Valentine’s Day brings thoughts of hearts and red flowers. Some plants have heart shapes. Bleeding heart, Dicentra formosa, is a California native with small heart-shaped flowers. Redbud, Cercis occidentalis, is also a California native. It’s a small tree with heart-shaped leaves. Anthuriums are ornamentals with a heart-shaped flower called a spathe.
Red flowers are also popular for Valentine’s Day. Pineapple sage, Salvia elegans, has red flowers and smells like pineapple. It’s native to Mexico and Guatemala. Red-flowered buckwheat, Eriogonum grande rubescens, has red flowers and gray-green leaves. It is an easy-to-grow California native. California fuchsia, Epilobium canum, has red flowers that are attractive to hummingbirds and butterflies. It’s also a California native that blooms in late summer. Any of these would be fine gifts for your valentine.
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