Lions Tail

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Finally here is your chance fulfilling your childhood desire to become a lion tamer star.

Leonotis leonurus

Lions Tail

Finally here is your chance fulfilling your childhood desire to become a lion tamer star. Although, the only thing you’ll be taming are Lion’s Tail showy and unusual orange flowers. An outstanding pick for any full sun location, this relatively large perennial will amaze you with its exotic and unique orange blooms from spring to fall. Best of all? Lion’s Tail is an evergreen, has very modest water requirements and pretty much the only maintenance required is the optional trimming down after flowering to keep the plant compact. So pull out your circus hat, put on your showiest costume and go show them tails who runs your garden!

Lions Tail Details

Common Names: Orchid of the Desert, Desert Catalpa, Flowering Willow
Preferred Light Conditions: Full Sun
Height: 3′ – 6′
Spacing/Spread: 3′ – 6′
Evergreen: Yes.
Color: Orange flowers.
Texas Native: No, but particularly well adapted to central Texas and Austin

blue petaled flowers under white clouds photo

Plant Features

Some notable properties of this plant species…

Full Sun

This plant thrives in full sun situations.

Evergreen

This plant species keeps its foliage all year ’round.

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