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Summer Snow California Fuchsia

Summer Snow California Fuchsia

EPILOBIUM canum 'Summer Snow'

Blooms Summer through Fall
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Common Name(s)
California Fuchsia or Hummingbird Flower
Sunlight
Full Sun (6+ hrs) or Partial Sun / Shade (3-6 hrs)
Perennial Zones
8, 9, 10
Watering
Let dry
Max Height
6"–1'
Max Spread
6"-12"
Special Features
California Native, Deer resistant
Bloom Season
Summer, Fall
Lifespan
Perennial
Drought Resistance
High drought resistance
Bloom Color
White
Foliage Color
Green
Themes
Gothic, Pastel
Genus
Epilobium
Family
Onagraceae
Ship Size
4"

Summer Snow California Fuchsia does the unexpected thing: clean white trumpets instead of the usual scarlet, carried just above a low mat of green to gray-green leaves. Epilobium canum 'Summer Snow' comes into flower in late summer and keeps going through autumn, which is exactly when a dry garden needs it. It arrives as a live 4-inch plant.

Rhizomatous stems run quietly outward, so it covers dry ground that defeats other plants: a baking slope, a rock garden, the gravel apron along a driveway, the front edge of a native border. Deer leave it alone. Hummingbirds do not, because those narrow tubes are built for them.

Grower's note: Shear the woody stems back hard in winter once flowering has finished. It looks brutal and it is exactly right, and the mat returns denser and fresher for it.

  • Sunlight: Full Sun (6+ hrs) or Partial Sun / Shade (3-6 hrs)
  • Water: Let dry
  • Drought Tolerance: High
  • Bloom Season: Summer, Fall
  • Lifespan: Perennial in zones 8–10 — grown as an annual in colder zones
  • Perennial Zones: 8–10
  • Special: California Native, Deer resistant

Healthy on arrival is the deal here, and if it is not, we replace it free.