Carried by 17 nurseries
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Baileya multiradiata is a species of sun-loving wildflower native to western North America, especially the US desert southwest and northern Mexico. It is an annual or perennial clumping patch of silvery-green foliage which bears many tall, naked stems, each topped with a bright yellow marigoldlike flower. The bloom loses its ray florets early, leaving behind a nodding stalk holding the disc florets where the seeds develop. In the garden give it fast drainage, not too much water and lots of surface rocks (no organic mulch or fertilizer). It is somewhat short-lived as a perennial but readily re-seeds itself if conditions are right.
Annual herb, Perennial herb
2 ft Tall
1 ft Wide
Summer Semi-deciduous, Winter Semi-deciduous
Yellow
Spring, Summer
Containers, Deer resistant
Full Sun
Low, Very Low
Max 1x / month once established
Moderate
Tolerates cold to 5° F
Fast
Typically sandy and/or rocky.
Soil PH: 7.0 - 9.0
For propagating by seed: No treatment.
7, 8, 9, 10*, 11*, 12*, 13*, 14, 18*, 19*, 20*, 21*, 22, 23
Desert, flats, washes, slopes and inland valleys
Creosote Bush Scrub, Joshua Tree Woodland
Works well with other plants of desert or arid areas, including Creosote Bush (Larrea tridentata), Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia), Desert Lavender (Condea emoryi), Chuparosa (Justicia californica), Desert Agave (Agave deserti), California Fan Palm (Washingtonia filifera), Smoke Tree (Psorothamnus spinosus), Desert Willow (Chilopsis linearis), Jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis), and various cactus species
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 1 likely
Desert Marigold Moth
Schinia miniana