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Where the garden meets the wild |
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EPILOBIUM FIREWEED, WILLOWHERB, RIVER BEAUTY Onagraceae (Evening Primrose family) |
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Fireweed colonizes a clearcut on Vancouver Island. Photograph © Dorrie Woodward |
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| Fireweeds grow in disturbed areas everywhere on Earth save the tropics and deserts, we are told; but don't be surprised to see them there, too. Epilobium angustifolium, the commonest fireweed, was named for the way it leaps into growth after a forest fire. Epilobium is related to Clarkia and Oenothera (Evening primrose). Its nectar is a favorite of hummingbirds; bees turn it into superb honey. | |
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Epilobium angustifolium Linnaeus.
Fireweed. We usually have a few pots of Fireweed at the nursery,
but if you want it in quantity, please talk to us about contract
growing. Pot 10 cm / 4". In Canada C$4.00; elsewhere US$3.50. |
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| Epilobium latifolium Linnaeus.
River beauty, Broad-leaved willowherb.
Not available this season. |
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| This page was updated Sept. 10, 2006 | |
