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Products > Iresine herbstii 'Blazin Rose'   Iresine herbstii 'Blazin Rose' - Blazin Rose Bloodleaf Note: This plant is not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.   [2nd Image] Habit and Cultural Information Category: Shrub Family: Amaranthaceae (Amaranths) Origin: Brazil (South America) Flower Color: NA Bloomtime: Not Significant Height: 2-3 feet Width: 2-3 feet Exposure: Sun or Shade Irrigation (H2O Info): Medium Water Needs Winter Hardiness: 30-32° F Iresine herbstii 'Blazin Rose' (Blazin Rose Bloodleaf) - A small subshrub to 2 to 3 feet tall by nearly as wide with semi-succulent cerise-colored stems and deep red-purple oblanceolate leaves that looked quilted as they are marked with lighter reddish pink veins - very tropical looking! Plant in full sun to light shade and give regular irrigation. Hardy to around 30° F. This plant is used as an annual or container plant but will over winter in mild climates where it looks best if cut back in late winter. Inconspicuous greenish flowers are occasionally produced but are best pinched out for a cleaner look. This species comes from tropical South America and was thought to originally have been collected in Brazil. The name for the genus comes from the Greek word eiresione meaning "a wreath" or "staff of wood wrapped in wool" ('erios' means "wool") in reference to the wooly hairs on the calyces. The specific epithet was authored in 1864 by William Jackson Hooker, the first director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, to honor Hermann Carl Gottlieb Herbst. Herbst was director of the Rio de Janeiro Botanic Gardens in Brazil but had worked at Kew when he introduced this plant to English gardens. Other common names include Beefsteak Plant and Chicken Gizzard Plant.  The information on this page is based on research conducted about this plant in the San Marcos Growers library, from online sources, and from observations made of the crops growing in our nursery, plants in the nursery's garden and those in other gardens where we may have observed it. We also have incorporated comments received from others and welcome getting feedback from those who may have additional information, particularly if this information includes cultural information that would aid others in growing Iresine herbstii 'Blazin Rose'.