INDIAN 
HAWTHORN 
INDIAN HAWTHORN  (Raphiolepis 
indica). This beautiful evergreen shrub to 
6 feet is rare in Florida, but deserves 
wide cultivation for it is fairly hardy and 
blooms intermittently from January to 
August. Ordinarily the flowers are white 
tinged pink but I offer only the two new- 
est varieties, one with bright pink flowers 
(var. rosea) and the other red (var. 
rubra). 
WOODFORDIA (W. fruticosa. Syn. 
W. floribunda and Grislea tomentosa). 
This is a handsome Indian shrub to 8 
feet, allied to the crapemyrtle. It grows 
best on slopes in full sun, and during the 
wet season its long, spreading branches 
are covered for 6 to 8 weeks with great 
quantities of brilliant red, curved, tubular 
flowers % inch long, with red stamens jut- 
ting from their mouths. Troup calls the 
shrubs “a conspicuous sight.” Nairne calls 
them “handsome.” The plant is not eaten 
by cattle and is frost hardy. 
BUNCHOSIA (B._ lanceolata). This 
evergreen shrub from Costa Rica bears 
clusters of bright yellow flowers. It is 
allied to Malpighia. 
SANCHEZIA (S. nobilis glaucophylla). 
This croton-like evergreen South American 
4’ shrub with large variegated-colored 
leaves and orange-red-yellow spikes of 
showy flowers is often seen in Florida 
gardens but “nobody knows the name of 
it. 
SHRIMP PLANT (Beloperone guttata). 
Mexican herb to 3’ favored in Florida 
gardens for the showy reddish-brown 3” 
spikes, tipped by white flowers. They 
really look like shrimp! 
BEAUTY-BERRY (Callicarpa vestita). 
I like this evergreen shrub of the Verbena 
family bearing clusers of white, pearl-like 
berries. 
JATROPHA. Several of these make at- 
tractive garden shrubs. J. hastata from 
the West Indies, with scarlet star-like 
flowers is one of the best. Many preter 
the Mexican J. podagrica with clusters 
of red flowers and ornamental large leaves 
on a fat “trunk”. J. standleyi has purple 
flowers. 
*MEMECYLON (M. caeruleum. Syn. 
M. spathandra). “A most attractive flow- 
ering shrub” Williams calls this Malayan 
Melastome which “produces masses of 
small blue flowers”, according to Jex- 
Blake. The calyx is lilac, the petals deep 
blue, and white pollen tips the stamens. 
Hutchinson says “flowers azure blue, usu- 
ally abundant.” 
BOUVARDIA CORAL. The tubular 
flower clusters on this small shrub are an 
attractive coral-red. It likes full sun or 
semi-shade. 
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JUNGLE QUEEN 
JUNGLE QUEEN (Rondeletia cor- 
data). This dense shrub to 4 feet has 
waxy pink flowers so perfect they look 
artificial. The leaves are thick, shiny green 
and leathery, medium in size, most at- 
tractive all year around. 
BRAZIL SKYFLOWER (Duranta steno- 
stachya). This medium to large shrub 
with arching branches covered with an 
attractive light green, glossy foliage, bears 
racemes of light blue flowers all summer. 
Californians have found it superior to the 
common Duranta plumieri. It grows in 
sun or partial shade. 
