Mussaenda Florida. These are very healthy plants with well established root systems. It is a smaller shrub 15 to 2 metres 5 to 6 feet tall by 15 to 2 metres 5 to 6 feet wide.
Mussaenda may be a rather small shrub or large to 30 feet like a small tree. Its delicate appearance is an easy-care addition to gardens that are in full sun or in partial sun during the hottest parts of the day. In Florida it is planted widely and is made into an attractive hedge or border when in full bloom.
It is quite popular and comes in colors like yellow red or creamy white with red white or pink.
Clusters corymbs of small tubular flowers with five spreading lobes bloom in summer however it is the large and colorful ovate leaf-like sepals to 3. Zone 10a -11 C 30 F to 17 C 35 F Maximum recommended zone. Illicium parviflorum Growth Habit. On Aug 3 2004 hjcoach from Brooksville FL wrote.