Plant Database
Hummingbird's Lunch Cigar Plant
Cuphea ‘Hummingbird’s Lunch'
Hummingbird's Lunch Cigar Plant is a captivating, upright evergreen shrub prized for its unique, bicolor, tubular flowers and exceptionally long blooming season. This award-winning hybrid from the 'Vermillionaire' series produces an abundance of small, cigar-shaped flowers that are vibrant red at the base, transitioning to a creamy yellow to bright orange at the tip, resembling a tiny, lit cigar . Blooming continuously from late spring through summer and into fall until the first frost, it is a non-stop magnet for hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees . Its lance-shaped leaves emerge with a beautiful bronze to maroon tint before maturing to dark green, adding ornamental interest even when not in bloom. Heat-tolerant, low-maintenance, and self-cleaning, it is an outstanding choice for containers, sunny borders, and pollinator gardens.