Chrysothamnus nauseosus (Ericameria nauseosa)

Rubber Rabbitbrush

Boething Treeland Farms grows over 1,000 varieties of trees, shrubs, perennials and specialty plants on 10 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.