Birth flower for November 30
Firespike
Meaning: passion, courage
Firespike stacks slender scarlet tubes up and down an upright spike, so each one looks like a little red tower, which is likely where its Chinese name, red-tower flower, comes from. It blooms in autumn and winter, when many other flowers rest, and copes with partial shade better than most red flowers. In its native range, hummingbirds visit it for nectar.