A LITTLE MORE LIFE
Yellow rabbitbrush
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
Native yellow flowers add late color with little water once established.
MAKE IT FEEL AT HOME
A spot to thrive.
Needs well-drained soil; can colonize open ground by seed and tolerates alkaline conditions.
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil moisture
- Dry soil
- Mature size
- 1–4 ft tall · Spread not specified
- Season of interest
- Late summer flowers
- Local climate
- Cold hardy to USDA zone 3; upper zone not specified.
- Garden role
- A compact flowering dryland shrub
ONE GOOD SWAP
Instead of japanese spirea.
Spiraea japonica
Try yellow rabbitbrush for a compact flowering dryland shrub.
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Photo credits & licenses
Yellow rabbitbrush: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
Japanese spirea: Milada · CC-BY-SA 2.0
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