Onagraceae
Epilobium angustifolium subsp. angustifolium
Epilobium angustifolium subsp. angustifolium
Also known as Chamaenerion spicatum f. album, Epilobium angustifolium f. spectabile, Epilobium angustifolium var. abbreviatum, Chamaenerion angustifolium f. leiostylum
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Fireweed · Wildflower · Native · Pollinator · Pink Flowers · Perennial · Fast Growing · Medicinal · Onagraceae · Wildlife Garden
Fireweed is a vigorous, fast-spreading native wildflower renowned for its stunning magenta-pink flower spikes that bloom from midsummer into early autumn. It thrives in disturbed or open sites with partial to full sun and average moisture, spreading readily by wind-dispersed seeds and rhizomes. Plant in naturalized gardens or wild areas where its spreading habit is welcome, and enjoy its value to bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; keep soil evenly moist during active growth but allow slight drying between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4.8–7
- Temperature
- -10°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 18 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 24 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Canary Is., Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Corse
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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