Marketplace Genus

Hamelia (Firebush)

Hamelia

1 cultivar

Hamelia is a warm-climate genus of flowering shrubs best known for its long, tubular blooms, lush green foliage, and strong attraction to hummingbirds, butterflies, and other pollinators. These plants typically develop a dense, upright, branching form with terminal clusters of bright orange, red, or reddish-orange flowers held among the foliage, creating vivid color over a long growing season. Small, dark purple-black berries often follow, providing an additional food source for birds. In tropical and subtropical landscapes, Hamelia works beautifully as a specimen shrub, informal hedge, pollinator planting, or a colorful component of mixed ornamental gardens. Its combination of vigorous growth, drought and heat tolerance, and exceptional wildlife value makes Firebush a highly useful and low-maintenance landscape plant for warm residential gardens.