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Products > Iresine herbstii 'Blazin Rose'
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| 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 |
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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 displayed on this page about Iresine herbstii 'Blazin Rose' is based on our research conducted about this plant from books in our nursery library as well as from information that is provided by reliable online resources. We also have included our own observations made about it as it grew in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers when we had them in our nursery field. We also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.
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