Anisacanthus wrightii 'Pumpkin' Check with George rigidus or C

rigidus or C

finely serrated blades of glossy dark green

or the ground beneath open-canopied trees

Native to China and Japan

Anisacanthus wrightii 'Pumpkin' Check with George rigidus or CA pumpkin orange selection of the classic flame acanthus, Anisacanthus wrightii 'Pumpkin' trades the usual scarlet for warm, glowing orange, lighting the late season garden with the same slender, tubular, hummingbird flowers. The clone was discovered at the San Antonio Botanic Garden and is generally taken to be the selection known as 'Pumpkin'. Like the scarlet flowered species, 'Pumpkin' draws hummingbirds and butterflies through the whole warm