Catalina Fuchsia, Epilobium 'Catalina'

About Catalina Fuchsia (Epilobium 'Catalina') 9 Nurseries Carry This Plant

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Horticultural selection from Epilobium californicum from Catalina Island. This selection is unusually tall for a fuchsia and has soft grey-green leaves with large red flowers that have a long blooming season. It does best in full sun and is drought tolerant. As with other California fuchsias cut Catalina back hard after flowering for a denser and more attractive plant the next spring. Some light pinching in late spring may also be advisable to encourage lateral growth. A great favorite with gardeners and even more so with the hummingbirds which swarm around the long, bright tubular flowers. Any of the native fuchsias are 'must haves' in a native garden, providing color and a food source for wildlife through the hottest days of summer.

'Catalina' was selected from E. californicum cuttings (1987) Middle Ranch, Catalina Island, by Mike Evans and introduced by Tree of Life Nursery. Tolerates almost any soil type. Prefers sun in coastal sites, and sun or part shade in inland sites. Catalina Island; selected for the garden by Mike Evans of Tree of Life Nursery from the Middle Ranch area of Catalina Island.

Thanks to Moosa Creek Nursery and the Theodore Payne Foundation for sharing information about this plant

Plant Description

Plant Type

Perennial Herb

Size

2 - 3 ft tall
2 - 3 ft wide

Form

Upright

Growth Rate

Fast

Dormancy

Winter-deciduous

Flower Color

Red, Orange

Flowering Season

Summer, Fall, Winter

Landscaping Information

Sun

Full Sun, Part shade

Moisture

Low, Moderate

Nurseries

Carried by 9

Cold Tolerance

Soil Drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Soil Description

Tolerates a wide variety of soils

Common uses

Hummingbird Gardens

Site Characteristics

Alternative Names

Botanical Names: Zauschneria 'Catalina'
Common Names: Catalina California Fuchsia

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Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links: Jepson eFlora Taxon Page CalPhotos Wikipedia Calflora

Catalina Fuchsia

Epilobium 'Catalina'

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Catalina Fuchsia

Epilobium 'Catalina'