Firebush Firefly Dwarf Scarlet Red Shrub Live Plant Orange Yellow Flower Hummingbird Butterfly Garden Starter Sz 4

Firefly is a somewhat smaller growing select cultivar of the Hamelia patens species. It has the same tubular-shaped flowers, green ovate leaves with red new growth, but on a smaller scale and with more yellow coloration in the flowers.

Firefly Firebush matures into a dense, rounded shrub ranging from 3 to 6 feet tall, and is equally as attractive to hummingbirds, butterflies, and birds as its larger parent.

Firebush will grow in a wide range of soil conditions and requires only basic care. It needs irrigation until it becomes established, but then it is quite drought-tolerant. It does best in full sun, but will tolerate the shade, just taking on a more leggy, open habit, and producing fewer blooms. It makes a great border, background, or screen plantings in mass, or is a great stand-alone accent, a knock-out small patio standard form tree, or an outdoor potted plant.