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Container #25: Vermillionaire Cuphea – A Hummingbird Magnet!

May 22, 2020 By Cindy Jungman, SDSU Extension Master Gardener

If you love hummingbirds, then this cuphea plant is just what you need! It is a hummingbird magnet! This plant loves the heat and is covered with orange blooms all summer.

RECIPE:
• (1) Cuphea “Vermillionaire” Firecracker Plant
• (1) Sweet Potato Vine “Sweetheart Jet Black”
• (2) Calibrachoa “Calibri Orange”

TIPS:
• The cuphea plant requires no pruning.
• Do not let this container dry out.
• Trim the calibrachoa occasionally to maintain fullness and continuous blooms.
• Trim back the sweet potato vine at any time it threatens to take over the pot!
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