California Native Plants in Berkeley
Derby Street
Epilobium canum – California fuchsia. Now those are some tubular blooms. Also known as the Hummingbird Trumpet, since those tubular flowers attract hummingbirds, and the wide open end resembles a trumpet. At least, that’s what I would guess. But the truth is that a trumpet is brass-like in color and the Epilobium is bright orange, so the comparison only goes so far.
Anyway, it’s a nice full specimen plant, even if they are low growing and this plant is less than a foot high.
