Cuphea ‘Mexican Mauve’

Common Name:
Cuphea 'Mexican Mauve'

Description:
Cuphea 'Mexican Mauve' is a vibrant, low-growing perennial shrub celebrated for its long flowering season and masses of mauve-purple tubular flowers. Compact and bushy in habit, this variety brings continuous colour to garden beds, borders, and pots with minimal fuss. Its narrow, glossy green foliage forms a neat mound, and the flowers attract pollinators such as bees and butterflies. In Melbourne's climate, 'Mexican Mauve' thrives in full sun to part shade and prefers well-drained soils with regular watering, particularly during dry spells. It is drought-tolerant once established and benefits from light pruning to encourage repeat blooming and maintain its shape. Flowering prolifically from spring right through to autumn, this hardy and cheerful plant is perfect for low-maintenance gardens, edging, and informal hedging.

Form:
Shrub - Small
Shrub - Clumping / Grass-like / Mounding
Ground Cover

Mature Size:
Height: 30–50 cm
Width: 40–60 cm

Aspect:
Full Sun
Part Shade

Flowering:
Flowers in Spring
Flowers in Summer
Flowers in Autumn

Flower Colour:
Mauve-purple

Key Attributes:
Suitable for Pots
Bee Attracting
Bird Attracting
Perennial
Drought Tolerant (once established)
Low Maintenance
Suitable for Hedging
Suitable for Borders and Edging

Toxicity:
Non-toxic to humans and pets.

Companion Plants:
Salvia
Lavender
Gaura
Scaevola
Lomandra
Verbena

Plant Growers Australia (PGA) is an innovative wholesale production nursery based in Melbourne, renowned for superior quality garden plants and pioneering breeding programs.
PGA do not sell direct to the public, but their website has detailed information on this species that is available for everyone to access. 
Visit www.pga.com.au for further details and photos of this plant.