It’s brightly colored. It blooms nearly continuously. It likes the shade. It’s easy to grow both indoors and outdoors. But I doubt you’ve grown it, because hardly anyone has. Its name is crossandra.

I am looking for something to plant to add color to my landscape this summer in the area where begonias were planted for the winter. Previously, I’ve used pentas, coleus, and caladiums, all were fine, ...

With summer here in full force, it is outdoor entertaining season for many of us. And that means adding flourishes of color for the deck or living room. There is no end of fine choices for such a ...

Here we are, three-quarters through the summer heat of July; the spark, crackle and vast array of colorful fireworks all but a fading glow in our mind’s eye. Crossandra, known as the “firecracker ...

An appealing flowering perennial for light or moderate shade is crossandra (C. infundibuliformis). Despite frequent labeling as an annual, crossandra, typically 2 feet to 3 feet tall, can grow and ...

Growth habit: An upright to rounded perennial growing to 3 feet high and 2 feet wide. The leaves are dark-green and lance-shaped with prominent veins growing to 5 inches long and half as wide. Light: ...

Dear Master Gardener: I just purchased a lovely orange flowering plant called Crossandra "Sundance." Will it last a long time as a houseplant or is it a seasonal plant that doesn’t last long? Answer: ...

Q-Several weeks ago I received a plant labeled ”crossandra.” It has shiny medium to dark green leaves, something like those of a gardenia but not as thick, and at the beginning there were spikes of ...