#jacobinia

Justicia Carnea, taken by me (2025).

Jacobinia carnea

Happy in the shade Jacobinia or Brazilian plume flower (justicia carnea or jacobinia carnea), also flamingo flower, is a flowering plant native to the Atlantic forests of eastern Brazil. Although it’s tropical it likes a moist shaded spot. I’ve never deliberately grown it, just transplanted it occasionally. Pretty flowers but needs to be cut back or it gets spindly and messy. You can strike it from cuttings. The plant has historical medical uses to treat anemia and was known as “Hospital too far”. #jacobinia #BrazilianPlumeFlower #FlamingoFlower #flower #tropical #JusticiaCarnea #JacobiniaCarnea #abcmygarden #brazil #BrazillianPlant (at Belmont, New South Wales, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnv7RpPPx37/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Back in flower is the Jacobinia or Brazilian plume flower (justicia carnea or jacobinia carnea), also flamingo flower, is a flowering plant native to the Atlantic forests of eastern Brazil. Although it’s tropical it lakes a moist shaded spot. I’ve never deliberately grown it, just transplanted it occasionally. Pretty flowers but needs to be cut back or it gets spindly and messy. You can strike it from cuttings. The plant has historical medical uses to treat anemia and was known as “Hospital too far”. #jacobinia #brazilianplumeflower #flamingoflower #flower #tropical #justiciacarnea #jacobiniacarnea #abcmygarden #brazil #brazillianplant (at Belmont, New South Wales, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ckh6A4-vGrB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Jacobinia or Brazilian plume flower (justicia carnea or jacobinia carnea), also flamingo flower, is a flowering plant native to the Atlantic forests of eastern Brazil. This is another “visitor” from next door that has been popping up for the last 20 years. Although it’s tropical it likes a moist shaded spot. I’ve never deliberately grown it, just transplanted it occasionally. Pretty flowers but needs to be cut back or it gets spindly and messy. You can strike it from cuttings. The plant has historical medical uses to treat anemia and was known as “Hospital too far”. #jacobinia #brazilianplumeflower #flamingoflower #flowers #tropical #justiciacarnea #jacobiniacarnea #mygarden #myplants #australiangardens #austraeliangarden #brazil #brazillianplant #brazillianplants (at Belmont, New South Wales, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZi-Ej5peCA/?utm_medium=tumblr

#oneadayplant Jacobinia ‘Firefly’. (Brazilian Fuchsia) (Syn. Justicia) Spotted this at a nursery yesterday. I’ve seen it before several times, but never grown it as (to my knowledge) it has never been that hardy and I didn’t like it enough to bother overwintering it indoors. Pretty, but not durable. Interestingly, it was outside and just coming in to flower, so perhaps it is more robust than I thought?! (Untested). If you like it, but need something reliably hardy in the UK, do yourself a favour and seek out Desfontainia spinosa which, although slow growing, is an absolute gem! #shrub #brazil #fuchsia #jacobinia #justicia #firefly #plant #garden #halfhardy #garden #red #yellow #orange #flower #flowers #plant #plants #plantingdesign #containergardening #gardening (at Crowborough, East Sussex) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8daUKKgE5o/?igshid=80b04dd9ge17

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