A low, rounded desert native with fine, bright green foliage that smells resinous when brushed. It covers itself in golden yellow flowers in fall, when few other shrubs bloom. It asks for almost nothing once established.
Living with it in the Phoenix Valley
Watering
Follow the shrub schedule in our Landscape Care guide while it establishes. After that, keep it lean: this desert native needs very little supplemental water and stays tidier and longer-lived without it.
Pruning
Little is needed. A light trim after bloom removes spent flowers and keeps it compact.
Wildlife
Butterflies and other pollinators visit the fall flowers. Rabbits usually pass it by.
How our designers use it
Fall color
It fills the gap in late season when most desert shrubs have finished blooming.
Low massing
Planted in drifts, it makes a soft green ground layer between boulders, cacti and agaves.
Native gardens
It suits naturalistic plantings and transitions to open desert.
Good to know
Around the pool
Low litter and no thorns. Bees and butterflies visit in fall bloom.
