Manettia cordifolia (glabra) 24/9 Restock The display is subtle rather

The display is subtle rather than showy

and holds a compact shape once established

Four to five feet tall at most but spreading eight to ten

the kind of plant that turns up in old Southern gardens where someone's grandmother knew exactly what it was and never thought to write it down

tucked into a shaded rock garden

Manettia cordifolia (glabra) 24/9 Restock The display is subtle ratherThe firecracker vine earns the name in high summer, when a delicate twining stem lights up with a long, generous run of small, scarlet, tubular flowers. Manettia cordifolia is the true red flowered species, all crimson with no yellow tip, quieter in vigor than the candy corn firecracker vines of the houseplant trade, and the better mannered for that, climbing just enough to be useful without ever becoming a thug. A South American native, ranging from