This shrub has upright cane-like stems with arching branches and reddish shoots that form a rounded habit. It has dull green lance-shaped leaves and the crimson-red pendulous urn-shaped flowers appear in a cluster during spring.

Hardiness zones 9 to 11

Cestrum fasciculatum is naturally found in North America growing in central Mexico. It prefers a well drained organic rich fertile moist sandy soil and grows in a semi shadedto open sunny position and is drought and frost tender.

Red Cestrum is a tough shrub that is grown for its flowers, colourful berries and its open habit. It is planted along garden borders for screening or as a filler plant and used in large rockeries. It is suitable for coastal in inland regions establishing from in 1 to 2 years and is long lived. It is also grown in large tubs or planter boxes. ID 23

Cestrum (SES-trum)fasciculatum (fas-sik-yoo-LAH-tum)

Solanaceae (so-lan-AY-see-ee)
Potato Family