Zauschneria californica 'Dublin'
California fuchsia, Humming bird's trumpet
Also known as Epilobium canum 'Glasvenin', Zauschneria californica 'Glasnevin'
- Height × spread
- 0.3m × 0.5m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Average winter to - 10C (RHS H4)
- Flowers
- Summer, Autumn
Availability
Please ask in store about availability
Many plants are seasonal. Call 01234 567890 to check current stock.
About this plant
This plant has a wow factor when it is strutting its stuff from late summer. It makes a low spreading mass of small, dark-green, lance shaped, leaves and is often grown on a wall. The flowers are borne in great profusion, rich and scarlet. They are individually long trumpets flaring open with a ring of round ended petals at the trumpet mouth, showing the yellow anthers. It likes well drained gritty soil. It should reach around 30cm (12in) height with 50cm (20in) spread.
- Flower colour
- Red
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Dome
- Height
- 0.3m
- Spread
- 0.5m
- Season of interest
- Summer, Autumn
- Flowers in
- Summer, Autumn
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Gravel garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Clay, Gravelly soil, Loam (normal), Sandy soil
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Well drained soil, Dry soil, Drought resistant
- Hardiness
- Average winter to - 10C (RHS H4)
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Structural
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring - late · Outdoors
Feed with slow release fertiliser
Apply a general purpose slow release fertiliser, spreading it around the root area of the plant as it is coming into growth. (Or apply a liquid feed at regular intervals throughout the growing season.)
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost as a single annual procedure.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water in dry periods
Established plants in the ground can cope with 7-10 days of dryness, and shrubs often manage 2 to 3 weeks. Water one section of the garden thoroughly each day rather than a little everywhere. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather.
Planting & general
Outdoor planting · Planting
Add root growth stimulant to the planting hole
Mycorrhizal fungi helps roots establish quickly, so they absorb water and nutrients more efficiently. It comes as a powder, granule or gel. Add to the planting hole or container, and to the plant's rootball before planting in the hole. For "bareroot" plants use a gel.
Found in
More Zauschneria
Zauschneria
Arizona fuchsia
Zauschneria californica
California fuchsia Humming bird's trumpet
Zauschneria californica 'Western Hills'
California fuchsia, Humming bird's trumpet
Zauschneria septentrionalis
Humboldt County Fuchsia
Zauschneria californica 'Roger Raiche'
California fuchsia, Humming bird's trumpet