Bleeding Heart Vine WHITE Plant Clerodendrum thomsoniae Unique Flower with Unusual Red Heart-Shaped Center Starter Size 4 Inch Pot Emerald R

Clerodendrum thomsoniae is a wonderful old southern charmer, not to be confused with dicentras which are also commonly called Bleeding Hearts.

This cultivar is in the Verbena family and is a semi tropical that is native to West Africa. Often seen in dappled shady corners of old Southern Landscapes. A loose open growing vine like shrub with large shiny blackish green leaves.

Blooms are boughs of snow white calyxes from which a bright blood red droplet that is actually corollae protrude.

Legend has it that the plant sprung from the tears of a heart broken maiden, which just adds to its allure and charm. A wonderful plant for a meaningful and nostalgic gift.