Mexican Honeysuckle
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Justicia spicigera
This wonderful perennial blooms for a long time and is a fantastic choice for drawing hummingbirds into your garden. It thrives in containers and is quite drought-tolerant too. With its beautiful spray of vibrant orange blossoms, you might hear people lovingly refer to it as the "firecracker bush".
Height: 2'-3'
Spread: 2'-3'
Bloom: March-November
Light: Full Sun-Part Shade
Water: Low-Medium
Zone: 8-11
Origin: Mexico and Central America
Spring Shipping:
Orders are shipped within 10-15 business days. We will email you if there are expected delays.
When you order plants from our nursery, you can expect them to arrive in the best possible condition. Our team carefully packs each order using sturdy, biodegradable packaging materials.
Your plants' appearance may vary depending on the season and their current growth stage. We may cut back the leafy growth of some plants to prepare them for shipment and transplanting.
5 Gallon and Up: Any plant purchased to ship over 5 Gallons will be shipped bare root. This means we will remove the plant from its original pot, remove the soil surrounding the roots, and wrap the roots with a biodegradable plastic bag. This reduces weight and the likelihood of damage during shipping.
Once your plants arrive, it is essential to plant them as soon as possible. This will help them rebound and thrive. If you cannot plant immediately, water regularly and keep the roots off heat-conducting surfaces.
Newly transplanted plants often require more water until their roots are well established. Plan to water them 1-3 times weekly for the first few months.
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Customer Reviews
Overall rating: 4.9 / 5 from 16 reviews.
It’s such a healthy plant, and growing well. Super excited to find this Mexican honeysuckle
Plants arrived in great shape thanks to careful packaging and prompt shipping in hot weather. They are already in the ground and thriving.
Just planted this a couple of weeks ago. Growing nicely!
A good size and strong plant already when I received it.
The plant arrived in great condition, well packed, with recyclable materials only and no plastic. I think it has already grown some in the few days since I received it. I would definitely purchase from this seller again!
The plant arrived and is so healthy and beautiful. I can’t wait for it to grow and explode with orange blooms.
Great plants arrived very healthy, and I will buy more when needed.
I was excited to find this plant. I expected that it would be shipped in the spring. It arrived in Vermont during a very cold streak - like zero degrees!. I'm seeing a little life left in the plant and I hope that it will snap back. It will be a house plant during the winter. In Mexico they use Mexican honeysuckle as a dye plant. The dried leaves are added to the indigo vat to hasten fermentation. Wish me luck. https://thelansdownehouseofstencils.com/2025/03/01/muicle-mexican-honeysuckle-dye-plant-for-blue-or-indigo/
Very large, healthy and beautiful plant. But all of the plants I receive from Native Gardeners are fantastic. I order frequently from you and appreciate all of these Texas natives you grow for us. Thank you.
The plants arrived looking healthy. The Mexican honeysuckles are thriving. I will order again from you all.
Plants came back safe and sound!
Great service, nicely packaged.
I’ve never grown this plant so I’m excited to watch it grow up the trellis and bloom.
Plant came very healthy and is growing already
Quality native plant
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