Cuphea cyanea Ashevilla Chocolate Garden sits a single pink

sits a single pink

and subsequently named and introduced by our friends at Camellia Forest

sometimes reaching 4" wide

but Mark actually registered it as Millenium

The stalks of huge black seed pods extend the season of interest into summer

Cuphea cyanea Ashevilla Chocolate Garden sits a single pinkCuphea cyanea is one of those plants that simply shouldn't have any winter hardiness, but that's one of the lovely things about plants not being able to read. Hailing from the southern Mexican states of Chiapas and Oaxaca, I was astounded upon seeing it in the Asheville, NC garden of Jasmin and Peter Gentling, where it made a reliable perennial. Shared cuttings have thrived in our garden trials since 2013, so in 2018, it became a Plant Delights JLBG