Botanical Name: Hamelia patens

Common Names: Firebush, Fire Bush, Firecracker

Flower - Bloom color: red/orange/yellow

Plant type: Shrub

Zone: 8 - 10

Light: Full sun

Size: Up to 20'

Water: Average

Soil: Average

Propagation: Cuttings

Note: Hummingbird plant

Special attractant; Zebra Longwing Heliconius charithonia, Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis sennae, Pipevine Swallowtail Battus philenor, and Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanillae butterflies.