Plant Signs

Taylor's Blue Blueblossom

Ceanothus thyrsiflorus 'Taylor's Blue'

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 5 ft tall , 10 - 15 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Blue

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Victoria Blueblossom

Ceanothus thyrsiflorus 'Victoria'

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 - 9 ft tall , 8 - 10 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Blue

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Carmel Ceanothus

Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. griseus

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 15 ft tall , 4 - 15 ft wide

Form: Mounding, Rounded, Spreading, Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Blue

Flowering season: Spring, Winter

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

All Gold Carmel Ceanothus

Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. griseus 'All Gold'

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 3 - 6 ft wide

Form: Prostrate

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Blue

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Diamond Heights Mountain Lilac

Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. griseus 'Diamond Heights'

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Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. griseus 'Diamond Heights'

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 3 - 6 ft wide

Form: Prostrate

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Blue

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Kurt Zadnik Carmel Ceanothus

Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. griseus 'Kurt Zadnik'

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 4 ft tall , 10 - 15 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Blue

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Louis Edmunds Carmel Ceanothus

Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. griseus 'Louis Edmunds'

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 6 ft tall , 12 - 25 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Point Sal Carmel Creeper

Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. griseus 'Point Sal'

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Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. griseus 'Point Sal'

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 4 - 5 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Blue

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Santa Ana Carmel Ceanothus

Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. griseus 'Santa Ana'

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Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. griseus 'Santa Ana'

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 4 - 8 ft tall , 6 - 12 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Blue

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Yankee Point Carmel Ceanothus

Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. griseus 'Yankee Point'

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Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. griseus 'Yankee Point'

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 4 ft tall , 10 - 12 ft wide

Form: Mounding, Spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Blue

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Woollyleaf Ceanothus

Ceanothus tomentosus

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 - 13 ft tall , 6 - 20 ft wide

Form: Rounded, Upright Columnar

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, White

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Field Mouse-ear

Cerastium arvense

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Flower Color: White, Green

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Field Mouse-ear Chickweed

Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Artemisia Leaved Chaenactis

Chaenactis artemisiifolia

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 7 ft tall

Flower Color: White, Pink

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Common Yellow Chaenactis

Chaenactis glabriuscula

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 ft tall , 6 in wide

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Winter, Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Spiny Chloracantha

Chloracantha spinosa

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Chloracantha spinosa var. spinosa

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2015 Keir Morse

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Small Flowered Soaproot

Chlorogalum parviflorum

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Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: White, Pink

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Soap Plant

Chlorogalum pomeridianum

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Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte

Size: 3 ft tall , 2 ft wide

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Summer Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low

Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established

Soil drainage

Medium

Salt Marsh Bird's Beak

Chloropyron maritimum

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Narrow-leaf Spineflower

Chorizanthe angustifolia

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 4 in tall

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

San Francisco Spineflower

Chorizanthe cuspidata

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 19 in tall

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Diffuse Spineflower

Chorizanthe diffusa

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 6 in tall

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Fringed Spineflower

Chorizanthe fimbriata

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 - 6 in tall , 6 - 12 ft wide

Form: Spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Pink, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Summer Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Parry's Spineflower

Chorizanthe parryi

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 0.8 - 6 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Prostrate Spineflower

Chorizanthe procumbens

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 0.8 - 3 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow, White, Green, Red

Wildlife supported:

Monterey Spineflower

Chorizanthe pungens

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Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: White, Pink

Wildlife supported:

Robust Spineflower

Chorizanthe robusta

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Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Turkish Rugging

Chorizanthe staticoides

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink, Red

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Indian Thistle

Cirsium brevistylum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 7 - 10 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Cobweb Thistle

Cirsium occidentale

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 10 ft tall

Flower Color: Red, Purple, Pink, White

Flowering season: Summer, Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low, Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

California Thistle

Cirsium occidentale var. californicum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Purple, Pink

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Very Low, Low

Farewell To Spring

Clarkia amoena

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Lavender, Pink, Purple, Red

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Farewell To Spring

Clarkia amoena ssp. whitneyi

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Red, Pink

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Punch Bowl Godetia

Clarkia bottae

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 ft tall , 6 in wide

Flower Color: Pink, Purple, Lavender, Red

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Fairy Fans

Clarkia breweri

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 8 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, Lavender

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Red Ribbons

Clarkia concinna ssp. concinna

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Davy's Fairyfan

Clarkia davyi

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Dudley's Clarkia

Clarkia dudleyana

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink, Purple, Lavender, Red

Wildlife supported:

Canyon Clarkia

Clarkia epilobioides

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Form: Upright

Flower Color: White, Red

Wildlife supported:

Lewis' Clarkia

Clarkia lewisii

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink, Purple, Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Purple Clarkia

Clarkia purpurea

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 ft tall , 1 ft wide

Flower Color: Lavender, Pink, Purple, Red

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Ruby Chalice Clarkia

Clarkia rubicunda

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 ft tall , 2 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Pink, Red, Purple

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Elegant Clarkia

Clarkia unguiculata

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 ft tall , 3 ft wide

Form: Upright Columnar

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Red, Pink

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Rooreh

Claytonia perfoliata

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 ft tall , 1 ft wide

Form: Upright, Spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Spring, Winter

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate, High

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium

Miner's Lettuce

Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Candy Flower

Claytonia sibirica

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink, White

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Moderate, High

Soil drainage

Fast, Standing

Bladderpod

Cleomella arborea

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 - 7 ft tall , 6 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Summer, Spring, Fall, Winter

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

San Diego Yerba Buena

Clinopodium chandleri

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall , 3 ft wide

Form: Spreading

Growth rate: Moderate, Slow

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Summer, Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Yerba Buena

Clinopodium douglasii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 7 in tall , 3 ft wide

Form: Spreading

Growth rate: Fast, Moderate

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Bush Rue

Cneoridium dumosum

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 5 ft tall , 3 - 5 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Moderate, Slow

Flower Color: White, Yellow

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen, Summer Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Nevin's Woolly Sunflower

Constancea nevinii

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 5 ft tall , 3 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Summer, Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Canyon Silver Catalina Silverlace

Constancea nevinii 'Canyon Silver'

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall , 1 - 3 ft wide

Form: Rounded

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

California Aster

Corethrogyne filaginifolia

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 40 in tall , 1 - 6 ft wide

Form: Mounding, Spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Pink, Purple, White

Flowering season: Summer, Fall, Winter

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established, Never irrigate once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Moss Landing Common Sandaster

Corethrogyne filaginifolia 'Moss Landing'

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 2 - 3 ft wide

Form: Prostrate

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Lavender, Pink

Flowering season: Summer, Fall, Winter

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Silver Carpet Aster

Corethrogyne filaginifolia 'Silver Carpet'

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Corethrogyne filaginifolia 'Silver Carpet'

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 3 - 4 ft wide

Form: Prostrate, spreading, mounding

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Lavender, Pink

Flowering season: Summer, Fall, Winter

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Smart Aster Common Sandaster

Corethrogyne filaginifolia 'Smart Aster'

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 3 - 4 ft wide

Form: Prostrate

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Lavender, Pink

Flowering season: Summer, Fall, Winter

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Alderson's Rush-rose

Crocanthemum aldersonii

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Plant type: Shrub

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Very Low, Low

Common Sun Rose

Crocanthemum scoparium

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 ft tall , 2 ft wide

Flower Color: Yellow

Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Crocanthemum scoparium var. scoparium

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Plant type: Shrub

Wildlife supported: