Dear Roger: I saw a tree blooming in your garden when I came by a few weeks ago. It had blue and pinkish-red flowers at the end of every branch. I have never seen any tree so spectacular. Could you ...

It’s that time of year in South Florida when clerodendrum are everywhere. Clerodendrum are beautiful, flowering plants that can be found blooming and thriving all over our South Florida landscape.

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.

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, ...