Sweet Talk™ Deep Pink Cuphea

Sweet Talk™ Deep Pink is a compact cuphea with deep pink flowers on a mounded plant. Ball Seed identifies it as Cuphea procumbens selection PAS1506711; its Sweet Talk series listing gives an 8–14 inch height and spread, full sun, and a late-spring-to-fall bloom season. The breeder describes this color as the largest landscape form in the series, while retaining the same published 8–14 inch range. [Ball Seed](https://info.ballseed.com/PlantInfo/?phid=020509522004082). ## Flowers and Garden Use The bright flowers provide summer color and nectar for bees and hummingbirds. Plant it in a sunny bed edge or container, using the compact spread to fill the front of a mixed planting. Cuphea procumbens is generally treated as a warm-season annual in regions with frost. ## Growing Conditions Sweet Talk cupheas are heat-loving plants with a mounded, closely branched form. Give them sun and moderate water; regular moisture supports flowering through hot weather. Allow soil to drain between waterings rather than leaving pots in standing water. ## Maintenance Remove damaged stems as needed. Deadheading is not required for continued bloom, and light trimming can restore a neat outline if the plant becomes untidy late in the season.