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
Overall Mature Size: Medium
Also Grown As: Bush
Mature Height & Spread: 3-4' x 3-6'
Natural Growth Habit: Compact, Dense, Mounding
Native To: California, Cultivar, Mexico
Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Shade, Full Shade
Water: Low Water
Flower Color: Red
Bloom Time: Spring, Summer, Fall
Special Features: Attracts Birds/Butterflies/Bees / Cold Hardy / Deer Resistant / Drought Resistant / Erosion Control / Fire Resistant/Retardant / Hedge / Seacoast Conditions
Container Sizes: #1, #5
Sunset Garden Zones: 14-24
USDA Hardiness Zone: 9-11
Galvezia speciosa ‘Firecracker’ is an evergreen shrub with a dense, compact, mounding habit and featuring pale to medium green, slightly tomentose leaves and stems and deep red, snapdragon-like, tubular flowers. Uses include erosion control, low hedge, border, container, dry shade under oaks. Excellent in seacoast landscapes. Highly shade-tolerant. It thrives in full sun to partial shade along the coast, but requires partial shade to full shade in hot inland locations. It is adaptable to soil types; thrives in rocky slopes, sandy banks, loam, and even handles heavy clay soils provided there is reasonable drainage. Low to very low water use. No water needed near the coast once established but preforms better with an occasional deep soak once or twice a month inland. Fire-retardant. Deer-resistant. Cold hardy to 20°F.
Galvezia speciosa ‘Firecracker’ is an evergreen shrub with a dense, compact, mounding habit and featuring pale to medium green, slightly tomentose leaves and stems and deep red, snapdragon-like, tubular flowers. Uses include erosion control, low hedge, border, container, dry shade under oaks. Excellent in seacoast landscapes. Highly shade-tolerant. It thrives in full sun to partial shade along the coast, but requires partial shade to full shade in hot inland locations. It is adaptable to soil types; thrives in rocky slopes, sandy banks, loam, and even handles heavy clay soils provided there is reasonable drainage. Low to very low water use. No water needed near the coast once established but preforms better with an occasional deep soak once or twice a month inland. Fire-retardant. Deer-resistant. Cold hardy to 20°F.
