Flame Acanthus July 14, 2013

Flame Acanthus is a deciduous perennial.  It spreads like crazy because if it droops on the ground it will root where it touches the ground.  I dug up pieces of it last year and planted it in several places in the Star Garden.

Flame Acanthus is the larval plant for the Texas Crescent butterfly which is why I grow it.  I grow plants that will attract butterflies.  And it has pretty orange tubular flowers that hummingbirds love.