Is Harlequin Glorybower deer resistant?
Clerodendrum trichotomum
Plant typeShrubHardinessZones 7–10LightFull sun
Mature height120–240 in
BloomSummer and FallMaintenanceModerate
About Harlequin Glorybower
Fragrant white flowers become turquoise berries held in scarlet star-shaped calyces, which is a genuinely unusual combination. The leaves smell unpleasant when crushed, and it suckers.
Soil and care
- Soil pH
- 6 to 7.5
- Drainage
- Well drained
- Water
- Moderate
- Spacing
- 94 to 142 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Maintenance
- Moderate
Similar to Harlequin Glorybower
Other shrubs with the same deer rating.
- Antelope BitterbrushPurshia tridentataSeldom damaged
- Anthony Waterer SpireaSpiraea x bumaldaZones 3–8Seldom damaged
- Apache PlumeFallugia paradoxaZones 6–10Seldom damaged
- Armstrong JuniperJuniperus chinensis 'Armstrongii'Zones 4–9Seldom damaged
- Autumn OliveElaeagnus umbellataZones 4–9Seldom damaged
- Autumn SageSalvia greggiiZones 6–9Seldom damaged
Where Harlequin Glorybower grows
Hardy across most of these 36 states on zone range alone. Mountain and coastal areas sit outside the ranges used here, so check your own zone before ordering.
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
- New York
- Connecticut
- Massachusetts
- Virginia
- Maryland
- Illinois
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Tennessee
- Georgia
- Texas
- California
- Oregon
- Washington
- Rhode Island
- Delaware
- West Virginia
- Kentucky
- South Carolina
- Florida
- Alabama
- Mississippi
- Louisiana
- Arkansas
- Oklahoma
- Kansas
- Idaho
- Utah
- Nevada
- Arizona
- New Mexico
- Alaska
- District of Columbia
- Hawaii
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Hardy in these zones
Common questions about Harlequin Glorybower
- Is Harlequin Glorybower deer resistant?
- Harlequin Glorybower (Clerodendrum trichotomum) is rated Seldom Severely Damaged on the Rutgers NJAES four-tier scale. Light browsing at worst; rarely ruined.
- What hardiness zones does Harlequin Glorybower grow in?
- Harlequin Glorybower is hardy in USDA zones 7 to 10. Outside that range it will either not survive winter or will struggle with summer heat.
- Does Harlequin Glorybower grow in shade?
- No. Harlequin Glorybower wants full sun and will grow thin and flop in shade.
- How big does Harlequin Glorybower get?
- Mature height is roughly 120–240 in. Growth rate is fast.