I'm selling over 600 + kinds of seeds ( and also live plants during the warmer months ) so check my other auctions .
You are bidding on 15 BETTY STILES HARLEQUIN GLORYBOWER SEEDS - Clerodendrum trichotomum ‘Betty Stiles’ .
As a species, Harlequin Glorybower has a lot going for it – tough and adaptable with exceptional showy, fragrant flowers that bloom throughout the summer followed by showy metallic-looking blue fruit and lipstick-red sepals. The ultimate butterfly tree, it’s sometimes hard to see our tree when it’s blooming with the thick cloud of butterflies fluttering about the canopy.
The common name "peanut butter bush" refers to the unusual (and some say unpleasant) scent emitted by the leaves when they are crushed. The flowers, however, have a lovely sweet fragrance similar to summersweet .
Mature Size 10-15 ft. tall
Hardiness Zones 6b-10 (USDA)
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Petals: 4-5 petals/rays
The leaves are mildly analgesic, antipruritic, hypotensive and sedative. They are used externally in the treatment of dermatitis and internally for the treatment of hypertension, rheumatoid arthritis, joint pain, numbness and paralysis. When used in a clinical trial of 171 people, the blood pressure of 81% of the people dropped significantly - this effect was reversed when the treatment was stopped. The plant is normally used in conjunction with Bidens bipinnata. When used with the herb Siegesbeckia pubescens it is anti-inflammatory. The roots and leaves are antirheumatic and hypotensive. A decoction is used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and hypertension. The pounded seed is used to kill lice.
Young sprouts and leaves - cooked