Cuphea llavea ~ Bat-Faced Cupea-ServeScape
Cuphea llavea ~ Bat-Faced Cupea-ServeScape
Cuphea llavea ~ Bat-Faced Cupea-ServeScape
Cuphea llavea ~ Bat-Faced Cupea-ServeScape
Cuphea llavea ~ Bat-Faced Cupea-ServeScape

Cuphea llavea

Bat-Faced Cupea

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**Dormancy Note - This plant is currently dormant for the winter! It is available for purchase! Your delivered plant may be dormant, or showing very little top growth. However, you can still plant! These plants are putting all their energy into root production, so they will be ready to thrive in the spring! If you have any issues with your plant the following peak season, you can fill out our return request form to request a replacement plant.

Bat-Faced Cupea is a tender perennial grown as an annual or houseplant with thick, hairy dark green foliage.  Bright red flowers with one inch long, hairy purple calyx bloom from late spring until frost.  When outside these flowers are highly attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds. Flowers best moist, well drained soils.  

Type: 

Annual

Origins:

Mexico

Height: 

1' - 2'

Spread: 

1' - 1.5'

Spacing: 

1.5'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

9 - 12

Culture: 

Full SunPart Sun

Bloom Color: 

Red+Purple

Season of Interest: 

SpringSummerFall

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance.  Water regularly.  No serious pests or diseases.  Pinch back stem tips will help if the plant becomes leggy.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Edging, Woodland GardensRock Gardens, Foundational Plantings, Groundcover, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Mexican Heather, Canna Lily, Clematis

IMAGES: JLPCCuphea llavea Fr3 2012CC BY-SA 3.0, (2) Forest & Kim StarrStarr 070906-8432 Cuphea llaveaCC BY 3.0. (3) Forest & Kim StarrStarr 070906-8435 Cuphea llaveaCC BY 3.0, (4) Hyland Garden Design & Contained Exuberance, Portland, OR, FIRE UP YOUR POTS FOR SUMMER! 

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.

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