Spigelia marilandica 'Little Redhead' Fast Growing light brown bark

light brown bark

this tree checks the boxes

where it thrives naturally in dry grasslands

Unlike other epimedium that have a flat spreading habit

allowing it to serve as a vertical accent along porches

Spigelia marilandica 'Little Redhead' Fast Growing light brown barkWe are big fans of this underutilized little native for its versatility and beauty. It can be grown from full sun to part shade and still produces gorgeous foliage and flowers, so 4+ of sunlight is plenty of light. We selected Little Redhead because it has quickly become a go to spigelia due to its uniformity and very attractive flowers. Nicely uniform clumps of green foliage yield clusters of tubular fire engine red flowers with visible yellow