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| Pride of India, Largestroemia spaciosa, is easily grown from seed offered by the GreenDealer Exotic Seeds selection of Tropical Rainforest Plants, Trees, and Tropical Houseplants. |
Pride of India, Largestroemia speciosa, is a very graceful ornamental tree with whispy branches and glossy narrow leaves. It produces pink-magenta flowers borne in a clustered form. Clusters of abundant berries appear on graceful stems.
This ornamental tree is winter hardy in the tropical zones of 10 - 11, but is easily grown in containers indoors in northern climate zones if offered adequate light and warmth.
The specimen shown above was photographed in north-central
Costa Rica, in June of 1999.
