Fireweed
Chamaenerion angustifolium
In Dutch: Wilgenroosje
PerennialsCollection: Native species
Properties
- Height
- 0.3 to 1.5 m
- Spread
- 1.5 to 2.5 m, spreads
- Full grown after
- 2 to 5 years
- Sun
- Full sun to partial shade
- Soil
- Sand, loam or peat; dug-over ground is fine
- Water
- Average: not too dry, not too wet
- Maintenance
- Low: cut back spent spikes and dead stems
- Flowers
- July to September, pink to purplish red
- For bees
- Yes: plenty of nectar and pollen, July to September
- Hay fever
- Not or weakly allergenic
- Leaves
- Drop in autumn: the plant dies back above ground in winter
- Hardy
- Yes
- Native
- Yes
- Poisonous
- No: not known to be poisonous
- Pricks or stings
- No
- Price, young
- About €3.90 to €4.50 per plant, young in a small pot
- Price, grown
- Not for sale
Through the year
- Leaf
- April to October
- Flower
- July to September
- Fruit
- August to October