Epilobium, California Fuchsia, Hummingbird Trumpet 'Orange Carpet'

Positive but the plant is making me a little nervous. It's second year, it came out of dormancy early and grew so fast and was in f...Read Moreull bloom in late June. I hope I won't have problems with it being invasive. It does just great with little to no water in the hot and dry. I don't think I saw seedlings earlier in the year. I don't like it as much as the other Epilobium I have because it's short. It's almost unaccessible to the hummingbirds.

My gardens are informal, more woodland and cottage type than manicured. So this plant may not be for everyone, but I love it. It does i...Read Morendeed get rangy and can seed itself, but not excessively. It's bright orange is very cheerful and hummingbirds frequent it.

Strangely enough this plant has survived for 3 years in my zone 4 garden. It bloomed nicely the first year. However as might be expecte...Read Mored it is just clinging to life for the past two and I just get a few blooms. It's always fun to try though.

I have had very good luck with this plant and also the 'Wayne's Silver' variety. I have a xeric area in my perennial bed with stone surro...Read Moreund and have not had success with many xeric types of plants - the temperature is hot enough for them but my region is too wet and many that I've planted died out after one year. Not so with the fire chalice. The Orange Carpet is rangy and sprawling and is exactly the right habit to stretch out under a rosebush and cascade over the stonework. The leaves are a fine medium green that looks very delicate among other perennials. The Wayne's Silver has twiggier stems and a more rigid mounding habit.