Cuphea ignea 'CUPP1751’ ~ Monrovia® Hummingbird’s Lunch Cuphea fruit-trees-and-berry-bushes The distinctively flat flower stems

The distinctively flat flower stems hold pastel violet-blue flowers with yellow eyes in late spring and early summer

A large inflorescence of airy white flowers blooms continuously from spring to fall

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Cuphea ignea 'CUPP1751’ ~ Monrovia® Hummingbird’s Lunch Cuphea fruit-trees-and-berry-bushes The distinctively flat flower stemsMonrovia Hummingbirds Lunch Cuphea is a tender perennial grown as an annual with a neat rounded habit and upright whorls of green foliage. The tiny but showy cylindrical flowers are cherry red with apricot tips and bloom along the stems from spring through fall. The flowers are highly attractive to hummingbirds and butterflies. Flowers best moist, well drained soils. Somewhat drought tolerant once established and is easy care. Type: Annual Origins: