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Top ten native plants. Native plant specialist Angus Stewart's top ten native Australian plants.
Attracting fauna to your garden. This article explains how you can attract native australian wildlife to your garden.
Growing Grevilleas. Learn how to grow grevilleas in your garden.
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Plant description
Cuphea llavea 'Samba' is a decorative flowering subshrub, and is a tropical to sub tropical perennial. It has flamboyant flowers of dark red with a contrasting purple face. In cooler areas may be best treated as an annual plant, unless it has a warm spot. It is a showy plant that tolerates dry conditons once established. It is good as a specimen plant, for massed plantings and as potted colour. It has a naturally compact growth habit. It prefers a sunny spot with well drained soil. It can also do well in a part shaded position, though more shade will lead to a more open growth habit. Fertilise through the warmer months with a liquid fertiliser.
Additional plant information
Flowers
Flower colour: red and purple
Flowering season: spring summer autumn
Plant size
Maximum height: 0.4 metres
Minimum height: not specified
Maximum width: 0.6 metres
Minimum width: not specified
Sunlight, frost & salt tolerance
This plant will tolerate full or partial sunlight.
Light frost tolerance.
Plant is not salt tolerant.
Fauna attracting?
Yes. Attracts: Butterflies, moths, bees, insects.
Climate
This plant species will grow in the following climates: temperate, subtropical, tropical.
Soil types & conditions
Loam: dry, moist, well-drained.
Clay: well-drained.
Sand: moist, well-drained.
Soil pH: 6.5-7.8
Pests
Aphids
Miscellaneous information
Planting season: Any.
Types of fertiliser: Good general purpose fertiliser.
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