Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 14:39:00 -0500
Reply-To: BB for Hummingbirds and Gardening for them in the Southeast <HUMNET-L@LISTSERV.LSU.EDU>
From: BB for Hummingbirds and Gardening for them in the Southeast <HUMNET-L@LISTSERV.LSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: [HUMNET-L] Justicia Question
To: HUMNET-L@LISTSERV.LSU.EDU
Bcc: najames@lsu.edu

In a message dated 12/31/02 2:26:56 AM Pacific Standard Time,
colibri@WEBDSI.COM writes:

Morning Humnuts,

This question is directed to the more horticulturally inclined on the
list.  Do Justicia aurea propagate by seeds?

I have never seen seeds on the one I have [from Ron Rovansek], but another
plant has come up about 4 feet from the original.  Would this likely be
from seed or from an underground runner?

NLN

Nancy,
I don't think justicia aurea (at least the plant I gave you that I called
justicia aurea) sprouts long stolons or rizomes or otherwise spreads a long
way vegetatively. My plants have slowly increased in size, but never spread
far. I have never noticed seed either, but that is my guess at the source
of your plants. The new plant might also be a sprouted piece that was cut
or broken from the original plant - pieces root pretty easily.

I think justicia aurea is a great plant, and hummers like it. I have seen
the same plant grown out here in CA and called by the same latin name.

Ron Rovansek
Huntington Beach, CA