Cuphea
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Cuphea - Pretty plants, of which C. platycentra (Cigar-plant) is useful for the summer flower garden. It is a dwarf plant, about 12 inches high, with vermilion tube-shaped blossoms.
Cuphea lanceolata
100cm, an annual species native of North and Central Mexico. In cultivation this species is often falsely distributed as "Cuphea procumbens", which is a completely different one.
Cuphea hyssopifolia
Elfin Herb, False Heather
These shrubby, low-growing, heat-loving perennials have finely textured leaves and flowers. Their brightly colored tubular flowers bloom generously in summer.
Cuphea
Family: Lythraceae.
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Cuphea llavea
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Bat Face Cuphea
Description
Cuphea llavea is a bushy to mounding perennial subshrub that is native to Mexico. This perennial will flower from spring till fall and is a great attractor of hummingbirds to the garden.
Cuphea micropetala (Candy Corn Plant) - A small evergreen shrub that grows to 1-3 feet tall with narrow penstemon-like foliage clothes the red stems.
Cuphea originates from the Greek word, kyphos, meaning curved, denoting its curved seed capsule. At the University of Georgia, Casimir Jaworski and Sharod Phatak bred the species that brought out the purple calyx on a compact shrub.
Cuphea species
Masses of 1" purple tubes are lipped with two upward facing glowing red petals. The blooms are produced from spring to fall on this upright to mounding perennial.
Light: Sun to partial shade.
Cuphea ignea goes by a few common names and resembles other plants. Look for the botanical name to be sure you're getting this plant.
Some other common names include Cigar Flower and Mexican Cigar Plant.
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#932 Cuphea hyssopifolia
Common Names: Mexican false heather, false heather, Hawaiian heather, elfin herb
Family: Lythraceae (loosestrife Family)
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Includes the dwarf Cuphea which produces masses of flowers for most of the year. Ideal for borders, along garden pathways or as a gap filler. Requires occasional light pruning to help maintain bushy growth and appearance. Plant in sun or part shade.
Cuphea hyssopifolia is a small tropical evergreen sub-shrub with many charming attributes including compact form and fine textured foliage. In tropical areas Cuphea hyssopifolia is a perfect choice as a permanent evergreen groundcover.
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Cuphea hyssopifolia, Lythraceae, MEXICAN HEATHER
Leaves, short, opposite or whorled, closely spaced on the stem. Flowers are small and delicate and borne in the leaf axils, 6-petaled, lavender or white.
Cigar Plant
Cuphea ignea
1 to 2'
2'
Sun; prefers well-drained, fertile soil; moderate drought tolerance; good heat tolerance.
31[list]/620: Cuphea (250), Diplusodon (75), Lagerstroemia (55 - A centrifugal), Nesaea (55 - probably to include Ammannia - then = 80), Rotala (45), Lythrum (36). Tropical, but some temperate (map: from van Balgooy 1975; Graham et al. 2005).
Heather, False, Cuphea llavea
Heliotrope, Heliotropium arborescens
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Firecracker-Plant [English]: Cuphea ignea
Firecrackerbush [English]: Bouvardia ternifolia
Firecrest Hardy Water Lily [English]: Nymphaea 'Firecrest'
Firecrown Rhododendron [English]: Rhododendron 'Firecrown' ...
Cigar plant, cigar flower (Cuphea ignea)
Cineraria (Senecio x hybridus)
Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum)
Cinquefoil (Potentilla species)
Claret cup cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus)
Clary sage, scarlet sage (Salvia sclarea, Salvia splendens) ...
Colombian waxweed; pukamole; tarweed Cuphea carthagenensis
colonial beatgrass Agrostis capillaris
coltsfoot Tussilago farfara
common apple Malus pumila
common asparagus; garden asparagus Asparagus officinalis ...
Cuphea micropetala (Cigar Plant)
Dahlia sp. and hybrids (Dahlia)
Dianthus sp. and cultivars (Pinks)
Dicentra eximia and hybrids (Bleeding Heart)
Dicliptera suberecta (Hummingbird Plant)
Digitalis sp. and hybrids (Foxglove)
Echinacea sp.
Previous Species -- Blue Waxweed (Cuphea viscosissima)
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Next Species -- Wild Mudwort (Dicliptera brachiata)
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The only down side I have found for cupheas in general is that Japanese beetles think they taste just fine. Otherwise, I have had no problems with my plants as long as they get reasonable care.
Other blooming tropicals widely available as container plants are Allamanda, Cuphea, Ixora, Lantana, Mandevilla, passionflower (Passiflora), Pentas, leadwort (Plumbago), blue trumpet vine (Thunbergia grandiflora) and Tibouchina.
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Place container specimens with other heat-loving flowering plants such as
bougainvillea, coral vine, purslane, Cuphea (Mexican heather and cigar plant),
and Mandevilla.
but they greet you in the morning and throughout the day, nodding their heads in the slightest breeze. Rock Rose is easy to propagate, and you may find volunteers where the seeds have fallen. A second choice would be almost any of the cupheas.
In Leontice thalictroides (Blue Cohosh), species of Ophiopogon, Peliosanthes and Stateria, the ovary ruptures immediately after flowering, and the ovules are exposed; and in species of Cuphea the placenta ultimately bursts through the ovary and ...
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