Identification
Genus: Eriogonum
Species: umbellatum
Variety: polyanthum
Cultivar: Shasta Buckwheat
Common name:
Sulfur Buckwheat.
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Description
Eriogonum umbellatum polyanthum is a wide ranging form normal in the middle elevation Sierras, yellow flowers on a 1ft high by 3ft plant, likes good soil some summer water, good drainage. This Shasta Buckwheat is a mounder. Making a wonderful border planting in sharp gravel soils. Do not even attemp it in clay, but sandy loam or loam soils it can be spectacular in early summer flowering in a mass of yellow fading to orange in summer. The foliage is a respectable green in fall and winter. Mix with Penstemon heterophyllus or Margarita BOP and Zauschneria species for extended color. Mix the three together and you can get flowers from April through December. Throw a few nonnative bulbs(Tulips or Daffodils) in there and the flowering goes from Jan through Dec. with a few hiccups here and there. Click here for more about California Buckwheats
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Available at our Online store.
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