General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9a -6.7 °C (20 °F) to -3.9 °C (25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 4 to 6 feet
Plant Spread: 2 to 3 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Red
White
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Taproot
Suitable Locations: Houseplant
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • Brazilian Plume
  • Brazilian Fireworks
  • Flamingo Flower
  • Jacobinia
  • Pine-Bur Begonia
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Justicia carnea
  • Synonym: Porphyrocoma pohliana

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Location: Melbourne, Australia
Date: 2017-01-11
The underside of the leaves is purple/brown when viewed from belo
Location: Parchur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Date: 2023-12-03
Location: Copenhagen
Date: 2014-07-23
Location: Winter Springs, FL zone 9b
Date: 2022-06-25
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Date: 2005-06-15
Planted on north side of house.
Location: NE., Fl.
Date: 2013-09-22
Location: Vermont
Date: 2014-10-02
Location: Palm Harbor, Florida
Date: 2013-05-31
Location: BG Berlin
Date: 2013-10-07
Justicia carnea - BG Berlin
Location: Botanical Garden of Amsterdam
Date: 2013-08-09
Location: Botanical Garden of Amsterdam
Date: 2013-08-09
Location: Fountain, Florida
Date: 2014-09-28
Location: Vermont
Date: 2014-10-02
Location: Fountain, Florida
Date: 2015-04-26
Location: Hidcote Manor garden, UK
Date: 2016-09-19
Location: Van der Veer Botanical Garden Davenport, Iowa
Date: 2011-07-02
Location: Botanical Garden of Copenhagen
Date: 2014-07-23
Location: Winter Springs, FL zone 9b
Date: 2016-05-25
New bloom emerging
Location: Winter Springs, FL zone 9b
Date: 2013-05-17
These plants never get too big since they freeze back most years,
Location: In my garden
Date: 2014-11-12
Brazilian Plume (Jacobinia)
Location: Fountain, Florida
Date: 2014-09-28
Location: Hortus botanicus Leiden
Date: 2017-03-22
Location: Botanical Garden University Gent, Belgium
Date: 2015-09-02
Location: Vander Veer Botanical Gardens - Davenport, Iowa
Date: 2011-07-02
Location: Fountain, Florida
Date: 2015-02-21
The buds/bloom emerge from under the "rose" looking "pelats"
Location: Winter Springs, FL zone 9b
Date: 2013-05-19
Location: Fountain, Florida
Date: 2014-09-28

Date: April
credit: Prenn
Location: Seville, Spain | April, 2023
Date: 2023-04-05
Location: Botanical Garden University Gent, Belgium
Date: 2015-09-02
Location: Botanical Garden University Gent, Belgium
Date: 2015-09-04
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Comments:
  • Posted by terrafirma (NE. FL. - Zone 9a) on Aug 22, 2014 8:35 AM concerning plant:
    A beautiful subtropical evergreen shrub, with very dense clusters of tubular shaped pink flowers. A soft wood shrub with large, veined leaves about 8 - 10 inches in length. Stems can reach about 4 - 5 feet tall. Needs partial to full shade, organically rich soil, and it will die back at about 25F - 30F. Has regrown for me reliably every spring here in Northeast Florida.
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