ShrubsRed Ixora
Ixora coccinea
Red Ixora (Ixora coccinea) is a shrub, hardy in USDA zones 9-11, that matures to about 4-6 ft × 3-5 ft. It does best in full sun with medium water needs in well-drained and moist soil. Expect red blooms in summer.
- USDA zones
- 9-11
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 4-6 ft × 3-5 ft
- Spacing
- 3 feet-6 feet
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist
- Foliage
- Green
- Bloom color
- Red
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Native to
- Tropical Asia
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Red Ixora is hardy to about 20°F (estimated from USDA zone 9), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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