Green Nature

Dichelostemma Pink Diamond

picture of a Dichelostemma Pink Diamond


Thought to be a natural hybrid of the Firecracker Flower and Ookow, the Dichelostemma Pink Diamond, or Pink Firecracker Flower is a native Northern California and Southern Oregon species.

Like the Firecracker Flower, it is a popular garden plant that grows hardily in dry summer soils along forested areas.

The thin, pink petals grow atop a single stem that can reach over a foot in height. The begin blooming in mid to late spring.

© 2009 Patricia A. Michaels