Botanical Name: Erythrina humeana
Common Name: Dwarf Erythrina

 

Use: Outdoors
Indigenous/Exotic : Indigenous
Evergreen/Deciduous : Deciduous
Plant Type : Shrub to small tree
Flower Colour : Bright red
Foliage Colour : Green
Best Season : Summer to autumn
Light : Sun
Hardiness : Semi hardy
Attributes :  
Height (m) : 1 to 3
Spread (m) :
    
Notes: The dwarf erythrina attains a height of up to 3 m at best, but is usually about 1 m high. In summer to early autumn it bears flowers whose colour is striking; each bloom contains shades of yellow and green, but the whole is predominently a flaming red. A decid­uous shrub rather than a tree.