Annuals

Mexican Heather - Live Plant

Zones 9a–11bLive Plant
$12.00
$12.00
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A fine-textured mound that flowers nonstop through the worst of a Southern summer.
Mexican Heather - Live Plant

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Wade Greens™
Annuals

Mexican Heather - Live Plant

$12.00
Annuals

Mexican Heather - Live Plant

$12.00
Description

Cuphea hyssopifolia, Mexican Heather, is one of the few plants that genuinely does not care how hot it gets. Tiny glossy leaves form a neat rounded mound studded with small purple or white flowers from planting until frost, and bees work it all day. It needs no deadheading and no shearing, which makes it a dependable filler along a walk or at the front of a bed. Offered in 4-Inch Pot, shipped well-rooted from our Lineville, Alabama nursery.

Specifications
  • Mature size: 1-3 ft
  • Grows best: Outdoors - Hardiness USDA 9-11, grown as an annual in zone 8a
  • Pet safety: Not known to be toxic to cats and dogs
  • Sourcing: Nursery-grown by Wade Greens; ships healthy from our Lineville, Alabama nursery to the lower 48 states.
Care Instructions
  • Light: Full sun to part sun
  • Water: Weekly; more often in containers
  • Soil: Well-draining garden or potting soil
  • Feeding: Feed monthly through the season
Growing Zone

Hardy in zones 9a–11b. It won't take a hard freeze, so north of its range grow it in a pot and bring it in for winter.

Full colour is zones 9a–11b, where this plant is hardy in the ground. Lower 48 shown — that's where we ship. 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, via the PRISM Climate Group.

Questions & Answers

How big does it get?
1-3 ft, mounding.

How much light does it need?
Full sun to part sun.

Is it safe for pets?
Not known to be toxic to cats and dogs.

How is it shipped?
Packed to arrive healthy and shipped from our Alabama nursery to the lower 48 states.

Shipping & Returns

Ships to all 48 contiguous states from our farm in Lineville, Alabama.

What it costs

Based on your order total: $12.95 under $35 · $16.95 to $75 · $21.95 to $125 · free over $125.

Ship days

Mondays and Tuesdays only — see below.

Getting it ready

1–3 business days to pot up, water back and pack.

Where we can't go

Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. territories, P.O. boxes, and outside the United States.

Why we only ship Mondays and Tuesdays

A plant in a dark box is on a clock. Shipping early in the week means it reaches you before the weekend instead of sitting in a warehouse from Friday to Monday. It costs us a day or two of lead time and saves a lot of plants.

Practically: an order placed Wednesday, Thursday, Friday or over the weekend goes out the following Monday. We'd rather tell you that now than let you find it in a tracking number.

How long it takes once it leaves

Typical ground transit from Lineville, Alabama after the ship day. Estimates, not guarantees — weather and carrier backlogs happen.

  • 1–2 days Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kentucky
  • 2–3 days The rest of the Southeast and Midwest, Texas, the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast
  • 3–5 days The Plains, the Mountain West and the West Coast

Tracking is emailed the moment your box is scanned.

If something arrives unhappy

A little leaf drop or travel stress is normal and usually sorts itself out within a week or two of settling in. If a plant arrives genuinely damaged, email support@wadegreens.com within 48 hours of delivery with a photo of the plant and the box, and we'll make it right.

Plant Traits

The facts that decide whether it takes root, in the order that matters.

Sunlight

Full Sun (6+ hrs) · Partial Sun (4-6 hrs)

Six or more hours of direct sun. With less it stretches toward the light and flowering thins out.

Water

Moderate

Water when the top inch of soil is dry. Evenly damp, never standing wet.

Mature Size

1-3 ft

Where it settles once established. Plan the spacing for this, not for the size it arrives at.

Works As

Border & Bed · Containers & Patio · Foundation Planting

Traits

  • Heat TolerantKeeps photosynthesizing and holds its flowers through July and August here, when most plants stall out.
  • Long BloomingKeeps setting new buds across the season instead of one flush. Removing spent flowers keeps it making buds rather than seed.
  • Attracts PollinatorsOpen, shallow flowers with nectar a generalist bee can reach. These are the visitors that set fruit on everything else in the garden.
  • Low MaintenanceNo routine pruning, staking, deadheading or feeding to stay presentable. Not the same as no water in the first season.
  • Good for ContainersCompact, fibrous roots that tolerate a confined pot. Container soil dries several times faster than a bed, so check it more often than you think you need to.

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