Vermillionaire® Large Firecracker Plant Cuphea | Proven Winners®

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This plant is on pre-order, meaning if you order it now, it won't ship until spring/summer of 2025 based on your growing zone.

Proven Winners is constantly working to refine and improve their offerings for the North American garden and to the nursery industry in using the best in new plant and production materials.

Features

Characteristics

Plant Needs

There are a handful of plants that I will faithfully have in my garden year to year and Vermillionaire is at the top of that list. It handles our heat and humidity like a champ, and talk about a hummingbird & pollinator magnet! If you are looking to attract these sweet garden friends to your space then you must have Vermillionaire.

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Deadheading Not Necessary

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Characteristics

Plant Type:

Annual

Height Category:

Medium

Garden Height:

18 - 28 Inches

Spacing:

12 - 18 Inches

Spread:

12 - 24 Inches

Foliage Colors:

Green

Flower Colors:

Orange, Red, Yellow

Flower Shade:

Orange, Orange with Red and Yellow Highlights

Foliage Shade:

Green

Habit:

Mounded

Container Role:

Filler

Tolerant to:

Heat

Attracts:

Butterflies, Hummingbirds

Resists:

Deer

Plant Needs

Light Requirement:

Full Sun, Sun

Maintenance Category:

Easy

Bloom Time:

Continuous Bloom, Planting To Frost, Rebloomer, Spring, Summer, Summer through Fall

Hardiness Zones:

10a, 10b, 11a, 11b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b

Water Category:

Average

Soil Fertility Requirement:

Average Soil

Uses:

Border Plant, Container, Landscape, Mass Planting

Light Requirement:

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 Notes:

Vermillionaire®, like all Cuphea is a heat lover and will do best in warm gardens with bright light. Always keep this plant in full sun for best flowering and to avoid it stretching in the shade.

Keep moist throughout the growing season, regular fertilizing will keep it full and constantly flowering. Once established Vermillionaire™ does not require a lot of water, but water regularly until it has grown a bit.

This plant is a perennial in USDA zones 8 and higher, but should be considered an annual in colder climates. If you are in a marginally hardy area, an application of light mulch (like pine needles) about 6 inches deep and a foot wide. When the threat of frost is past, remove the layer of mulch. The plant should not be cut back in the winter. If it has dead plant material or is leggy in spring, you can trim it back once new growth begins.

Great hummingbird attractor! They love this plant, one of their preferred plants in most gardens.

Vermillionaire®Cupheahybrid'cupver'

Features

There are a handful of plants that I will faithfully have in my garden year to year and Vermillionaire is at the top of that list. It handles our heat and humidity like a champ, and talk about a hummingbird & pollinator magnet! If you are looking to attract these sweet garden friends to your space then you must have Vermillionaire.

Award Winner
Deadheading Not Necessary

Photos courtesy of Proven Winners

Characteristics

Plant Type:

Annual

Height Category:

Medium

Garden Height:

18 - 28 Inches

Spacing:

12 - 18 Inches

Spread:

12 - 24 Inches

Foliage Colors:

Green

Flower Colors:

Orange, Red, Yellow

Flower Shade:

Orange, Orange with Red and Yellow Highlights

Foliage Shade:

Green

Habit:

Mounded

Container Role:

Filler

Tolerant to:

Heat

Attracts:

Butterflies, Hummingbirds

Resists:

Deer

Plant Needs

Light Requirement:

Full Sun, Sun

Maintenance Category:

Easy

Bloom Time:

Continuous Bloom, Planting To Frost, Rebloomer, Spring, Summer, Summer through Fall

Hardiness Zones:

10a, 10b, 11a, 11b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b

Water Category:

Average

Soil Fertility Requirement:

Average Soil

Uses:

Border Plant, Container, Landscape, Mass Planting

Light Requirement:

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 Notes:

Vermillionaire®, like all Cuphea is a heat lover and will do best in warm gardens with bright light. Always keep this plant in full sun for best flowering and to avoid it stretching in the shade.

Keep moist throughout the growing season, regular fertilizing will keep it full and constantly flowering. Once established Vermillionaire™ does not require a lot of water, but water regularly until it has grown a bit.

This plant is a perennial in USDA zones 8 and higher, but should be considered an annual in colder climates. If you are in a marginally hardy area, an application of light mulch (like pine needles) about 6 inches deep and a foot wide. When the threat of frost is past, remove the layer of mulch. The plant should not be cut back in the winter. If it has dead plant material or is leggy in spring, you can trim it back once new growth begins.

Great hummingbird attractor! They love this plant, one of their preferred plants in most gardens.

Vermillionaire®Cupheahybrid'cupver'

Vermillionaire® Large Firecracker Plant Cuphea | Proven Winners®

Vermillionaire® Large Firecracker Plant Cuphea | Proven Winners®

Features

Characteristics

Plant Needs

Characteristics

Plant Needs

Light Requirement:

Maintenance Notes:

Light Requirement:

Maintenance Notes:

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