Red-Blooms All Winter and Spring
Every year as Christmas approaches and most of my plants have gone to sleep for the winter, my favorite shrub is just getting started…
It begins with small buds appearing along each branch.
By mid-January, the buds have burst open, exposing their crimson centers.
By Valentine’s Day, my shrubs are absolutely covered in masses of red flowers.
Wonder what this shrub is called?
“Valentine”
(Eremophila maculata ‘Valentine’)
You can find out more about my favorite shrub and what it looks like when not in bloom in my latest article for Houzz…
Noelle Johnson, aka, 'AZ Plant Lady' is a author, horticulturist, and landscape consultant who helps people learn how to create, grow, and maintain beautiful desert gardens that thrive in a hot, dry climate. She does this through her consulting services, her online class Desert Gardening 101, and her monthly membership club, Through the Garden Gate. As she likes to tell desert-dwellers, "Gardening in the desert isn't hard, but it is different."
