Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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The delicate gray-green foliage and scarlet flowers of Hollywood Flame California fuchsia (Epilobium canum 'Hollywood Flame') make this an attractive garden plant. Like the straight California fuchsia from which it was cultivated, as well as the many other cultivars of this species, its profuse blooms in late summer create a hummingbird magnet.


It now grows wild in the Hollywood Hills after which it is said to be named.

Plant type

Perennial herb

Size

3 ft Tall
2 ft Wide

Form

sprawling, spreading

Growth rate

fast

Dormancy

Winter Semi-deciduous

Fragrance

none

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Color

Red

Flowering season

Summer, Fall

Special uses

Bank stabilization, Containers, Deer resistant

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Extremely Low, Very Low, Low

Summer irrigation

Best with occasional deep water, though drought-adapted

Ease of care

Easy

Cold tolerance

10 degrees

Soil description

Adapable to soils from sand to clay.

Hummingbirds
Bats
Birds
Caterpillars
Butterflies