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Onagraceae
Purpleleaf willowherb
Epilobium coloratum
Also known as Epilobium coloratum f. umbrosum, Epilobium coloratum var. tenuifolium, Epilobium coloratum f. albiflorum, Epilobium domingense
Flowering Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Native Plants · Willowherb · Native · Wetland · Pink Flower · Rain Garden · Perennial · Wildflower · Pollinator · Moist Soil · Onagraceae
Purpleleaf willowherb is a native perennial that thrives in moist, partly shaded environments such as streambanks, wet meadows, and woodland edges. It produces delicate pink flowers in summer and is an excellent low-maintenance addition to rain gardens or naturalized wet areas. Once established, it spreads gently and provides valuable habitat for pollinators.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist; water when the top inch of soil begins to dry · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- sandy loam
- Soil pH
- 4.5–7.5
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 10 ft – 30 ft
- Spread
- 15 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Red
- Foliage
- Green · Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Georgia, Haiti, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Masachusettes, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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