Cuphea hyssopifolia - Mauve
- Mature height: 30-40cm tall & wide
- Recommended spacing: 30-40cm apart
- Ideal growing conditions: Full sun - part shade.
- Growth rate: Moderate.
Noteworthy: Evergreen, Flowers most of the year, attracts pollinators.
Tolerates: Pruning.
Uses: Cottage garden, mass plantings, low hedge/border, rockeries, container/pot plant, small gardens, ground cover.
Colour/Growth form: Short compact shrub, small green leaves with little mauve flowers.
The Cuphea hyssopifolia 'Mauve' is a compact shrub that grows to a tidy 30-40cm in both height and width, perfect for garden borders and groundcovers. Its small mauve flowers appear almost year-round, sitting above the green leaves and attracting butterflies and bees to your garden. This versatile evergreen thrives in both full sun to partial shade, and responding well to pruning. Whether used in mass plantings, tucked into rockeries, or brightening up containers, this hardy plant brings long-lasting colour to any garden space.
