Oh wow, well worth the wait!

BEAUTIFUL!!!
Dorothy

That's really pretty, it's related to the clerodendrom that has the purple undersides, right? I dunno the flowers don't look anything alike though.

I'm glad it finally bloomed. The flowers really do look like little butterflies. The only bad thing about this plant is the smell of the foliage if you happen to crush it. Peewww!

Bri there's so many clerodendrums and I don't think any of them look alike. It's one group of plants with no family resemblance. lol I'm not even sure what it is about them that is related. Theresa they're very easy to propagate from cuttings and they'll bloom much faster.

Theresa

Wow! Beautiful! And definitely worth the wait! :) I love the colors! Karyn - you're just too sweet! :)

Mike

Yes def worth the wait....

Mine is taller than me now. I hope it blooms earlier than last year and it did live though the winter. It died down like the brugs but came back! They are really beautiful.

ok sorry to be mean but, i had this plant and i didnt like it. i killed it. i dont think its really nice. the flowers are tiny even though they do look like little butterflies, i dont find it particularly pretty :(

Siam!!!!Just Kidding! LOL Well, for now I like it alot. I might tire of it later,who knows.
Karyn, it is easy to root & I don't even have to crush the leaves, just brush them or put your nose to them. I think it smells like burnt hair or fingernails.LOL

Theresa

Theresa you're right. That's exactly what it smells like!

It's always nice to have patience rewarded! Lovely blue.

Smells like burnt hair or fingernails?
It probably sits in its very own little beauty-shop.

I am still waiting for mine to bloom! No fair! haha. I started mine about 3 years ago from seed, but I can't say I've taken care of them. They have been transplanted a couple of times, gone without water for months on end and have been exposed to frost and blistering heat. I just recently added a drip button for each shrub (or sconny stick - I don't think I can call them shrubs haha) which delivers water to their roots. They're responding very positively to that. It's too late this year for them to bloom (I think) because we get frost in mid December. Hopefully next year i'll get some.

Mine got large sprays of blooms last year but it was very late in the year. I have it in part shade and I think thats why it takes so long to bloom but the blooms last for weeks and are pretty good size. Not really tiny.

I've read that they bloom on new growth. Josh, try pruning it & that might do it.

Theresa

That is CUTE. Lovely colors of blue.

Siam don't worry. I grow some plans this year that I did not like either. I let even weeds grow lol until I knew better.

Thank God we do not like EVERY PLANT....can you imagine wanting em ALL??

Kristy I am on my way with clippers lol

Lucy

Aren't they cute lil butteryflies
pretty plant you did good :)
Susan

Mine is blooming now too for the first time, it was`nt
blooming and I gave it a splash of fertilizer.
The blue butterflys are so cute!
Thank you for posting your pics Thresa, very pretty!

Karen

Lucy you bring the clippers, I bought more bloom booster today, lol.

Theresa
Do you grow it in a pot or the ground???
I have had one in the ground for a few years.
It dies back in the winter.
But never grows enough to bloom. So this year I dig it up and put it in a pot.
Going to put it in the GH this year and see that happens.
I want it to bloom so bad.
I love the little blue butterflies!
Dorothy

Let me know when you two are not sitting under the palm tree and I am coming over lol

Lucy

Thanks, Guys!!! :)
Dorothy, mine's in a pot. I did overwinter it last winter. I never thought it was going to bloom!

Theresa

Mine is in the ground and had trunks like a tree. I don't think I could dig it up to bring in but I'd like to since it blooms so late. I only got to enjoy the flowers for a few weeks before the frost got it. Come on over Lucy. We are getting too old to get to fancy under the palm tree, lol.