The Cigar Plant, Cuphea ignea, and its relative the Mexican Cigar, C. micropetala,
are rather delicate, even in all but the most southern areas of the United States.
Some hummingbird gardeners keep them in greenhouses all winter,
bringing them out as container plants after the danger of frost has passed.
Flowers of Cigar Plant are red and tubular
those of Mexican Cigar are yellow to orange with red tips.