Hamelia patensFirebush
Firebush earns the name honestly. From late spring until the first frost, the arching branch tips carry tight clusters of slender tubular flowers in hot orange-red, each one a narrow torch held out for the hummingbirds and butterflies that work the plant from morning to dusk. The foliage plays along: new leaves and stems flush bronze to burgundy, the veins stained red, so that even between flushes of bloom the whole shrub reads warm. Few plants pull in as much winged traffic through the heat of a southern summer.
- Hardiness
- Zones 8–10
- Light
- Full Sun / Part Shade
- Height
- 5–8 ft.
- Spread
- 5–6 ft.
- Bloom
- Red
- Plant type
- Shrub
- Traditional use
- topical applications, pain relief
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