Shrubs - Chuparosa (red)

Chuparosa is a shrub with a casual, unkempt appearance.  It has a moderate to fast growth habit depending on water.  Mature size is 3-5ft and wide.  Flowers are red, orange, or yellow, tubular, to 1.5" long with a small flared upper lip and a narrow three-lobed lower lip.  Blooms in fall, winter and spring.  Stems are blue-green, thick like a succulent, arching & sprawling. The stems may get woody at bottom with age.  Attracts hummingbirds and birds. 

Scientific name:  Justicia californica