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Rockery Willowherb

Epilobium pedunculare

Rockery Willowherb
Photo: Walter Hood Fitch, Public domain

Rockery willowherb is a small, low-growing subshrub native to New Zealand and nearby subantarctic islands, and it has naturalized in Ireland. It suits rock gardens and cool, moist, well-drained spots.

Family
Onagraceae (Evening-primrose family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep soil evenly moist in growing season and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty or stony soil with some organic matter.
Temperature
10–20 °C is comfortable; tolerates cold, protect from prolonged frost below -10 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
New Zealand, Macquarie Is.
Climate
temperate

About

Epilobium pedunculare (E. linnaeoides), the rockery willowherb, is a species of Epilobium similar to E. brunnescens. It is found on the Antipodean Islands, Chatham Island, Macquarie Island, and both the North and South Island of New Zealand.

Where it grows

A native of New Zealand, the species has now naturalized in Ireland.

Other Epilobium plants

Whorled Leaved Willowherb · Chickweed Willowherb · Pimpernel willowherb · Aboriginal willowherb · Tall annual willowherb · New Zealand Willowherb · Hummingbird trumpet · Fringed willowherb · Talus willowherb · Selfing willowherb · Hill Willowherb · Purpleleaf willowherb

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Epilobium pedunculare by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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