The shape and color of the cigar plant's flowers hit hummingbirds' sweet spot, and butterflies love it too. Pair it with three other sun-loving plants, and it will keep your hummingbirds coming ...

Cuphea is sometimes referred to as cigar plant or firecracker plant. That’s because many species and hybrids within the Cuphea genus have tube-shaped, orange-to-red blooms.

Cigar Plant (Cuphea ignea) fotolinchen/Getty Images. The first thing you’ll notice about the cigar plant is that it looks very similar to coral honeysuckle in both color and shape.