🔥 Firebush

(Firebush)

Scientific Name: Hamelia patens

Description

Firebush is a vibrant tropical flowering shrub admired for its clusters of bright orange-red tubular flowers and lush green foliage. Its colorful blooms are produced over a long period in warm climates and are highly attractive to butterflies, bees, and other pollinators.

Its naturally bushy growth habit makes it an excellent choice for flowering hedges, garden borders, feature planting, decorative containers, and tropical landscape projects.

Key Points

• Bright orange-red tubular flowers
• Attractive lush green foliage
• Dense and naturally bushy growth habit
• Long flowering season in tropical climates
• Attracts butterflies, bees, and other pollinators
• Heat and drought tolerant once established

Care

☀️ Light: Full sun to partial shade
💧 Water: Water regularly during establishment; moderately drought tolerant once mature
🌱 Soil: Fertile, well-drained soil
🌡️ Climate: Thrives in warm tropical and subtropical conditions
✂️ Maintenance: Prune regularly to maintain a compact shape and encourage dense branching and flowering

Size

📏 Plant Height (excluding pot): 0.30–0.50 m

Pricing

💰 Price: [Insert Price Here] (Price for 1 Plant Only – Pot Not Included)

Perfect for:

🔥 Flowering hedges • 🌿 Garden borders • 🦋 Butterfly gardens • 🐝 Pollinator gardens • 🪴 Decorative containers • 🏡 Residential gardens • 🏨 Hotels & Resorts

Important Note

📌 Pot is not included with this product.
📌 Full sun generally encourages denser growth and more abundant flowering.
📌 Regular pruning helps maintain a compact, bushy form when used for borders or hedges.
📌 As a living plant, height, branching, foliage density, flower quantity, and orange-red coloration may vary depending on season and growth stage.

📸 Images are for illustrative purposes only. Actual plant appearance, size, flower color, and overall form may vary depending on season and growing conditions.