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fireweed
Chamerion angustifolium
Colorado
- Synonyms
- Epilobium angustifolium
- Dimensions
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Height: 3.0 ft. to 6.0 ft.
Spread: 2.0 ft. to 4.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Herbaceous
- Program Association
- Nature in the City
- Wildlife Uses
- Large Mammals, Medium-Sized Mammals, Pollinators/ Invertebrates, Small Mammals
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun
- Water Requirements
- Low, Moderate
- Plant Community
- Foothills, Mountains, Riparian, Subalpine
- Season of Bloom
- July, August, September
- Flower Color
- Pink Shades
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- Readily Seeds
- Design Considerations
- Showy Flowers
- Other Considerations
- Limited Availability
- Duration
- Perennial
- Natural Landscape Position
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Fort Collins Model
1, 2 - Soil Type
- Variable
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
This species will be plentiful in the first few years and slowly decline in the garden. Allow to self seed.