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Please identify these two plants.

Holmskioldia sanguinea in fist pic

Ruttya fruticosa in second pic

Thanksss

Common Name..........Chinese Hat Plant, Cup and Saucer Plant, Parasol Flower

Botanical Name: Holmskioldia sanguinea

Family: Verbenaceae

Plant Type: Scandent shrub

Origin: Himalayan lowlands

Zones: 10 - 11

Height: 6' -- width about the same

Rate of Growth: Fast, grow on a trellis or some other support

Salt Tolerance:

Soil Requirements: Well drained, moist, moderately fertile soil

Water Requirements: Water moderately, less water in winter

Nutritional Requirements: Balanced liquid fertilizer monthly

Light Requirements: Full to partial sun

Form: Rounded, spreading climber

Leaves: Ovate or ovate-elliptic, slender-pointed, slightly toothed, 2-4"

Flowers: Orange to scarlet with red calyces

Fruits:

Pests: Whiteflies, spider mites, and mealybugs

Uses: Specimen plant or grown in a border

Bad Habits: Frost tender, pinch regularly to prevent stems from becoming too elongated. Prune after flowering.

Cost: $$ -- reasonable

Propagation: Semi-ripe cuttings mid- to late-summer

jammy mouth

This is a shrubby, herbaceous plant that can grow to about four feet tall, and higher if it can scramble up into a neighboring shrub. Flowers are orange or yellow with a glossy black throat. Grow it in full sun or part shade in a well-drained site. It seems fairly drought tolerant once established. I find no cold hardiness information for this subtropical plant.Cold hardy in zone 9a.
Plants may be found in local nurseries, especially in the southern par of USA.Plants are available in specialty catalogs.
They flower sporadically throughout the growing season. Flowering continued and plants remained evergreen when temperatures dropped into low 30's F. Tender young growth and about fifty percent of the foliage was damaged by 25° F


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I have the plant in 2nd picture, will look for a yellow one.