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Everett's Choice California Fuchsia

Everett's Choice California Fuchsia

EPILOBIUM canum var. latifolium 'Everett's Choice'

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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
7, 8, 9, 10
Watering
Let dry
Max Height
6"–1'
Max Spread
Over 24"
Special Features
California Native
Lifespan
Perennial
Growing Habit
Mounding
Drought Resistance
High drought resistance
Bloom Color
Orange, Red
Foliage Color
Green
Themes
Fire, Confetti, Sunset
Genus
Epilobium
Family
Onagraceae
Ship Size
4"

Everett's Choice California Fuchsia spends most of the year as a low, broad cover of fuzzy gray-green leaves, then lights up in late summer with scarlet to orange-red tubular flowers that carry on into fall. Epilobium canum var. latifolium 'Everett's Choice' ships as a live 4-inch plant.

This is the California native that solves the hot, bare edge: a rock garden ledge, the lip of a dry border, the gravel strip that bakes from noon onward. Its spreading growth closes over open soil, and settled plants want almost nothing in the way of summer water. Full sun or a little afternoon shade and well-drained ground are the whole list. Cut the stems back in late fall and it returns compact in spring.

Fun fact: Those narrow scarlet tubes are shaped for hummingbird bills, and they open just as the birds are fueling for migration, which is why this plant is often the busiest thing in a September garden.

  • Sunlight: Full Sun (6+ hrs) or Partial Sun / Shade (3-6 hrs)
  • Water: Let dry
  • Drought Tolerance: High
  • Mature Size: 6"–1' tall × over 24" wide
  • Lifespan: Perennial in zones 7–10 — grown as an annual in colder zones
  • Perennial Zones: 7–10
  • Special: California Native

Hand it the spot nothing else will take; it arrives healthy or we replace it free.