What's causing discord between nursery folk and native-plant enthusiasts is the marketing of a smaller — up to 10 feet tall — firebush as "dwarf firebush," though at first glance they're on ...

It is a large shrub or small tree with a rounded or open shape. It easily grows 12 to 15 feet tall. The bark is dark brown and the plants grow with multiple trunks.

Hardy in Zones 9B to 11, Dwarf Firebush can be used on most of the Treasure Coast. I think these plants do better closer to the coast in the northern parts of our area.

Plant Doctor Tom MacCubbin gives advice on gardening in Florida including how to deal with aphids as wells caring for hibiscus, Indian hawthorns, hydrangea, pepper and bananas.

Cocoplum, Simpson stopper, pittosporum, podocarpus, dwarf firebush, viburnum suspensum, spicewood, viburnum odoratissimum and arboricola are examples of shrubs that are frequently used in hedges ...

Plant the native. It is advised that you avoid non-native varieties of firebush, particularly the glabra cultivar (frequently sold as African, dwarf, or compact firebush) as it may hybridize with ...

A good plant with which to start is crape myrtle. ... Hamelia patens var. glabra, was introduced into the nursery trade as a dwarf firebush, though in reality it is not dwarf.