Manettia cordifolia (glabra) 24/9 Restock the kind of plant that

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

Plant 'Honeycomb' in a sunny border

each a sphere of tiny tubular flowers with projecting styles that lend a fireworks effect

tucked into a shaded rock garden

or a dark column among broadleaf companions

Manettia cordifolia (glabra) 24/9 Restock the kind of plant thatThe 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