The common name ‘Orange Plume’ describes this shrub very well. It certainly has done more than well on my small property. Turf grass rules here with $50 fines if your wheels touch the grass. I find grass the most boring, high maintenance, expensive plant around. It is hard to get enthusiastic about it. Neat nicks in our retirement community do get exercise hand picking weeds out of the lawn. Getting back up after weeding is the challenge.
I planted ‘Orange Plume’ out by the street to block out traffic sounds and provide green and privacy. The shrub is flanked by areca palms that are dying from Ganaderma butt rot. I tied orchids into the palms and now one areca is dead. The other areca is about ½ gone. Ganaderma has no cure so these palms are doomed. Weed whackers provide entry wounds for the Ganaderma to attack the trees.
‘Orange Plume’ is doing a great job in filling in for the dead and dying palms. The shrub must be 8 feet tall and 10 feet wide. I have to prune it back a bit on the street side but other wise leave it alone. The orange blooms are showy and certainly more interesting than the dead palm stems. Now, what to do about the orchids.
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