has a moderate to fast growth rate and is not particularly fussy about soil. It grows equally well in a loose, amended soil or in native, unimproved soil. Primary requirement is good drainage.