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Redwood insideout flower

Vancouveria planipetala

Also called Redwood Ivy, Redwood Inside Out Flower

Redwood insideout flower
Photo: Bob Mize, Public domain

Redwood inside-out flower is a rhizomatous woodland perennial from the redwood forests of northwest California and southwest Oregon, grown in shade gardens and native plantings. It thrives in cool, moist, shaded conditions with humus-rich soil.

Family
Berberidaceae (Barberry family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Shade, Part shade
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during the growing season, and reduce watering in summer dormancy.
Soil
Humus-rich, well-drained woodland soil with leaf litter.
Temperature
10-22 °C; tolerates cool coastal conditions, sensitive to prolonged heat above 30 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. Oregon to W. California
Climate
temperate

About

Vancouveria planipetala is a species of flowering plant in the barberry family known by the common names redwood inside-out flower and redwood ivy.

Where it grows

The plant is native to northwestern California and southwestern Oregon, where it occurs in Klamath Mountains and northern California Coast Ranges.

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Insideout flower

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vancouveria planipetala 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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