Agapetes serpens

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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

Ericaceae >

Agapetes >

serpens >

(Wight) Sleumer >


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.

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Propagation is from cuttings.

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