Return to This Plant's Category:  Cuphea to Dyschoriste Cuphea salvadorensis "Christmas Cigar Flower", "Salvadoran Cigar Plant"
	Code: 80156 Price: $7.50
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Family: Lythraceae NEW! 2008 - Rare cuphea with bright orange-red 1.5 inch tubular flowers with green tips at the mouth of the floral tubes. In Hawaii, an unusual Christmas lei is sometimes made from the flowers because of its bright red and green holiday colors. Mounding shrub to 5 feet. Give full sun, protection from frost. Hummingbirds love it. From Southern Mexico and El Salvador. Photos by "Forest & Kim Starr (USGS)" from "Plants of Hawaii".

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