Epilobium angustifolium seed
LATIN NAME: EPILOBIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM
COMMON NAME: Fireweed
The fireweed torches the tall, upright spikes with the narrow, willow-like leaves and the long, dense racemes of the large, four-petalled, rosy-purple flowers that open from the bottom of the spike upward through the summer, the whole plant carrying the bold, torch-like bloom. The flowers give way to the slender, silky seed capsules that burst open in the wind. The plant grows fast into the tall, spreading stands, and it stands the cold well. It likes the sun, and the moist, well-drained soil.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
In the evening-primrose family, the fireweed has a recognised place in the studies of the colonising perennials, and the species appears in the research on the fast spread over the cleared ground and the silky seed dispersal. The ecologists value the healing cover, while the beekeepers note the rich nectar of the torch-like spikes. The seed biology fills out the picture, and the growers of the wildflower meadows keep the species in their catalogues.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
In the sunny meadow and the roadside, the fireweed torches the summer with the purple. The young shoots serve the salads and the greens for the ages, the stems yield the fine fibre, and the flowers feed the bees and the butterflies while the plant heals the cleared ground fast. It grows well in the moist, well-drained, sunny ground. Bold, fast and meadow-generous.
To grow the Fireweed from seed,Scatter the seeds over the fine, moist surface of the seed tray, then press them in gently, keep the tray in the bright, cool spot and mist lightly
Keep the tray bright and just damp, and pot the seedlings on when they are finger tall. The spikes rise quickly in the open ground.
. The seedlings thread up within a few weeks, and they grow on fast. Settle the young plants in the sunny, moist ground, and the purple spikes will torch the meadow through the summer.
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Description:
\n\n\n\nNAME: Fireweed
\n\n\n\nOTHER COMMON NAMES: Rosebay / Great Willowherb
\n\n\n\nSCIENTIFIC NAME: Epilobium Angustifolium
\n\n\n\nCOLOR: Pink
\n\n\n\nPLANT SEEDS: Fall / Cold stratify 2-3 months
\n\n\n\nBLOOM TIME: Summer
\n\n\n\nHARDINESS ZONE: 2 – 9
\n\n\n\nPLANT HEIGHT: 36 – 72″
\n\n\n\nPLANT SPACING: 18 – 24″
\n\n\n\nLIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun – Part Shade
\n\n\n\nSOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average
\n\n\n\nQUANTITY: 300 Seeds
\n\n\n\nOTHER: If fire was pink, I do think this is indeed just what it would look like! The colors are really very dazzling! Actually, this plant gets its nickname because of the ease with which it can quickly colonize itself in areas that were burnt out from forest fires, sometimes turning the entire area into a field of color.
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