Pint plant with several blooms from Variegated Justicia brandegeana Red Shrimp Plant. The popular lightly variegated shrimp leaves on these plant grows in clumps of twiggy stems that get 3-5 ft tall, 3 ft wide, and may spread to form a large colony. The branching stems are tipped by 6 in (15 cm) drooping spikes of dark red to rusty brown bracts, each bract enclosing a tonguelike white flower. The shrimp plant is evergreen in mild climates and blooms almost continuously. The lightly variegated leaves are oval, light green, and 2-3 in long. The young stems and the undersides of the leaves are soft and downy. Zones 8-11