This plant’s main attraction, of course, is its profusion of blooms. While some cupheas have open flowers, Vermillionaire has ...

For some gardeners, attracting pollinators ranks high on the priority list. Some simply enjoy seeing butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds visiting their yard, and others are passionate about the ...

Cuphea ignea gives reference to the Latin word for fire, hence common names like firecracker flower or firecracker plant Ballistic, however, is different. Instead of red flowers, there are loads ...

The plant (Cuphea ignata) has narrow, inch-long flowers that range from deep orange or red. Because of their shape and color, the flowers are said to resemble lit cigars. Hummingbirds love to feed ...

The -orange-red tubular flowers are non-stop and produced ... Botanically speaking Vermillionaire is a Cuphea ignea hybrid. It develops into a woody-like plant and as I said bearing hundreds ...

The purple calyx makes up the face, while the gorgeous red petals that extend outward from each end look like ears. The tubular shape of Cuphea is perfect for hummingbirds' long, needle-like beaks ...

or firecracker plants (Cuphea ignea x micropetala). They have cylindrical flowers that are bright red, orange, yellow, or multicolored. They received their common name because the cylindrical ...

The bright red petals of the flower resemble the ears and the white colored stamens look like a tongue protruding from a mouth. There are 250 species of Cuphea and their native habitat is in ...

Native to Mexico The official name of the bat-face cuphea is Cuphea llavea ... dark purple tubular flower is the face with two bright red, upward facing lobes that look like ears.

The LSU AgCenter is shining a light on a lesser-known but standout performer among Louisiana Super Plants: the vibrantly blooming cuphea. “It’s a wonderful, wonderful summer annual,” said ...

That’s because many species and hybrids within the Cuphea genus have tube-shaped, orange-to-red blooms. Depending on how you look at it, cuphea flowers resemble tiny cigars or a pyrotechnic ...

The -orange-red tubular flowers are non-stop and produced ... Botanically speaking Vermillionaire is a Cuphea ignea hybrid. It develops into a woody-like plant and as I said bearing hundreds ...