Even in South Florida, there are not many plants that bloom year-round. Some bloom on and off all year, but only a few have flowers 365 days a year. One of them is the Jatropha integerrima also known ...

Jatropha – Jatropha integerrima, commonly called peregrina, spicy jatropha, or fire-cracker plant. Native to Cuba, Jatropha is a tropical for us, but in its native range it is a large shrub. It has an ...

Although summer is often wet in Kona, you might want to start thinking about the dry times ahead while planting some flowering plants in your summer. Consider a few jatropha varieties that are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The deep reddish pink flowers of Jatropha integerrima add a blast of color to any green area, such as hedges. With the rest of the ...

Blooms, birds and butterflies are the attributes everyone experiences when growing the award-winning spicy jatropha. Spicy jatropha also commonly known as peregrina and firecracker jatropha is really ...

What is the tree that the tropical butterflies flock to? It’s the spicy jatropha (Jatropha integerrima). This small, vase-shaped, multi-stemmed tree has smooth, gray-tan bark with dark-green 3- to ...

Small flowering trees make lovely additions to landscapes in Hawaii. Though we have many choices, a few have characteristics that recommend them for multiple uses by Kona gardeners. The rose jatropha ...

My neighbor has a tree that attracts wild parrots. I see them every day eating the leaves. Can you tell me the name of the tree so I can plant one? – Lyubov Burton, Wilton Manors The tree is the red ...

Spicy jatropha (Jatropha integerrima) belongs to the Euphorbia family (Euphorbiaceae) -- one of the larger plant families, including more than 300 genera and 7,500 species, many of which are arid ...