MBN 1Gal Cuphea ignea 'David Verity' 17322

ignea CIGAR FLOWER Galleria Shopping Center, Santa Cruz, Don Genese flowers lei not to be confused with several other "cigar plants" we've grown, such as Manettia inflata (Rubiaceae). Offered in the various forms listed below. All are compact, dense growers and essentially everblooming for us once in mature-phase. Cut back whenever they get too big but the harder you cut the longer their juvenile-phase recovery period. Part sun-full shade, average to infrequent watering when established. Great in containers. Tops are cut back by hard freeze, USDA zone 9/Sunset zones 8-9, 14-24. rev 3/2019

'David Verity' is an improved form, bigger orange-red flowers putting on a bigger display on a bigger, more vigorous plant is what this one is all about. Long, dark green leaves flushed with purple, especially under cool conditions, form a backdrop for the continuous show of long, bright orange flowers that delight your hummingbirds. Can bloom all year, if cut back in fall/winter figure on spring through fall bloom. To about 4-5' tall and wide unrestrained.