(Cigar Flower, Cigar Plant)

The compact cigar flower, 'Petite Peach', bears self-cleaning tubular flowers of deep peach with flushes of orange in the hottest months of summer. This interesting tender perennial is native to southern Mexico and Jamaica where it remains evergreen and bushy year round. In cold temperate zones, it is grown as a bedding annual but can be brought indoors to overwinter.

Broad and bushy, cigar plant is covered with small, glossy, medium green leaves with lighter midveins. Its numerous small and...

(Cigar Flower, Cigar Plant)

It’s no wonder this tropical subshrub has gained fast popularity as a bedding plant. The compact plants in the Matchmaker Series display self-cleaning tubular flowers of pale orange-pink, red or buttery white in the hottest months of summer. These interesting tender perennials hail from southern Mexico and Jamaica where they remain evergreen and bushy year round. In colder temperate zones, they are grown as a bedding annual but can be brought indoors to overwinter.

Broad and bushy, cigar plant...

(Batface, Batface Cuphea)

Batface cuphea is a wonderful, free-flowering tender perennial with vivid red and purple flowers that resemble the face of a bat or Mickey Mouse. It can be effectively grown as an annual in temperate areas during warm summers. In the wild, this heat and drought tolerant plant naturally grows along streambanks in hot locations in Mexico.

The small, smooth green leaves of batface are evergreen to semi-evergreen. When summer temperatures rise, plentiful tubular flowers with frilly, flared red...

(Batface Cuphea)

A hybrid of the subshrub Cuphea llavea and the annual C. procumbens, 'Flamenco Cha Cha' is a short, upright herbaceous perennial with dark yellow-green, evergreen foliage and vivid magenta-violet, purple-faced flowers. The flowers — whose two large upper petals resemble mouse ears — bloom nearly continuously throughout warm weather.

This hybrid appreciates regular watering and well-drained soil. Give it ample sun for heaviest flowering and fullest growth. Whether used as an...

(Batface Cuphea, Flamenco Rumba Batface Cuphea)

A hybrid of the subshrub Cuphea llavea and the annual C. procumbens, 'Flamenco Rumba' is a short, upright herbaceous perennial with dark yellow-green, evergreen foliage and vivid red, purple-faced flowers. The flowers — whose two large upper petals resemble mouse ears — bloom nearly continuously throughout warm weather.

This hybrid appreciates regular watering and well-drained soil. Give it ample sun for heaviest flowering and fullest growth. Whether used as...

(Batface Cuphea)

A hybrid of the subshrub Cuphea llavea and the annual C. procumbens, 'Flamenco Samba' is a short, upright herbaceous perennial with dark yellow-green, evergreen foliage and vivid red, burgundy-purple-faced flowers. The flowers — whose two large upper petals resemble mouse ears — bloom nearly continuously throughout warm weather.

This hybrid appreciates regular watering and well-drained soil. Give it ample sun for heaviest flowering and fullest growth. Whether used as an annual...

(Batface Cuphea)

A hybrid of the subshrub Cuphea llavea and the annual C. procumbens, 'Flamenco Tango' is a short, upright herbaceous perennial with dark yellow-green, evergreen foliage and soft pink, lavender-faced flowers. The flowers — whose two large upper petals resemble mouse ears — bloom nearly continuously throughout warm weather.

This hybrid appreciates regular watering and well-drained soil. Give it ample sun for heaviest flowering and fullest growth. Whether used as an annual or a...

(Batface Cuphea, Tiny Winnie Batface Cuphea)

Batface is a wonderful, free-flowering tender perennial with vivid red and purple flowers that resembles the face of a bat or Mickey Mouse. It can be effectively grown as an annual in cool regions if planted in full sun. It naturally grows along streambanks in hot locations in Mexico and is both heat and drought tolerant. It will appreciate ample watering in a well-drained soil.

Full sun to no less than partial sun will allow batface to flower its best and have the nicest mounding habit. The...

(Batface Cuphea, Flamenco Batface Cuphea)

Hybrids of the subshrub Cuphea llavea and the annual C. procumbens, the Flamenco Series of batface includes four cultivars of short, upright plants with dark yellow-green, evergreen foliage and bright pink or red flowers. The flowers — whose two large upper petals resemble mouse ears — bloom nearly continuously throughout warm weather.

These hybrids appreciate regular watering and well-drained soil. Give them ample sun for heaviest flowering and fullest growth....

(Batface Cuphea, Vienco® Lavender Batface Cuphea)

Batface cuphea is a wonderful, free-flowering tender perennial with vivid red and purple flowers that resemble the face of a bat or Mickey Mouse. It can be effectively grown as an annual in temperate areas during warm summers. In the wild, this heat and drought tolerant plant naturally grows along streambanks in hot locations in Mexico.

The small, smooth green leaves of batface are evergreen to semi-evergreen. When summer temperatures rise, plentiful tubular flowers with frilly, flared red...