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Fireweed

Chamaenerion angustifolium ssp. angustifolium

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ZONES  2-7 | Good to grow! Zone
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Chamerion angustifolia (Fireweed) is a towering, beautiful addition to a meadow or native plant garden where it can naturalize. This showy native perennial is topped by a flowering spike of bright magenta-pink flowers in summer. Its foliage turns burgundy red in fall for additional interest. After flowers fade, seed pods will split open when ripe, and seeds fly away borne on fine hair-like threads. Fireweed is an important pollinator plant and a host plant for moths.

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Chamerion angustifolia (Fireweed) has a wide native range across western North America, including all of Canada, that grows from sea level to the subalpine zone. It is quick to re-establish after a fire or soil disturbance, hence its common name, Fireweed. Growing wild along roadways, fields, and meadows in its native habitat, it is a resilient plant with narrow green-leaved foliage. It can reach up to 8 feet tall, though it is most commonly found to grow around 3-5 feet tall. Happy in most soil types and a full sun to afternoon shade location, it’s a nice addition to a natural setting or as a background for a rock garden. This important pollinator plant is frequented by bees, beneficial insects, hummingbirds, and butterflies. It is a primary host plant for the white-lined sphinx moth, elephant hawk moth, and the bedstraw hawk moth. Native Americans and herbalists prize Fireweed for its many uses as both food and medicine, and it’s especially prized in honey. Chamerion angustifolia will naturalize and spread by rhizome and seed.

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Advantages
  • Bee Friendly
  • Attracts Butterflies
  • Attracts Beneficial Insects
  • Native
  • Mass Plantings
  • Rock Gardens
Light Requirements
  • Morning Sun & Afternoon Shade
  • Full Sun
Bloom Time
Early summer to fall

Additional information

Planting Time
  • Spring / Summer
Soil Moisture
  • Average
  • Waterwise
Soil Type
  • Sandy Soil
  • Clay Soil
  • Compost Enriched Garden Loam Soil
  • Well-Drained Soil
Mature Height
3-5' tall
Mature Spread
1-3' wide
Growing Zones
  • Zone 2
  • Zone 3
  • Zone 4
  • Zone 5
  • Zone 6
  • Zone 7
Ideal Region
  • Coastal California
  • Midwest
  • Northeast
  • Pacific Northwest
  • Southwest
  • West
Native To
North America
Neonicotinoid Free
Yes
Non-GMO
No
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