How to Grow and Care for ipomopsis

Standing cypress (*Ipomopsis rubra*) is a perennial that grows from 61 to 183 cm tall with a 61 cm spread. It grows in full sun with medium to dry conditions and is drought tolerant. Showy red flowers with yellow centers bloom in summer, attracting hummingbirds and butterflies. It self-seeds and grows best in gardens and natural areas.

Scarlet gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata) Is a perennial wildflower native to western North America and which grows to 1.8 m tall. Blooms from summer to early fall with scarlet red, trumpet-shaped flowers that attract hummingbirds, butterflies, caterpillars and bees. Grows best in full sun to partial shade.

The *Ipomopsis tenuituba* is an herb commonly known as slendertube skyrocket and originates from most areas in the western United States. It is mostly found in the Rocky Mountains and dies after flowering.

The Ipomopsis longiflora is also known by its unique common name, flaxflower skyrocket. The plant is found in the western United States, and it grows in dry plains and semi-arid deserts. Hummingbirds love to drink nectar from the long, tubular flowers of the flaxflower skyrocket, which can sometimes reach nearly 8 cm in length!

Ipomopsis multiflora, common name manyflowered gilia or manyflowered ipomopsis, is a plant. Among the Zuni people, the powdered whole plant is applied to face for headache, and it is also applied to wounds. The crushed blossoms are smoked in corn husks to "relieve strangulation".