This is a close look at the rare Lopezia hirsuta from mountain forests in Mexico.  This charming perennial has cute, peachy blooms that sort of resemble mouse ears or a giraffe's head.  The flowers are hardly big - they're about the size of your fingernail - but they appear in huge numbers throughout the year!  This is an intriguing collector's plant that might not be available anywhere else online!

Lopezia hirsuta is a distant relative of Fuchsias.  It is a compact plant about 2 feet tall and wide, making it well-suited for a pot or a hanging planter.  The stems are densely covered in fuzzy hairs, hence the species name "hirsuta".  The flowers are suspended outward from the top of the plant almost every month of the year.  The blooms have orangey-red bracts and salmon-colored petals, and are followed by little purple berries.