How to Grow Dicliptera Suberecta | What To Do If Dicliptera Doesn't Bloom?

The Dicliptera Suberecta is a species of the Dicliptera genus from the bear’s breeches family, Acanthus Mollis. The plant is native to Uruguay and Argentina and makes a beautiful addition to any home. Let us see How To Grow Dicliptera Suberecta and What To Do If Dicliptera Doesn’t Bloom.

The Dicliptera Suberecta is a lavish plant with red-orange flowers over blue-gray foliage that attracts your gaze and forms a shrub 18 to 24 inches in height. Also known as the “Firecracker Plant,” the Dicliptera Suberecta gets this name from its long and tubular flowers that resemble firecrackers and are just as vibrant.

The Dicliptera Suberecta prefers sunny locations and is a vigorous, hardy perennial adored by butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds, earning the plant another name, the “Hummingbird Plant.” The plant is popular in North America due to its low maintenance and drought-resistance nature.

The firecracker plant is simple to grow since it is incredibly tolerant to harsh conditions. It can survive temperatures as low as 0°F (-17.78°C).

To propagate a Dicliptera Suberecta, you should look for a healthy plant, take a few cuttings and plant all of them in a single pot. Keep the upcoming plants somewhere where they can receive filtered sunlight. Mist the soil when the growing medium appears dry.

The plant will propagate quickly from the cuttings in about a month or two–When you see new buds appearing, it means you can transplant them to individual pots or the garden. The best way to determine this is to pull gently; if you feel the resistance, the cuttings have roots.

Any sunny location with ample direct sunlight is perfect for the hummingbird plant. You can grow the Dicliptera in a pot as well and place it on a balcony, rooftop, patio,