Callirhoe involucrata | Purple Poppy Mallow, Wine Cups | Flower
Callirhoe involucrata belongs to the plant family MALVACE and Genus Callirhoe This Flower prefers Dry soil a pH of 7 . All plants need light to allow the photosynthesis process of converting carbon dioxide to growth sugars to take place. Some plants need more sun-light than others. For this plant those sunlight conditions are well described as … Various
We are often asked about plants for humming bird attraction. Unfortunately Callirhoe involucrata does not attract these beautiful hummingbird, sunbird or nectar feeding varieties of garden birds
Impressive Autumn foliage display is not shown by Callirhoe involucrata so look for an alternative plant for pleasing Fall leaf properties
Callirhoe involucrata purple poppy mallow,wine cups is not known as a butterfly attracting plant
Almost all plants grown in gardens need to be fed using fertilzer in order to see them at their best. For this plant the suggested fertilizer program would be based upon … Typical mix of: 3 parts Nitrogen (N), 2 parts Phosphorous (P) and 3 parts Potassium (K for Latin name Kalium).
Callirhoe involucrata can survive very cold winters with annual averages as low as -30 Fahrenheit. Wine cups (also known as purple poppy mallow) does very well with hot summer days. It usually does best in dry soils.
Callirhoe involucrata will under good growing conditions survive and prosper between 3 and10 years.
Callirhoe involucrata is a perennial. Flowers: Wine cups (locally known in some parts as purple poppy mallow) has showy cup-shaped flowers that close up each night. The blossoms are usually either magenta or pink.
Callirhoe involucrata | Purple Poppy Mallow, Wine Cups is classed as a flowering plant specimen. The flower's principle colouring is magenta,pink. If the flower has other colours these flower accent colors would be described as … . Secondary color or not the flower is described as: showy cup-shaped flowers that close up each night
This specimen plant will normally never grow higher than 1' feet will have an overall spread somewhere between ... not specified on this plants page
"Heat-zone Gardening: How to choose plants that thrive in your region's warmest weather", Dr. H. Marc Cathey with Linda Bellamy, American Horticultural Society, Time-Life Books, 1998.
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"Xeriscape Gardening: Water Conservation for the American Landscape", Connie Lockhart Ellefson, Thomas L. Stephens, and Douglas Welsh, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, 1992.