Plant of the Week - Episode 604
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T-shirt Winner:
Nancy Schwartz
La Grange, NC

Common Name:
Peregrina

Scientific Name:
Jatropha integerrima

Type:
tropical evergreen shrub, native to Cuba

Flowers:
scarlet, red
clustered

Foliage:
The leaves are extremely variable; they may be entire and elliptic or oval, or they may be fiddle shaped, or they may have three sharp pointed lobes.

Hardiness:
Zone 10, will not grow as a perennial in NC, must be
brought in and grown as a houseplant during Winter

Culture:
full sun, but will tolerate some shade

Other:
attracts hummingbirds
use in mixed borders