Vermillionaire^® Large Firecracker Plant Cuphea hybrid

Vermillionaire® Large Firecracker Plant just blooms and blooms, hummingbirds love it. It received more compliments than any other plant in my yard. Will buy it again!

I planted Vermillionaire in the spring of ‘21. It has grown about 3’ tall and is treated like a border wall in my flower beds. I have some awesome pictures and videos of the hummingbirds that have been attracted by the blooms. Highly recommend this if you are looking to attract hummingbirds! Fingers crossed it makes it through the winter (North AL).

For some reason, I had avoided this plant for several years. I think I found its blooms too small and not showy enough for my tastes. This past spring, I began paying attention to foliage in addition to blooms. The shape, color, and texture of the foliage on this plant is wonderful. After growing this plant this past year, I would definitely grow it again.

I bought these flowers for the first time this year and I was skeptical as to how nice they would turn out. Unfortunately, I bought them too late in the season to attract Hummingbirds but they turned out amazing. I am definitely going to get them again next year.

I succeeded in keeping it alive, and for part of the winter it thrived, in the spare bedroom, south window. It even came into healthy bloom! Then whiteflies woke up and found it, and it was in trouble. Before taking it outside this season I cut off most of the branches (leaves were mostly dead anyway) and the whiteflies were evidently without food, so they mostly disappeared. It's recovering outside now, in June. The night temps have finally stopped falling into the 40's, so I am not hauling it inside the garage at night. (Don't know how much cold it can take.) But it's on track to have a good season! I had tried Neem oil on it, but that doesn't last, and I don't trust it to be good for the plant.