Six feet! Wow, I've been growing them in Sarasota and they have never gotten near that size. Many die off. I keep planting them and they don't seem to do well here. I do not have sprinklers so they do go through the dry winters but do not get anywhere near that size.

Jane

Area 9B here and some of mine are 5-6ft. across. No protection in winter, but I do fertilize periodically and use fresh horse manure as mulch and fertilizer. Yes, the butterflies love this plant.

Which kind do you have, bea? L. montevidensis is more of a trailing groundcover, while L. camara is the one that can form hedges. I had some of the latter for awhile, but they do get awfully scraggly over time. I have only the montevidensis & (native) involucrata now.

I have L. Camara and I planted it probably at least 7 years ago. Every Winter it dies back and in the Spring I cut back the dead stuff to about one foot off the ground. Then it flourishes quickly and when the first flush of blooms come it is glorious. But as the heat and rain sets in it starts to fade with the blooming and gets straggly. I prune it back and it looks better and blooms again but nothing like the first bloom in Spring. It has gotten up to 6 feet across and 4 feet high. I like it and keep it going because the butterflies love it.