Hardiness zones
Sunset 10-24
USDA 7 - 11

Landscape Use: Accent, border, hummingbirds

Form & Character: Evergreen herbaceous perennial, open, informal

Growth Habit: Moderately sprawling to 3'

Foliage/Texture: Leaves ovate to 2.5" long (mostly smaller), grayish green, velvety tomentose on arching tomentose stems, very short petiole, medium texture

Flowers & Fruits: Brick red to orange flowers many on a terminal cymes subtended by 2-4 conspicuous but not showy bracts, corolla tubular, brick red to 1 3/4" long, fruit an ovoid to sub-orbicular cap

Seasonal Color: Spring and Fall flowers

Temperature: Hardy

Light: Full sun, avoid reflected light, partial western shade best

Soil: Tolerant as long as well drained

Watering: Regular water in summer, otherwise none needed

Pruning: Head back in late winter

Propagation: Cutting

Disease and pests: Root rot in poorly drained soils.

Additional comments: Little used in the Phoenix area, but deserves more attention. Sometimes used in a hanging basket. The tubular flowers attract hummingbirds. This diverse genus consists of over 150 species from tropical and temperate regions worldwide.