Carried by 21 nurseries
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Dudleya cymosa is a succulent plant known by the common name canyon live-forever. It is a distinctive plant sending up erect red-orange stems from a gray-green basal rosette. The small yellowish-red thimble-shaped flowers top the stems in large flower cluster. The plant is found in rocky areas in the low elevation mountains of California and southern Oregon. Some subspecies are considered threatened locally. Hummingbirds love this plant.
Perennial herb, Succulent
4 - 6 in Tall
4 - 6 in Wide
Spreading
Fast
Evergreen
Pleasant
Orange, Red, Yellow, Brown
Spring, Summer
Containers, Deer resistant
Partial Shade, Full Sun
Low, Very Low
Never irrigate once established
Tolerates cold to -10 - 0° F
Fast
Rocky cliffs, steep clay slopes.
Soil PH: 6 - 8
Rocky outcrops, slopes, talus
Chaparral, Foothill Woodland, Northern Oak Woodland
A great plant for rock gardens with other small plants that won't overwhelm it, such as Yarrow (Achillea millefolium), Sea Pink (Armeria maritima), Clustered Field Sedge (Carex praegracilis), Sulphur Buckwheat (Eriogonum umbellatum), Wild Strawberry (Fragraria species), California Aster (Corethrogyne filaginifolia), Mints (Monardella spp.), Clinopodium species, Sisyrinchium species
Butterflies and moths supported
1 confirmed and 2 likely
Sonoran Blue
Philotes sonorensis
Orange Tortrix Moth
Argyrotaenia franciscana
Moss' Elfin
Callophrys mossii