Genus of 12 varieties of time tested perennials and shrubs, from woodland or rainforest inside the Western side Indies and warm Central and Latin America. Pachystachys bears cone-designed rose-heads higher than the oblong leaves. The blooming months are from the later spring season until autumn. Prune this shrubby plant early in the year. The come suggestions that happen to be taken away can be used cuttings. Pachystachys lutea grows about 1,5 feet high.