Firecracker Plant
![Yellow firecracker flowers](https://gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/image-259.png)
Firecracker plant is a small plant that can have an explosive impact in your garden, attracting hummingbirds and butterflies.
Its narrow, soft leaves give it a fine texture in the landscape, making it a great contrast to broad-leaf plants. Firecracker plant typically blooms year-round with a profusion of red, tubular flowers. Yellow and salmon forms are also available.
![A plant with fine, needle-like foliage and many red, long tubular flowers](https://gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/image-260.png)
Firecracker plant can reach three to four feet tall and six or more feet wide, so be sure to give it room to sprawl. However, it is a tender plant, so be sure to cover it when cold weather strikes. Or you can let it freeze back and see if it rebounds in the spring.
This Florida-Friendly plant is relatively pest-free and somewhat drought tolerant, although it will flower better with regular irrigation. It can handle some shade, but prefers full sun.
UF/IFAS Publications
- Russelia equisetiformis (PDF)