Mexican Hummingbird Plant
Mexican hummingbird plant
In zones 9 and south it grows as a perennial, but mostly it is grown as a tropical annual, like lantana. When grown as a perennial in warmer parts of the country, firebush grows 5 feet tall and wide, but in most situations, where it is grown as an annual bedding plant, it attains a height and spread of about 30 inches.