Flamenco Samba cuphea
Cuphea llavea 'Flamenco Samba'
Proven Winners Award Winner
USDA zones9 to 12
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Mounding
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
Garden uses
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Notes
'Flamenco Samba' cuphea (Cuphea llavea 'Flamenco Samba') is an annual for borders, containers, and cottage gardens. It is typically grown as an annual. It cannot take cold, and a freeze will end its season. This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist soil. It forms a mounding shape and blooms in spring, summer, and autumn. Hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees visit the flowers.
Pairs well with Black Knight butterfly bush, Sedge, and Just Joey rose.