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Bouvardia ternifolia
Also called Scarlet Bouvardia
Firecrackerbush is a shrub up to about 1.2 m tall, grown for its long, tubular, bright scarlet flowers that attract hummingbirds. Give it full sun to part shade and well-drained soil; it is widely grown as an ornamental in warm climates.
Bouvardia ternifolia, the firecracker bush, is a shrub widespread across much of Mexico, the range extending south into Honduras and north into the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico and Texas).
Bouvardia ternifolia is a shrub up to 120 cm (4 feet) tall. It has dark green, narrowly egg-shaped leaves. Flowers are speculacular: long, tubular, bright scarlet, up to 10 cm (2 inches) long, in clusters at the ends of the branches. Hummingbirds frequently imbibe the nectar from the blooms.
Hummingbird Flower · Bouvardia longiflora · Hummingbird Flower
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bouvardia ternifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
