General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 3 - 5 feet
Leaves: Broadleaf
Fruit: Dehiscent
Other: Up to 4 inch long dry capsule containing numerous seeds.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Purple
White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Drought tolerant

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Common names
  • Fringed Willowherb
  • Common Willowherb
  • Glandular Willowherb
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Epilobium ciliatum
  • Synonym: Epilobium adenocaulon

Photo Gallery
Location: Brownstown Pennsylvania
Date: 2016-10-29

photo credit: R. A. Nonenmacher
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-07-08
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-07-08
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-07-08
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-07-08
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-07-08
Bloom and young seedpods
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-07-08
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-07-08

photo credit: R. A. Nonenmacher

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