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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9a -6.7 °C (20 °F) to -3.9 °C (25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 2 - 3 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Orange
Pink
Yellow
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Hummingbirds
Other Beneficial Insects
Propagation: Seeds: Start indoors

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Common names
  • Black Eyed Cuphea
  • Tri-Coloured Cuphea
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Cuphea cyanea
  • Synonym: Cuphea cyanea subsp. hirtella
  • Synonym: Cuphea cyanea var. hirtella

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Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2020-10-17
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-10-10
Location: Royal Botanic garden Edinburgh Scotland
Date: June 2015
In the glass house
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-07-21
Location: At Annie's Annuals Nursery
Date: Sep 14, 2008 11:40 AM
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-10-10
Location: Metro Atlanta area in Georgia (USA)
Date: 2011-10-29
Cuphea cyanea var. hirtella growing near Atlanta, GA.

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
Location: UGA Trial Gardens, Athens, Georgia, USA
Date: Late Summer
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2020-11-21
Location: At Annie's Annuals Nursery
Date: Sep 14, 2008 11:40 AM

Leaves of Cuphea cyanea subsp. hirtella

Date: Autumn
Seeds, usually 1 or 2,  break through the old flower.

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials

Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2016-05-05
Zone 9b.
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