Shrubs - Mexican honeysuckle

Mexican honeysuckle is a flowering accent shrub.  It’s an evergreen, mostly herbaceous perennial shrub.   Slow to establish, moderate to 3 to 5 feet in height with equal to greater spread.  Foliage has light green leaves to 2 inches long.  Flowers sporadically most of the year, most intensely during spring.  Heat loving, cold tolerant to 26^oF.  Hummingbirds frequent Mexican honeysuckle when in flower.

Scientific name:  Justicia spicigera