Bouvardia ternifolia Richard Lynch in colder spots the plant

in colder spots the plant makes a fragrant container specimen to shelter through winter

The willow-like leaves

Set this narrow-leaved aucuba in part to full shade in good

and holds a compact shape once established

Cut the shrub back hard in spring once new growth shows

Bouvardia ternifolia Richard Lynch in colder spots the plantBouvardia ternifolia, the firecracker bush, is a compact, heat loving shrub of the southwestern United States and Mexico, hung from late spring to frost with clusters of long, slender, scarlet red tubular flowers. Few plants pull hummingbirds in like this one: the bright tubes are pitched exactly for their bills, and the bloom keeps coming through the hottest months when little else holds color. Whorls of narrow leaves clothe a tidy, two to three foot