cuphea
Cuphea llavea
USDA zones9 to 12
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size1.5 to 2.5 feet tall2 to 3 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Mounding
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Purple with red petals
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Cuphea (Cuphea llavea) is a shrub for borders, containers, pollinator gardens, and cottage gardens. It grows outdoors year-round in USDA zone 9 and warmer, down to about 20°F (-7°C). In colder areas, grow it as a houseplant or bring it indoors for winter. This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or chalky soil. It forms a mounding evergreen plant with purple and red blooms. Butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, and birds visit the flowers.
Pairs well with Pineapple sage, Sedge, and Black Knight butterfly bush.
Native range
Mexico.