Clerodendrum trichotomum
Glory tree, Harlequin glorybower
- Height × spread
- 3m × 2.5m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Cold to -15C (RHS H5)
- Flowers
- Summer
Availability
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About this plant
This makes a big domed shrub with large glossy, rather elegant, lance-shaped leaves. It flowers in August producing sprays of small starry flowers that have a lily like fragrance. Once the flowers are over there are bright blue berries, each of which is enclosed in reddish bracts. This makes an excellent background shrub for a sunny spot in rich well drained soil. It stands around 3m (10ft) in height with a 2.5m (8ft) spread. The leaves smell have an unpleasant odour if crushed.
- Flower colour
- White
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Blue
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- Yes, sweet
- Shape
- Round
- Height
- 3m
- Spread
- 2.5m
- Height in 10 years
- 2.5m
- Spread in 10 years
- 2m
- Season of interest
- Summer, Autumn
- Flowers in
- Summer
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Scented garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun
- Soil type
- Loam (normal), Poor soil
- Soil pH
- Alkaline
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Well drained soil
- Hardiness
- Cold to -15C (RHS H5)
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Structural, Bird attraction
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring - late · Outdoors
Feed with slow release fertiliser
Apply a general purpose slow release fertiliser, spreading it around the root area of the plant as it is coming into growth. (Or apply a liquid feed at regular intervals throughout the growing season.)
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost as a single annual procedure.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water to keep the soil moist
For best results, this plant needs soil that is always moist. Water deeply and regularly as soon as soil appears dry. Even for established plants in the ground, a dry week can cause problems with some soils. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather. Or install an automatic irrigation system which will do the hard work for you, even when you are away on holiday.
Without regular watering some plants never fully regain their beauty.
Planting & general
Outdoor planting · Planting
Add root growth stimulant to the planting hole
Mycorrhizal fungi helps roots establish quickly, so they absorb water and nutrients more efficiently. It comes as a powder, granule or gel. Add to the planting hole or container, and to the plant's rootball before planting in the hole. For "bareroot" plants use a gel.
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