- Common name:
- Bush Cuphea
- Category:
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Groundcovers, Shrubs
Family: Lythraceae or Mehendi family
- Light:
- Sun growing, Semi shade
- Water:
- Normal
- Primarily grown for:
- Flowers
- Flowering season:
- Year-around flowering, Flowers in flushes throughout the year
- Flower or Inflorescence color:
- Single flower has many colors viz., Yellow, Orange
- Foliage color:
- Green
- Plant Height or length:
- 50 cms to 100 cms
- Plant Spread or Width:
- 50 cms to 100 cms
- Plant Form:
- Spherical or rounded, Spreading
- Special Character:
-
- Good for Hedges and Borders
- Good for Edges ie very small hedge or border
- Attracts butterflies
- Attracts bees
- Suitable for road median planting
- Generally available in India in quantities of:
- Less than a hundred, Old variety plants may be difficult to get
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Plant Description:
- -Heather like perennial shrub, to 1 m high, with small sessile, lanceolate leaves, slender flowers 2-3 cm long, red at base, green at apex.
- Free bloomer. Is always covered with its multicolored tubular flowers.
- The leaves are thin and long. They are held upright.
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Growing tips:
- - Cuphea plants are easy to grow.
- Prepare the soil well as then stay healthy for many years.
- They can be used in pots, as borders or as ground covers.
- They have to be planted at 20 cms to 25 cms distance for effective coverage.
- They require regular irrigation.
- Trimming can be done after the flower flush is over.
- Plants are cold tolerant and do not lose shine or color in winter.
