- Common name:
- Yellow Rabbit Ears, Yellow Bird, Yellow Hummingbird Plant
Category :Shrubs, Groundcovers
Family:Acanthaceae or Crossandra or Thunbergia family
- Light:
- Sun growing, Semi shade
- Water:
- Can tolerate less, Can tolerate more
- Primarily grown for:
- Flowers
- Flowering season:
- Year-around flowering, Flowers in flushes throughout the year
- Flower or Inflorescence color:
- Yellow
- Foliage color:
- Green
- Plant Height or length:
- 1 to 2 meters
- Plant Spread or Width:
- 1 to 2 meters
- Plant Form:
- Spreading, Upright or Erect
- Special Character:
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- Rare Plant or difficult to get plant
- Good for making bonsai
- Good for screening
- Good for Hedges and Borders
- Good for Edges ie very small hedge or border
- Suitable for road median planting
- Grows best in humid and warm regions
- Generally available in India in quantities of:
- Old variety plants may be difficult to get
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Plant Description:
- - A yellow variation of speciosa, which normally has orange red blossoms.
- Evergreen shrub with glossy ovate leaves, and showy 2 lipped flowers yellow, blotched and spotted with glossy patches.
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Growing tips:
- - Prefers warm climate and high humidity.
- Plants grow best in slightly acidic soils with good drainage and good fertility.
- It can be grown in both sun and sami shade.