Chamaebatiaria millefolium

Fernbush

Boething Treeland Farms grows over 1,000 varieties of trees, shrubs, perennials and specialty plants on 9 California nurseries to serve the wholesale landscape and nursery industries throughout the Western United States and beyond.

Plant Type: Shrubs

Evergreen-Deciduous: Semi-Evergreen, Deciduous

Overall Mature Size: Medium

Also Grown As: Bush

Mature Height & Spread: 3-6' x 3-6'

Natural Growth Habit: Mounding, Rounded, Upright

Native To: Intermountain, Western USA

Exposure: Full Sun

Water: Low Water

Flower Color: White

Bloom Time: Summer

Special Features: Attractive Bark / Attracts Birds/Butterflies/Bees / Cold Hardy / Deer Resistant / Desert Conditions / Drought Resistant / Fire Resistant/Retardant / Fragrant / Hedge / Interesting Foliage / Intermountain Conditions / Screen

Container Sizes: #5

Sunset Garden Zones: 1-3, 10

USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-9

A Bit More

Chamaebatiaria millefolium is a woody shrub native to the arid western United States. It features aromatic, lacy, fern-like foliage and abundant clusters of creamy-white flowers that bloom from mid-summer through fall. Produces small seed pods that ripen to bronze in the fall and winter. It has smooth, cinnamon to reddish-brown bark, particularly visible in winter. Excellent for hedges, screens, foundation plantings, and xeric/rock garden borders. Thrives in intermountain and desert conditions. It requires full sun to partial shade; best flowering occurs in full sun. It has low water needs; drought-resistant once established. Requires almost no supplemental irrigation to establish. Thrives in poor, rocky, sandy, well-drained soils, but will not tolerate clay. Deer and rabbit-resistant. Excellent insect and disease-resistance. Moderate fire-resistance. Cold hardy to -30°F.

A Bit More

Chamaebatiaria millefolium is a woody shrub native to the arid western United States. It features aromatic, lacy, fern-like foliage and abundant clusters of creamy-white flowers that bloom from mid-summer through fall. Produces small seed pods that ripen to bronze in the fall and winter. It has smooth, cinnamon to reddish-brown bark, particularly visible in winter. Excellent for hedges, screens, foundation plantings, and xeric/rock garden borders. Thrives in intermountain and desert conditions. It requires full sun to partial shade; best flowering occurs in full sun. It has low water needs; drought-resistant once established. Requires almost no supplemental irrigation to establish. Thrives in poor, rocky, sandy, well-drained soils, but will not tolerate clay. Deer and rabbit-resistant. Excellent insect and disease-resistance. Moderate fire-resistance. Cold hardy to -30°F.