Callirhoe involucrata var. tenuissima
Mexican Wine Cups
Item #: 1995
Zones: 4a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 6" tall
Origin: Mexico
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
If regular wine cups don't fit into your color scheme (they do clash with old blue Chevys and flue-pipe planters), then Callirhoe involucrata var. tenuissima is the plant for you. With a groundcover growth habit to 3' wide, Callirhoe involucrata var. tenuissima is a cutleaf variety of the drought-tolerant wine cups from 7,000' elevation in Los Lirios, Coahuila State, Mexico (Yucca Do collection #51-8). At the end of the spreading branches are masses of 2-3" wide, light lavender-purple flowers that last until midsummer...much longer than those of typical Callirhoe involucrata. In addition to attracting your eye, the flowers of Callirhoe involucrata also attract an array of beneficial insects including green lacewings, hoverflies, and trichogramma wasp...which in turn consume aphids, mites, mealybugs, and caterpillars. Chemicals or callirhoe? When flowering is finished, the wine cups shrink back to the original rosette and wait for temperatures to cool.
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Other Attributes
Genus: Callirhoe
Flower Color: Purple/Lavender
Leaf Color: Green
Container Role: Spillers
Garden Themes: Cottage Garden Plants , Green Roofs , Living Wall , Rock Garden Plants , Southwest Garden Plants
Other: Butterfly Attracting Plants , Edimentals , Drought Tolerant Plants , Groundcovers , Pollinator Plants , Medicinal Plants , North American Native Plants , Salt Tolerant Seaside Plants , Texas Native Plants , Xeriscaping Plants