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Epilobium canum subsp. garrettii

Garrett's California Fuchsia · Garrett's Firechalice · Hummingbird Trumpet

Family OnagraceaeGenus Epilobium

Also published as Zauschneria garrettii. You are in the right place.

A small plant with narrow leaves and bright scarlet tubular flowers, growing among pale broken rock
The whole plantAndrey ZharkikhCC BY 2.0

About the plant

What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.

Habit
subshrubPlants of the World Online
Habit
Perennial, Forb/herb, SubshrubPLANTS Database
Flower
ScarletRead from the photograph on this page
Native range
California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, WyomingGBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.

Sources: Plants of the World Online — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; PLANTS Database — USDA NRCS; Read from the photograph on this page — Deno's Garden; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

This source reports two treatments. Both are shown.

Protocol 1

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Low Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around March 8, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Cold moist stratification

    Temperature: 40°F 4°C

    93%, over 2-4 weeks -- it germinates in the cold.

Germination happens during step 1, in 28 days.

93% germination in 14–28 days.

93% in the cold. Like its relative, this one prefers to come up cold.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, ZauschneriaPublic domain
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Zauschneria (Onagraceae). Z. garrettii germ. 70(59% in 2-8 w) and 40(93% in 2-4 w).
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Zauschneria. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record, except the difficulty rating, which is ours; the step names come from a fixed list.

Protocol 2

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Moderate Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around February 8, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 56 days to germinate.

59% germination in 14–56 days.

59% at 70, and slower with it.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, ZauschneriaPublic domain
Show the original text
Zauschneria (Onagraceae). Z. garrettii germ. 70(59% in 2-8 w) and 40(93% in 2-4 w).
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Zauschneria. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record, except the difficulty rating, which is ours; the step names come from a fixed list.

How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.

Germination trials

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