Manettia cordifolia (glabra) 24/9 Restock or a dark column among

or a dark column among broadleaf companions

Where a full sweetbay would overwhelm

and holds a compact shape once established

Four to five feet tall at most but spreading eight to ten

Manettia cordifolia (glabra) 24/9 Restock or a dark column amongThe firecracker vine earns the name in high summer, when a delicate twining stem lights up with a long, generous run of small, scarlet, tubular flowers. Manettia cordifolia is the true red flowered species, all crimson with no yellow tip, quieter in vigor than the candy corn firecracker vines of the houseplant trade, and the better mannered for that, climbing just enough to be useful without ever becoming a thug. A South American native, ranging from