Dear Roger: Any idea what kind of plant this is? It has large, dark green leaves with purple veins. It can get over 4 feet tall and is very invasive. The flowers are beautiful; butterflies love them.

What: Clerodendrum trichotomum, commonly known as harlequin glorybower, can be grown either as a small tree or large shrub. This plant has some very interesting features, but the one that leaves ...

A graceful, undervalued, and (sadly) rarely-seen deciduous small tree, Clerodendrum trichotomum has soft, downy leaves and panicles of sweetly-scented, creamy-white flowers. The flowers first appear ...

I thought plants in the genus Clerodendrum would make an interesting article because they offer us some very familiar garden plants as well as some that are fairly rare and quite odd. But, as usual, ...