Cigar Plant is a tender perennial grown as an annual with a neat rounded habit and upright whorls of green foliage. The tiny but showy cylindrical flowers resembling cigars are deep red with violet tips and bloom along the stems from spring through fall. When outside these flowers are highly attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds. Flowers best moist, well drained soils. Somewhat drought tolerant once established and makes for an easy-care. houseplant
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Type: |
Annual |
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Origins: |
Mexico and the West Indies |
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Height: |
1' - 2' |
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Spread: |
2' - 3' |
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Spacing: |
2.5' |
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USDA Hardiness Zone: |
10 - 12 |
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Culture: |
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Bloom Color: |
Red |
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Season of Interest: |
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 Gardens, Rock Gardens, Foundational Plantings, Groundcover, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Mexican Heather, Canna Lily, Clematis
IMAGES: Photo by David J. Stang, Cuphea ignea 9zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) Photo by David J. Stang, Cuphea ignea 10zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Gennady Grachev from Moscow, Russia, VDNH 260 (10656316564), CC BY 2.0
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
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