General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 12-36 inches
Plant Spread: 18-24 inches
Fruit: Other: Capsule containing sticky seeds
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Yellow
Other: Salmon
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Medicinal Herb
Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Resistances: Drought tolerant

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Common names
  • Collomia
  • Grand collomia
  • Large-flower mountain-trumpet
  • Large-flowered Collomia

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Location: Butterfield Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
Date: 2023-06-30
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2012-08-26
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2012-08-26

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2018-03-14
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Date: August
credit: Keith Edkins
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MrsBinWY On April 18, 2021 Seeds sown
direct sown in 3 spots: in front of Dianthus carthusianorum; amid 'Queen of Night' tulips; and near Hibiscus moscheutos that are under the Green Ash (seeds from NARGS (donation from H. Forbes, University of California Botanical Gardens, Berkeley, CA) Apr-21)
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