The flowers attract hummingbirds, and coral honeysuckle has no major insect or disease problems. ... My plants do not look healthy; they are pale green and the tips are dying.

These plants, including the Erythrina species, produce bean-like seed pods following flowering. Another quality of most leguminous plants is their ability to ‘fix’ nitrogen.

What was emailed to us included a gorgeous coral bush plant and a white passion flower vine. I thought I would also add one from my garden – a stunning plump yellow rose.

“Among our 20,000-plus experimental plants, I noticed a couple of plants with distinctive hues of red, shifting into coral tones,” Malinowski said. After a few hybridization cycles, he ...