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Information by: The Plant Nerd Inc.        Photographer: Mountain States Nursery

Description

This deciduous mounding shrub typically has gray leaves that can reach 4' tall and wide. However, the leaves will turn white in drought conditions. Bright yellow 1" wide daisies appear in spring and summer. There is rapid growth following rain but this shrub is short-lived. Individual plants will reseed to repopulate. It does well in hot areas but cannot tolerate clay soils due to root rot. It will become overgrown and fragile if overwatered. It will suffer frost damage at 25 degrees F.

Maintenance Tips

Encelia farinosa is a desert shrub that is native to the Southwestern United States, including California. It has a rounded form that grows up to 4’ tall and wide. The foliage is made up of light grey fuzzy leaves and yellow daisy-like flowers that bloom from late winter until summer. It has adapted to live in the desert by going deciduous from summer until late fall when the rain starts again. Around late summer, cut back the loose woody branches hard to about 6”, where it will begin to send out a lush new growth again in the fall.