This shrub has an upright spreading slender woody stems that form a bushy habit. It has bright green lanced-shaped leaves and the yellow tipped orange pendant tube-shaped flowers appear in a raceme towards the end of the stems from autumn to winter.   

Hardiness zones 9 to 11 

Cuphea micropetala is naturally found in North America in Mexico growing along banks of watercourses, preferring a fertile well drained, moist soil in an open sunny position and is drought and frost tender. 

The Large Cigar Flower is grown for it flowers and foliage. It is planted in shrub borders as a low screen or as an informal hedge tolerating a light trim. It may also be grown as a container or roof garden plant establishing from in 2 to 3 years and is suitable for coastal or inland regions. ID 1861

Cuphea (KEW-fee-a) micropetala (micro-PET-ala)

Lythraceae (ly-THRAY-see-ee)
Loosestrife, Pomegranate, Water Chestnut, Crepe Myrtle, Mangrove Apple