Mexican Heather In Flower Bed

This plant often thrives in the hot humid weather than can be problematic for many other plants.

Mexican heather in flower bed. Elsewhere enjoy mexican heather as an annual either in the ground or in pots. In any area the fine textured foliage and flowers make it a perfect partner for bolder leaves and blooms. Always blooming and attracting pollinators to your garden. It also makes a lovely houseplant.

We have mexican heather in a flower bed that faces west. Plant mexican heather in full sun to areas with light shade. In colder zones it acts like an annual. In central texas they will occasionally survive but not often enough to.

Should they be pruned m g. She also planted mexican heather in this bed between the azaleas. In usda zones 7 and 8 treat it like a perennial for spring to fall interest in beds and borders. It is also known as false heather artificial heather elfin herb with and cuphea hyssopifolia being the botanical name.

It grows best in warm climates although it can also be planted indoors in a colder environment. You may want to plant mexican heather in slightly shaded places in very warm climates to prevent the blooms and foliage from fading. Mexican heather plants are shrubs that grows in tropical areas and acts like an evergreen. I have had mexican heather as a flower bed border all season.

Mulch over them after the first frost. Next check out our favorite raised flower bed ideas. That depends on where in texas you live. In frost free zones mexican heather makes a wonderful evergreen groundcover and provides non stop bloom in borders foundation plantings and containers.

Here there are six mexican heathers around this fountain. How to use it. The pink red and white heathers would make a pretty picture on their own but they re set off even more attractively by a backdrop of pink sedum. Mexican heather is a densely branched shrub belonging to the lythraceae family and is native to mexico and guatemala.

This was taken in may 2012. Mexican heather blooms all year long full sun. If you re in the southern third of the state it will often come back from its roots. Will it come back next year.

Mexican heather grows well in. It only looks like a heather plant but it is not a true one. In zones 7 and 8 mexican heather acts like a perennial. Meanwhile blue fescue adds textural contrast as well as a place to rest the eye among all the color.

Mexican heather cuphea hyssopifolia with its glossy green foliage bright purple flowers and fast growing habit makes a lovely addition to your home or garden. The plants are well established 1 2 feet high and wide but scraggly with growth only on the outer reaches. Flory glory mexican heather has 5 time the flower power compared to other mexican heathers.