A LITTLE MORE LIFE
Rubber rabbitbrush
Ericameria nauseosa
This native dryland shrub supplies flowers and structure with little supplemental water.
MAKE IT FEEL AT HOME
A spot to thrive.
Overwatering can cause weak, floppy growth; use a sunny, well-drained site.
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil moisture
- Dry soil
- Mature size
- Up to 7 ft tall · Rounded shrub
- Season of interest
- Golden flowers & gray-green foliage
- Local climate
- Cold hardy to USDA zone 3; upper zone not specified.
- Garden role
- A silver-leaved flowering shrub
ONE GOOD SWAP
Instead of japanese spirea.
Spiraea japonica
Try rubber rabbitbrush for a silver-leaved flowering shrub.
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Photo credits & licenses
Rubber rabbitbrush: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
Japanese spirea: Milada · CC-BY-SA 2.0
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