Erythrina x bidwillii Drought Tolerant which has been widely sold

which has been widely sold and even mislabeled under this name in botanic gardens

not the bloom

and you see why the name stuck

for the old use of these plants as a homegrown substitute for true indigo

with the lobes cut so deeply that each bloom flares open like a little white star rather than a closed bell

Erythrina x bidwillii Drought Tolerant which has been widely soldErythrina bidwillii is one of the great show stoppers among the coral beans, a bold hybrid between the Argentine cockspur coral tree, Erythrina crista galli, and the southeastern native coral bean, Erythrina herbacea. From that crossing comes a plant with the size and drama of the South American parent and the toughness of the North American one, throwing long spikes of vivid, tubular scarlet flowers through the summer, far larger and more sustained