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The cheerful yellow and red flowers of the Spring Madia brighten up the landscape and attract bees and butterflies to the garden. Birds enjoy the seeds after blooming. Spring Madia is an annual wildflower in the sunflower family. This plant is also known as tarweed because of its scent, which is pleasant and reminiscent of pineapple.
The flowers bloom from summer to fall. They look their best in the morning and curl up in the afternoon. Spring Madia does well in open, sunny places. It is an easy-to-grow, low-moisture plant that adapts to different soil types.
Annual herb
4 - 6 ft Tall
1 - 2 ft Wide
Fast
Pleasant
Yellow, Red
Summer, Fall
Full Sun, Partial Shade
Low
Max 1x / month once established
Tolerates cold to -10° F
Fast, Medium, Slow
Adaptable.
Soil PH: 5.5 - 7.8
5, 6, 7*, 8*, 9*, 14*, 15*, 16*, 17*, 18*, 19*, 20*, 21*, 22*, 23*, 24*
Meadows, openings in woodlands or chaparral, other open, grassy places
Alpine Fell-Fields, Lodgepole Forest, Red Fir Forest, Subalpine Forest, Yellow Pine Forest
Compatible with virtually any native trees, shrubs, and herbs
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 3 likely
Spotted Straw Sun Moth
Heliothis phloxiphaga
Small Heliothodes Moth
Heliothodes diminutivus
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