Cuphea, Cigar Plant, Firecracker Plant 'David Verity'

For many reasons these are a great backbone to almost any hummingbird garden, they always have some blooms on them and handle the heat of...Read More July - Mid-September better than many others. They also root very easily and are quick to bloom from those cuttings.
I grow these at my home in zone 9a/b and I've also propagated them for my grandmother's place on the zone 8a/b boundary in GA since she loves hummers. I'm hoping they overwinter successfully under mulch + brick wall.

The height is wrong, in areas with long growing seasons I see them get around 3 to even 4 feet.They have a narrow habit compared to the quite similar Vermillionaire cuphea. I believe they are both sterile hybrids.

Top hummingbird plant! You can't grow this from seed as far as I know. I've never seen any seed and might not come true from seed anyway....Read More If you get one plant you can multiply it by taking cuttings. Of course you need space to do that. You can get sizable plants from Almost Eden (my favorite shop for this plant) or smaller plants from SelectSeeds. Once this plant gets going, it is nonstop flowering until several hard freezes. Then, depending on your zone, you can try to protect it so it returns in spring. It has come back from zone 6/7 winters here in two ways: In large pots simply turned upside down and in ground with pots on top. The key is to keep it from drying out.

Does this thing ever stop blooming?! I just bought this and put it in a planter a few months ago. It has bloomed non-stop since then. ...Read MoreIt's a favorite of the bees and hummingbirds. Adds wonderful color to our deck!

Here in Sunset zone 24, USDA zone 10 this easily gets to 5-6' tall and at least as wide in about 2-3 years from a 1-gal plant with very l...Read Moreittle water. A hummingbird magnet - blooms almost all year. Very dense growth - good screening plant.