General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9b -3.9 °C (25 °F) to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 10 feet to 15 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Semi-evergreen
Malodorous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Red and white
Other: Crimson Red Petals with White Calyces.
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Other: Sporadically year-round but most prolific during the warm months.
Suitable Locations: Houseplant
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Tip
Division
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • Bleeding Heart Vine
  • Bleeding Heart
  • Glory Bower

Photo Gallery
Location: At the Missouri Botanical Garden in Saint Louis
Date: 05-08-2019
Bleeding Heart Vine (Clerodendrum thomsoniae) 003
Location: all photos from my gardens
Date: 2021-09-20
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-04-15
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (near Brussels - Belgium)
Date: 2023-05-15
Location: At the Missouri Botanical Garden in Saint Louis
Date: 05-08-2019
Bleeding Heart Vine (Clerodendrum thomsoniae) 001
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (near Brussels - Belgium)
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (near Brussels - Belgium)

Date: 2014-06-17
Location: Botanical Garden Utrecht
Date: 2017-09-24
Location: Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Date: August, 2013
Uploaded by GordonHawk
Uploaded by GordonHawk
Location: My Yard
Date: 2011-07-30
Location: Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington WV
Date: 2017-09-16
Uploaded by treehugger

credit: Prenn
Location: Laura's
Date: 2013-07-26
Location: NE., Fl.
Date: 2013-09-22
Location: At the Missouri Botanical Garden in Saint Louis
Date: 05-08-2019
Bleeding Heart Vine (Clerodendrum thomsoniae) 002
Location: Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington WV
Date: 2017-09-16
Location: My garden HW pot
Date: 2018-05-14
Location: my garden 
Date: 2014-07-07
Location: Waukesha, Wi
Date: 2011-09-04

photo credit: James Steakley
Location: My Yard
Date: 2011-07-30
Location: My Yard
Date: 2011-07-30
Location: NE., Fl.
Date: 2013-09-22
Location: Sanford, FL
Date: 2021-05-30
Location: La Fortuna, Costa Rica | Old Photo
Date: 2022-12-17
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2022-05-09
Location: my garden 
Date: 2014-07-07
Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2014-07-12
Location: indoors Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2020-03-13
Bleeding Heart (Clerodendrum thomsoniae) seeds.
Location: Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Date: August, 2013

Date: 2011-05-27
Location: Austin ,TX
Date: 2011-04-27
Location: Pam's garden 
Date: 2017-09-24
Comments:
  • Posted by terrafirma (NE. FL. - Zone 9a) on Aug 22, 2014 1:07 PM concerning plant:
    This is an evergreen vining shrub in most protected spots in the south. It can be used as a indoor/outdoor container plant elsewhere. The leaves are distinctly ribbed, oval in shape, about 4 - 7 inches in length. Flat clusters of scarlet-red, inch-size "tubes" surrounded by white calyxes to about 5 inches wide, bloom in the late summer to fall. It needs a support for twining, and it can reach a height of about 6 - 8 ft. if not trimmed. It does best in a rich, well draining soil, in partial shade, and will take well to pruning immediately after flowering.

    Native to West Africa
Plant Events from our members
piksihk On September 30, 2023 Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc)
This died during freeze
piksihk On December 1, 2020 Bloomed
piksihk On May 24, 2020 Bloomed
piksihk On June 4, 2019 Bloomed
piksihk On May 16, 2018 Bloomed
piksihk On April 17, 2017 Bloomed
piksihk On March 22, 2017 Bloomed
piksihk On April 25, 2016 Bloomed
piksihk On May 11, 2015 Bloomed
white no red yet
piksihk On May 1, 2015 Plant emerged
leafing out
piksihk On July 7, 2014 Bloomed
piksihk On July 3, 2014 Obtained plant
pot
tabbycat On June 18, 2023 Cuttings took
cut about 7 8" tips that were starting to climb in tree (not wanted). I put in water to see if they root. Note: flowers are finishing since March.I also found a few seeds so will plant those soon.
tabbycat On April 9, 2023 Obtained plant
Has 4 long trailing branches. One is loaded with flowers & others have starts of buds so it will bloom a while.Needs part shade so I hung in the Vitex to get morning only sun then filtered thru tree tops.
tabbycat On September 17, 2022 Obtained plant
Has about 6 leaves on two 10" vines. I repotted in new soil in a red 8" across pot on my patio
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