Location: Cottage Garden Design

Names: 

• Common Name: Standing Cypress
• Botanical Name: Ipomopsis rubra
• AKA: Texas Plume, Red Texas Star, Red Gilia

Description: The stiff, unbranched, 2-4 ft. stem of this sparsely leaved biennial can reach 6 ft. Showy, red, tubular flowers, widely flaring at the rim, are marked with orange or yellowish spots inside. Flowers are arranged in a thick spike, opening from the tip of the stem downward.

Best Growing Conditions: Full Sun, Partial Shade; Medium Water Use; Dry, Sandy, Rocky Soil Landscape Use: Deer Resistant, Ornamental

 Wildlife Value: Hummingbirds (nectar source)