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Cuphea ignea/Firecracker Plant
Specimen in full bloom
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Scientific Name:
Cuphea ignea
Common Name:
Firecracker Plant
Plant Type:
Deciduous
Leaf Type:
Broadleaf
Hardiness Zone:
8, 9, 10
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Height:
2- 5 feet
Spread:
2 -3 feet
Bloom time:
Spring, Summer, Fall
Flower color:
Orange
Light Exposure:
Sun
Drainage:
Well drained, Moist
Rate of Growth:
Moderate
Water Requirement:
Low
Maintenance Level:
Low
Susceptible to insects
and diseases:
No
Comments:
Butterflies and hummingbirds frequent this easy to grow, free flowering perennial. Produces a bushy perennial growing to five feet tall by late fall. Handsome tubular flowers produced during the spring and summer months all the way to frost.