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Horticultural selection from Epilobium canum. Sierra salmon Fuchsia has narrow blue-gray leaves and produces profuse salmon-colored flowers in late summer or fall when many other flowering natives are dormant. Upright growing from 8"-2' tall and equally wide. Epilobiums are recommended for casual or informal gardens. Plant on slight slopes among rocks, in dry stream-beds, against rock walls or in rock gardens. Good for erosion control and fall color. Cold hardy to 1 degrees F. They are beloved by hummingbirds. We recommend cutting California Fuchsia back very hard in the late fall ready for flush of new growth in the spring. Tolerates almost any soil type. Prefers sun in coastal sites, and sun or part shade in inland sites. Selected for the garden.
Perennial herb
1 - 3 ft Tall
2 - 3 ft Wide
Upright
Fast
Winter Deciduous
Pink
Summer, Fall, Winter
Containers, Deer resistant, Groundcover
Full Sun, Partial Shade
Low
Easy
15
Fast, Medium, Slow
Tolerates a wide variety of soils.
Tolerates serpentine soil..
Soil PH: 6.0 - 8.0
Cut or mow to base in fall or early winter to stimulate for new growth. Unwanted rhizomes can be pulled at any time.
Milkweed (Asclepias spp.), Giant Wild Rye (Elymus condensatus), Sand Aster (Corethrogyne filaginifolia), Sagebrush (Artemisia californica), Monkeyflower (Mimulus spp.), Encelia californica, Buckwheat (Eriogonum spp.), Heartleaf Keckiella (Keckiella cordifolia), Penstemon species, Salvia species, Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium bellum)
Thanks to Moosa Creek Nursery and the Theodore Payne Foundation for sharing information about this plant.