General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 24-36 inches
Plant Spread: 12-16 inches
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Pollinators: Bees

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Common names
  • Rosebay Willow Herb
  • Fireweed
  • Rosebay
  • Blooming Sally
  • Blackheart
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Chamaenerion angustifolium
  • Synonym: Epilobium angustifolium

Photo Gallery
Location: Stillingfleet Lodge garden, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2018-06-13
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2010-06-11
Location: Stillingfleet Lodge garden, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2018-06-13
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-06-20
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 11th June 2007
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 11th June 2010
Location: My front yard
Date: 07-2013
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-06-17
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2010-06-11
unfolding flower
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 16th June 2010

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