Chrysothamnus nauseosus (Ericameria nauseosa)*

Rubber Rabbitbrush

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: Evergreen, Semi-Evergreen

Also Grown As: Bush

Mature Height & Spread: 1-8' x 1-7'

Natural Growth Habit: Rounded

Native To: Western USA

Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water: Low Water

Flower Color: Yellow

Bloom Time: Summer, Fall

Special Features: Attracts Birds/Butterflies/Bees / Cold Hardy / Colorful Foliage / Deer Resistant / Desert Conditions / Drought Resistant / Fragrant / Hedge / Intermountain Conditions / Screen

Container Sizes: #5

Sunset Garden Zones: 1-3, 4-6, 7-9

USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-9

A Bit More

Chrysothamnus nauseosus is a shrub native to the western USA that features fragrant, golden-yellow flower clusters and silver-blue to gray-green needle-like leaves. It is very cold hardy and drought-tolerant. Excellent for hedging, screening, xeriscaping, and erosion control. It requires full sun; shade makes the plant leggy and severely limits flower production. It develops a deep taproot and thrives on little to no supplemental water once established. It grows easily in sandy, gravelly, rocky, or heavy clay soils. Highly salt-tolerant and handles high alkalinity or nutritionally depleted soils. It requires sharp drainage and cannot tolerate standing water or soggy soils. Cold hardy to -30°F.

 

A Bit More

Chrysothamnus nauseosus is a shrub native to the western USA that features fragrant, golden-yellow flower clusters and silver-blue to gray-green needle-like leaves. It is very cold hardy and drought-tolerant. Excellent for hedging, screening, xeriscaping, and erosion control. It requires full sun; shade makes the plant leggy and severely limits flower production. It develops a deep taproot and thrives on little to no supplemental water once established. It grows easily in sandy, gravelly, rocky, or heavy clay soils. Highly salt-tolerant and handles high alkalinity or nutritionally depleted soils. It requires sharp drainage and cannot tolerate standing water or soggy soils. Cold hardy to -30°F.