Carried by 9 nurseries
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Ericameria ericoides is a species of flowering shrub in the daisy family known by the common names California goldenbush and California heathgoldenrod. This plant is endemic to California, where it grows in the sand dunes and coastal hills between the northern San Francisco Bay Area and the Los Angeles area. This shrub rarely approaches a maximum height of one meter and is densely foliated with comblike fans of small cylindrical leaves up to a centimeter long. Its small erect branches are topped with flower clusters of small golden yellow flower heads, each with several disc florets and a few ray florets.
This is a great landscaping choice for sandy seaside conditions.
Shrub
2 - 4 ft Tall
3 - 4 ft Wide
Mounding
Fast
Evergreen
Yellow
Summer, Fall
Deer resistant
Full Sun
Low, Moderate
Max 1x / month once established
Moderate
Tolerates cold to 20 - 25° F
Fast
Sandy dunes.
Tolerates saline soil..
Soil PH: 6 - 7
14, 15*, 16*, 17*, 22, 23, 24
Dunes and sandy soils
Coastal Sage Scrub, Coastal Strand, Mixed Evergreen Forest
Red Sand Verbena (Abronia maritima), Sea Cliff Buckwhet (Eriogonum parvifoium), Coast Dudleta (Dudleya caespitosa), Saltgrass (Distichlis spicata), Big Salbush (Atriplex lentiformis), Dune Bush Lupine (Lupinus chamissonis), California Aster (Corethrogyne filaginifolia), Menzies' Goldenbush (Isocoma menziesii)
Butterflies and moths supported
1 confirmed and 9 likely