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'Flamenco Samba' Cuphea llavea

Exposure
  • Sun
Flower Season
  • Spring
  • Summer
Mature Size
16" 18"
Height: 8" - 16"
Spread: 12" - 18"
Proven Selections
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  • Details

    Features

    Large, rich, burgundy flowers bloom continuously throughout the season

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    Heat Tolerant
    Deadheading Not Necessary
    Drought Tolerant
    Attracts: 
    Birds
    Hummingbirds

    Characteristics

    Plant Type: 
    Annual
    Height Category: 
    Medium
    Garden Height: 
    8 - 16 Inches
    Spacing: 
    12 - 18 Inches
    Spread: 
    12 - 18 Inches
    Flower Colors: 
    Red
    Flower Shade: 
    Red
    Foliage Colors: 
    Green
    Foliage Shade: 
    green
    Habit: 
    Mounded
    Container Role: 
    Filler

    Plant Needs

    Light Requirement: 
    Sun

    The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

    Maintenance Category: 
    Easy
    Bloom Time: 
    Planting To Hard Frost
    Hardiness Zones: 
    9a, 9b, 10a, 10b
    Water Category: 
    Average
    Uses: 
    Container
    Uses: 
    Landscape
    Uses Notes: 

    Use in hanging baskets, beds, borders and window boxes

    Maintenance Notes: 

    Deadheading not necessary for continuous bloom but can be used to tidy plants.

    'Flamenco Samba' Cuphea llavea USPP 17,823
  • 6 Reviews

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    Browse reviews from people who have grown this plant.
    • love it, blooms all the time, want to get some more BUT THE PLACE I GOT IT FROM DOESNT HAVE THEM ANY MORE

      Russell Studebaker
      , Virginia
      , United States
      , 12 years ago
    • a williams
      , Michigan
      , United States
      , 12 years ago
    • did very well i9n hot sun and heat, kept on blooming

      Lorie Moore
      , British Columbia
      , Canada
      , 12 years ago
    • will there be any seeds in the future?

      kathleen lyons
      , New York
      , United States
      , 12 years ago
    • New to me this year, now my favorite. I bought it at Home Depot, lost the ID tab, and was desperate to find out its name in case I could not overwinter it. My very most favorite plant this year, and I have hundreds. I put it in a painted rustic red clay Mexican pot on an iron stand. Wow, you should see it. It was not in full sun all day, only morning until 2 sun. I didn't plant anything else with it. It has given me so much pleasure this season. Thank you.

      Sue Meadows
      , Alabama
      , United States
      , 12 years ago
  • 36 Awards

    Award Year Award Plant Trial
    2007 Knock Your Socks Off University of Georgia
    2007 Knock Your Socks Off University of Georgia
    2007 Rising Star Dallas Arboretum
    2007 Knock Your Socks Off University of Georgia
    2007 Rising Star Dallas Arboretum
    2007 Rising Star Dallas Arboretum
    2007 Knock Your Socks Off University of Georgia
    2007 Rising Star Dallas Arboretum
    2006 Top Performers Colorado State University
    2006 Flame Proof Dallas Arboretum
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