Seeds from Cuphea ignea Matchless Cigar plant or Firecracker plant is a wonderful garden annual or tropical subshrub in zones 9-11 and higher. A real show piece for your summer border. These bright red velvety tubelike blossoms will catch everyones eye with the little black bat face at the end. Grow 18″-24″ in full sun. Broad and bushy, cigar plant is covered with small, glossy, medium green leaves with lighter midveins. A superb, more compact bedding plant for sunny gardens, hummingbird borders and lively containers or hanging baskets.