Epilobium canum 'Summer Snow' - White California Fuchsia

Description

Here's a low-growing selection of Epilobium canum with white flowers that begin to bloom in July, hence the name 'Summer Snow'.  As with all California Fuchsia, she's a rhizomatous spreader getting to about 3 or 4 feet wide, but only reaching about 10" tall.  Foliage is broad, grey-green, and fuzzy.  The lack of color does not stop hummingbirds or bees from visiting the flower.  Foliage is a favorite larval food source for Hyles lineata, the White Lined Sphynx Moth among others.  A great habitat plant providing sustenance for the insects in late summer and fall when not much else is blooming.  Perfect border plant for a white-themed garden, or if red clashes with your color scheme!  Great in concert with low growing Arctostaphylos, Artemisia californica 'Canyon Grey', Baccharis pilularis 'Pigeon Point', and many others!