by Prof. Crawford Bailey
Published 3 years ago
Updated 2 years ago
Pride of Barbados plants should be watered deeply once or twice each week for the first year or two after planting. Once the plants become well established, they are highly drought-tolerant and should not need supplemental water but, for best growth and blooming, water them during prolonged droughts.Nov 25, 2019
Container-grown plants should be placed in the same sunlight exposure as those grown in the ground. If a container-grown plant is moved indoors for the winter, place it by a window where it will receive direct sunlight. Pride of Barbados plants should be watered deeply once or twice each week for the first year or two after planting.
How big do pride of Barbados plants get?
Usually it will return in spring but younger plants may be slower to emerge. Both plants can get up to about 8 feet tall, but Pride of Barbados is generally a little shorter and bushier, mostly due to the fact that it freezes to the ground most years. And both plants get about 4 to 6 feet wide, so give them plenty of room.
How much sun does a pride of Barbados need?
A 16-inch diameter by 16-inch deep container with drain holes in the bottom is suitable. Pride of Barbados plants need a minimum of six to eight hours of direct sunlight each day. They grow successfully with as little as two hours of direct sunlight; however, they grow best and bloom more profusely in full sun.
What is Pride of Barbados?
Pride of barbados growing legume shrub of the genus Caesalpinia also known as Red bird of paradise or Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Pride of barbados perennial deciduous or evergreen plant used as ornamental plant, fixing nitrogen or as bonsai, can grow in subtropical, mediterranean or desert climate and growing in hardiness zone 8-11.
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