Fire Spike Red Rooted Starter Plant - Odontonema strictum - Attracts Hummingbirds, Tropical Perennial

Fire Spike Red Rooted Starter Plant Overview

The Fire Spike Red (Odontonema strictum) is a vibrant tropical perennial known for its striking red blooms that add a vivid splash of color to any garden. This rooted starter plant is healthy and established, ready to be transplanted into your garden beds, borders, or containers. It is especially valued for attracting hummingbirds and other pollinators, making it a lively addition to outdoor spaces.

Key Features

• Bright red flowers that enhance garden aesthetics
• Attracts hummingbirds and pollinators
• Easy to grow and maintain
• Thrives in warm climates
• Suitable for borders, containers, and garden beds
• Perennial with a long blooming season
• Ideal for gardeners of all experience levels

Growing Information

Fire Spike Red prefers full sun to partial shade and requires regular watering to keep the soil moist but not soggy. It grows best in well-draining, fertile soil. This plant thrives in USDA hardiness zones 9 through 11 and develops an upright, bushy habit reaching heights of 2 to 4 feet. The rooted starter format ensures the plant is ready for immediate transplanting into your garden.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.