Agapetes serpens

Plant Characteristics

Habit		shrub
Height:	⇕	3 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 3.
Width:	⇔	7 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 7.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Bloom:	❀	early winter, mid winter, late winter

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	part-sun
Features:	✓	evergreen, flowers
USDA Zones:		9 to 10
Flower features:	❀	red, pink

Scientific Names

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Agapetes serpens is a semi-climbing shrub species native to the Himalayas, 40–60 cm tall, grown as an ornamental for its attractive pendulous benches of red tubular flowers blooming over a long period. It is mostly grown in climates from cool temperate to sub-tropical.

Cultivation

Propagation

Propagation is from cuttings.

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