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Keckiella antirrhinoides

Identification

Keckiella antirrhinoides, Yellow Bush Snapdragon and Yellow Bush Penstemon.
Keckiella antirrhinoides, Yellow Bush Snapdragon, has very fragrant, golden flowers, and small resinous leaves.  Sometimes called Yellow Bush Penstemon. - grid24_3
Keckiella antirrhinoides, Yellow Bush Snapdragon flowers.
Keckiella antirrhinoides, Yellow Bush Snapdragon, is being visited by a checkerspot butterfly in this photo. - grid24_3
Keckiella antirrhinoides, a checkerspot butterfly on Yellow Bush Snapdragon
Keckiella antirrhinoides, Yellow Bush Snapdragon, here with the flowers finishing off and a few buds, Santa Margarita, California, garden. - grid24_3
Keckiella antirrhinoides, Yellow Bush Penstemon in shade.
This Costa's Hummingbird, considers this  Keckiella antirrhinoides, Yellow Bush Snapdragon, his territory. - grid24_3
Keckiella antirrhinoides, Yellow bush snapdragon with Costa Hummingbird.
The flowers of Keckiella antirrhinoides, Yellow Bush Snapdragon, are here being visited by a hummingbird for nectar and tiny insects. Native plants bring native birds. - grid24_3
Keckiella antirrhinoides, hummingbird on yellow bush snapdragon

Description

Yellow Bush Snapdragon is a three foot or so perennial shrub that will go deciduous under drought stress. In most California gardens in late fall and early winter this Penstemon will be tacky, BUT, you get flowers in late February or early March, a full month before most other plants. This bush Penstemon has red-yellow, 3" to 4" flowers. Native to the interior areas of southern California, west of the mountains. This species likes part shade, tolerates full shade inland, full sun along the coast, good drainage, and little summer water (summer wash offs). It's fairly deer proof if not overwatered. Keckiella antirrhinoides is cold tolerant to at least 0 degrees F. Hummingbirds visit it during flowering season. Although it's summer deciduous with no water, Yellow Bush Snapdragon looks great in even our 118 degree F weather when the foliage is washed off a few times during the dry season. For the month of June and into July this plant is beautiful. Customers that show up then rush over to it going ooh-ahh! In October it is invisible. The fragrance of the flowers is wonderful. We saw its lovely form in the Santa Ana Mountains growing in full sun and blending into the chaparral, even though covered with dust from the heavily traveled dirt road and the coastal side between Corona and Lake Elsinore.

Available at our Online store.

Contact: pan@laspilitas.com
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Available at our Santa Margarita store.

Contact: bawilson@laspilitas.com
Hours: Open Saturday only from 9am to 4pm
Address: 3232 Las Pilitas Rd. Santa Margarita, CA 93453
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One Gallon 0 10 $ 8.99

Available at our Escondido store.

Contact: escondido@laspilitas.com
Hours: Open Tuesday through Saturday from 9am to 4pm
Address: 8331 Nelson Way Escondido, CA 92026
Container Size Quantity In Production Quantity For Purchase Unit-Price
One Gallon 0 1 $ 8.99

Characteristics

Keckiella antirrhinoides Yellow Bush Snapdragon tolerates deer.
Keckiella antirrhinoides Yellow Bush Snapdragon is great for a bird garden.
Keckiella antirrhinoides Yellow Bush Snapdragon's foliage color is green and type is deciduous.
Keckiella antirrhinoides Yellow Bush Snapdragon's flower color is yellow and has a fragrance.

Communities

Communities for Keckiella antirrhinoides Yellow Bush Snapdragon:Chaparral.

Ranges for Keckiella antirrhinoides

ph: 6.00 to 7.50
usda: 6 to 10
height[m]: 1.00 to 2.00
width[m]: 0.70 to 1.00
rainfall[cm]: 30.00 to 90.00

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