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Insideout flower

Vancouveria

Insideout flower
Photo: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0

Vancouveria is a small genus of three woodland perennials in the barberry family, native to the west coast of the United States, grown for their delicate nodding flowers and fern-like foliage. Give them shade and moist, humus-rich soil.

Family
Berberidaceae (Barberry family)
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during the growing season and allow it to dry slightly in summer dormancy.
Soil
Moist, humus-rich, well-drained woodland soil with leaf litter.
Temperature
Hardy to about -20 °C; tolerates cool, mild summers typical of its native range.
How easy
Easy

About

Vancouveria () is a small group of plants belonging to the barberry family described as a genus in 1834. The three plants in this genus are known generally as inside-out flowers, and they are endemic to the West Coast of the United States. The genus was named after George Vancouver, English navigator and explorer.

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Other Vancouveria plants

Redwood insideout flower

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vancouveria 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.

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