Epilobium canum - California Fuchsia

Epilobium canum - California Fuchsia

Pot Size: Gallon

Types: Native Perennial

Epilobium canum is one of the three varieties of Epilobium canum generally offered at our MBMG plant sales.  This variety of California Fuchsia is native to the foothills and coastal regions, often found growing in moist areas near springs and dry creeks.  This fuchsia is a mounded spreading variety that grows up to 18 inches tall with green ovate leaves.  This fuchsia variety is a native to the California foothills and coastal areas and is notable for the profusion of bright scarlet flowers in spring and autumn.  Common names include California-fuchsia, Hummingbird Flower, and Hummingbird Trumpet. This plant is rhizomatic and self-seeding, so once you get this species established, it will spread locally and often springs-up in other places around your garden.

Size: 3 to 18 inches tall; 2 to 3 feet wide
Light: Full Sun
Soil: Fast, medium or slow drainage.  Tolerates clay, sand and serpentine
Water: Requires supplemental irrigation during in dry season
Bloom: Red fuchsia-like flowers in Summer and Fall
Other Notes:  Fast growing, low maintenance plant.  No better California native plant for attracting hummingbirds.
Uses: Groundcover and Bird, Butterfly and Hummingbird Gardens.

Photo Credit: K.D. Apostolos