🔥 Russelia ‘Firecracker Plant’ – 3 Gallon Bush

🌼 Meaning:
Named for its dazzling display of tubular blooms that resemble tiny bursts of fireworks, the Firecracker Plant (Russelia equisetiformis) symbolizes energy, celebration, and vitality. With its graceful, arching stems and endless scarlet blooms, it’s a living sparkler that brings joy and motion to every landscape. ❤️✨

🌷 When It Blooms:
The Firecracker Plant is a prolific bloomer, showing off nearly year-round in warm climates, especially from spring through fall. Its bright, cascading flowers attract hummingbirds and butterflies, adding life and color to patios, garden borders, and poolside plantings. 🦋🌺🐝

☀️ Where It Grows Best:
Thrives in full sun to light shade and well-drained soil. Ideal for southern gardens (Zones 8–10), it loves heat and sunshine — the more sun, the more it blooms! Perfect for containers, retaining walls, or garden beds where its graceful form can spill and sway beautifully. ☀️🏡

🪴 Care Instructions:

• Light: Full sun for best color and bloom performance ☀️

• Water: Water regularly until established, then allow soil to dry slightly between waterings 💧

• Soil: Prefers light, well-drained soil; avoid heavy clay 🌿

• Fertilizer: Feed every 4–6 weeks during the growing season with a balanced fertilizer 🌸

• Pruning: Cut back in late winter or early spring to encourage new growth and maintain shape ✂️

• Temperature: Loves warmth — protect from hard frost (below 28°F) ❄️🧤

🌿 Type:
Russelia is a tender perennial evergreen shrub in warm climates, staying green and blooming year-round in South Georgia with protection during cold snaps. In cooler zones, it can be overwintered indoors. 🌱💚

🌺 Complimentary Plant Material:
Pairs beautifully with firebush, lantana, plumbago, pentas, or blue daze for a bold tropical mix. For contrasting texture, combine with dwarf mondo grass, ornamental grasses, or trailing vinca. 🌿🔥

💧 Garden & Container Tips:

• In beds: Give it room to spread — up to 3–4 feet wide 🌸

• In containers: Use large pots with excellent drainage 🪴

• Winter care: If frost is expected, bring potted plants inside or cover with frost cloth ❄️

• Maintenance: Light trimming after major bloom flushes keeps it tidy and blooming strong ✂️

Bring home the Wright’s Market Russelia ‘Firecracker Plant’ – 3 Gallon Bush, and add a spark of Southern sunshine, color, and hummingbird magic to your garden all season long. ❤️🔥🌿