Clerodendrum indicum Jenks Photo credit to Trap Hers

Photo credit to Trap Hers

and ornamental fruit that lingers for months

semi-double interior that keeps a reddish cup at the base

far larger than the little oval kumquats most people know

more useful than sweet

Clerodendrum indicum Jenks Photo credit to Trap HersClerodendrum indicum, the Turk's turban, is a bold, tropical looking perennial that stages two very different shows in a single season. First come tall, nearly unbranched stems, ringed with long narrow leaves and topped in summer by great airy sprays of long tubed white flowers, shooting outward like a burst of fireworks, which earns the plant its other names, tube flower and skyrocket. Then, as the blooms fade, the real surprise arrives. Each spent