Jungle Flame

Ixora coccinea

Jungle Flame is a shrub for focal point, mid-border, suited to full sun to partial shade and clay or loam, flowering May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.

Where to use it in a border

At around 120 cm, it sits best toward the back of a border, or on its own as a focal point with room around it. Give it about 120 cm of room to spread. It is hardy across USDA zones 9b to 11b and rated H3 by the RHS, so check it suits your area before planting.

It appears in our lists of full sun, clay soil, evergreen plants, pollinator-friendly plants.

Border Builder uses Jungle Flame's height, spread, soil, bloom months and companions to place it in a full border plan for your own conditions, on iPhone and iPad.

Flowering through the year

Worth knowing

• Evergreen, so it keeps the border furnished through winter.
• Not recorded as pet-safe; site it away from pets that graze if that matters to you.
• Its flowers are valued by bees and other pollinators.

Good companions

Plants that share its conditions and style, chosen to complement its place in the border:

• Bottlebrush 'Little John'to flower when it does not
• Dwarf Yaupon Hollyto edge in front
• Northern Bayberryfor height behind it
• Pacific Wax Myrtlefor height behind it
• Saw Palmettofor height behind it
• Southern Wax Myrtlefor height behind it

Garden styles

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