CUPHEA cyanea
(KOO-fee-ah) (see-AH-nee-a) | CUPHCY3 |
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| Common Name: Black-eyed Cuphea |
| Description: Bright pink tube; bright yellow corolla with two, maroon petals (Bat's Ears) and red stamens. Bluish foliage. Good in combos. |
| Zone: 9 |
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CUPHEA hyssopifolia
(KOO-fee-ah) | CUPHHY3 |
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| Common Name: Mexican Heather |
| Description: Masses of small,lavender flowers from spring to frost. Glossy foliage makes this small, heat and drought tolerant shrub a winner for containers, baskets or in the border. |
| Zone: 9 |
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CUPHEA ignea 'Compacta'
(KOO-fee-ah) (IG-nee-a) | CUPHIC3 |
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| Common Name: Dwarf Cigar Flower, Firecracker Plant |
| Description: Slender, bright scarlet calyxes have white mouths and dark rings at ends of solitary, axillary flowers without petals; great novelty. |
| Zone: 9 |
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CUPHEA llavea
(KOO-fee-ah) (LAY-vee-ah) | CUPHLL3 |
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| Common Name: Bat Face, St. Peter's Plant |
| Description: Unique, red flowers with dark purple and black markings resembling the face of a bat! |
| Zone: 9 |
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CYCLAMEN hederifolium
(SIK-lah-men) (hed-er-ih-FOE-lee-um) | CYCLHE3 |
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| Common Name: Persian Violet, Alpine Violet |
| Description: RHS Award of Garden Merit. Lovely white or pink flowers on 8" stems make a spectacular show in the shady garden in late summer-early fall. Beautiful, marbled foliage in spring dies down in summer; must not be overwatered. Needs a well-drained location, especially in winter. In Zone 5, mulch for winter. |
| Zone: 5 |
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CYNARA cardunculus
(sih-NAR-ah) (kar-DUN-kew-lus) | CYNACA5 |
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| Common Name: Cardoon |
| Description: RHS Award of Garden Merit. Large, purplish-blue, thistle flowers; ornamental, spiny, gray-green leaves. Great in urns. Edible root and stalks. |
| Zone: 6 |
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