Coral Bean - Erythrina herbacea

[Royal]

Here's a Texas native that grows in my back yard. The hummingbirds LOVE it but the beans/seeds are poisonous so I keep the pets away. :rip:

[RosieC]

How pretty

[EdinAZ]

Royal,

That's one of my favorite plants. Never see any around Tucson, and I guess it's too dry, cold in winter (usually gets well below freezing a couple of times each winter), or ?

"Our" version is the Justica californica, "Chuparrosa". similar blooms, and the hummingbirds love it too, but it sprawls all over, and gets to be a pretty sloppy-looking plant. It thrives on neglect though.

From your other recent post, I'd guess that you're quite a gardner. You have some beautiful things in your yard, in any case. thanks for sharing them.

Ed

[Royal]

Thanks Rosie and Ed. I do love to garden, I complain about the Texas heat but the long growing season here makes it good for a wide variety of plants. I kind of trend towards the really hard, drought tolerant, and native plants that don't require me to spend all my time watering and spraying for pests. My wife got here degree in horticulture and mine is in biology so we both get outside whenever we can.

I'm glad you enjoy them, I'll try to keep 'em coming.