(Batface Cuphea, Vienco® Purple Red 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, Vienco® Red 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, Vienco® Salmon Purple 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, Vienco® 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, Vienco® White 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...

(Candycorn Flower, Candycorn Plant)

Candycorn plant is a fantastic drought-tolerant tender perennial with flowers sure to strike up a conversation or smile. Native to Mexico and parts of Guatemala, it appreciates heat, sunshine and well-drained soils. This plant will grow waist-high with its barely arching stems with pretty orange-red flowers that are tipped in yellow. Yes, the flowers will remind you of candy corn! Flowering occurs throughout the warm months in tropical climes, but is more early fall blooming when the plant must regrow...

(Arizona Cypress)

A tough tree with feathery needles and interesting cones and furrowed bark, Arizona cypress is a tall, columnar, evergreen that originates from the American Southwest. Drought tolerant and sun-loving, this tree has soft, handsome green to gray-green scale-like foliage that is mildly fragrant when crushed. The female cones are round and prickly and are pretty in contrast with the needles.

Grow Arizona cypress in full to partial sun and well-drained soil that is not too heavy; amend clay with grit...

(Arizona Cypress)

The Arizona cypress is an upright evergreen conifer tree with branches of soft gray or blue-green foliage. The undersides of the scaley leaves are covered in white resin glands. Small, prickled, round cones add seasonal interest as does the smooth reddish bark.

A sunny dry location is needed to grow Arizona cypress and it is not a particularly good choice for climates with humidity and wet summers. Best used as large plant screens or windbreaks inland or near the coast, cultivars 'Carolina Sapphire',...

(Arizona Cypress)

Named for the silvery blue color of its foliage, Blue Ice Arizona cypress is a slow-growing, conical evergreen conifer native to the southwestern United States but adaptable to slightly damper climates. The tiny, scale-like, clasping leaves are densely arranged on finely divided branchlets, giving the tree a feathery texture. Small reddish brown cones and smooth mahogany bark add to the year-round display. Cultivar 'Blue Ice' was a chance seedling discovered in a garden in New Zealand in 1960. It...

(Arizona Cypress)

A selection of Arizona cypress, ‘Blue Pyramid’ is a large, slow-growing evergreen conifer with blue-gray foliage and an upright, pyramidal shape. The underside of its tiny, scale-like leaves is covered in white resin glands. Small, prickled, round cones add seasonal interest. The bark is smooth and reddish. The parent species is native to the southwestern U.S.

Give ‘Blue Pyramid’ a sunny, dry location and well-drained soil. It is not a good choice for climates with humidity and wet summers. Used...