Pachystachys lutea

Golden Candles

$15.50
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Great little filler shrub. Highly recommended as a landscaping plant, takes a light frost. Nectar producer that attracts birds and butterflies year round!

P. lutea is a also called Golden Candles as well as Golden Shrimp Plant.

Golden Candles is an evergreen shrub that flowers profusely several times a year. The bright yellow bracts are held over the foliage and add striking color to any tropical or subtropical garden. It is an older plant  regaining popularityas it is a consistant landscaping workhorse..

It needs bright light to flower well (up here we grow them in full sun) and benefits from a light trim to keep it bushy and between 1 and 11/2 m. 

(5911)

Growing Conditions well drained rich soil full sun to part shade, grows all the way down to Sydney on the coast
SKU 5911

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