Here's my entry for the week 18. I took this shot last 2 weeks ago from our tagaytay trip. This is santan.
Popular cultivated ornamental shrub, flowering year-round, requiring little care. Erect, 90-180 cm in height. For hedges and mass plantings, pruning is done right after blossoms have withered to maintain height of 30-60 cm. This controlled general appearance gives it the name of dwarf santan. Leaves short-stalked, 7-13 cm. long, 3-4 cm wide, broadest near the blunt tip, tapering towards the narrow base. Flower cluster (cyme) with many crowded flowers, 6-12 cm wide. Flowers yellow, red, or tangerine, without fragrance. Petals united into a slender tube about 2.5 cm long, split at the tip into 4 spreading lobes about 1 cm long. Grows in practically any type of soil, but thrives best in sandy loam. Propagation by stem cuttings and layering.
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