Mystery plant - Purple/red
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Posted: Jul/15/2007 3:25 PM PST
What about this plant? My neighbor has it in a pot and I have taken cuttings which at the least are not dying. It is beautiful. Attachments:   |
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Posted: Jul/16/2007 10:51 AM PST
Look up Fuschia Attachments:  |
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Posted: Jul/16/2007 6:00 PM PST
 I have the picture circulating among my Master Gardener friends. So far no one seems to know what it is. Hope some other GG's will log on and givee me a clue. Thanks
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Posted: Jul/16/2007 7:28 PM PST
Yardgranny, i thought fuschia too but it reminded me of another plant i've seen. i'll post the name, info and a photo. i'll let you be the judge~~~~ Firecracker Plant (Cuphea x purpurea 'Firecracker'), ignites in color like nonstop fireworks on Independence Day. Tubular, scarlet-red flowers edged in black emerge in abundance at the leaf axils along the stem. Growing about a foot tall, Firecracker Plant is a perfect companion plant for containers or window boxes or for planting in front of taller plants in a perennial border. A light trimming in midsummer will encourage basal branching and more compact, bushy plants — and more fireworks until frost. Firecracker plant does best in full sun and moist, well-drained soils. Attachments:  |
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Posted: Jul/16/2007 7:39 PM PST
here's a better pic......... Attachments:  |
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Posted: Jul/17/2007 5:52 AM PST
 Thank you so much fozbot that is exactly right. It is a really great looking plant. Yardgranny6
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Posted: Jul/17/2007 8:31 AM PST
NP, yardgranny! you might want to Google 'Cuphea llavea' aka Bat Faced cuphea or 'Tiny Mice' cuphea, too. lot's of great info on this plant out there. btw, i found out i've been spelling fushcia wrong, too. the correct spelling is fuchsia. |
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Posted: Jul/17/2007 9:40 AM PST
btw, i found out i've been spelling fushcia wrong, too. the correct spelling is fuchsia. Thanks, for the correct spelling. If I put fushcia in Google I get 1,600,000 hits. If I put fuchsia in I get 6,300,000 hits. |
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Posted: Jul/17/2007 9:48 AM PST
This has been a learning experience. No matter what type Cuphea you have they are to be enjoyed. One site said they were annuals, now I learn this may be a perennial in SC. We will find out come next spring. Thanks for all the help. Linda B from SC |
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Posted: Jul/17/2007 9:49 AM PST
Bat Face indeed. Attachments:  |
