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Chrysactinia mexicana |
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| Blooming shoulder to shoulder with black-footed daisy, mid-March |
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Common name |
damianita |
Family |
asteraceae |
Life cycle |
tender perennial (Z8-11) |
Flowers |
yellow (late spring-summer) |
Size |
12-24" |
Light |
sun |
Cultural notes |
drought-tolerant |
Shrubby evergreen perennial forming a well-branched mound with tiny needle-like aromatic leaves, covered in one-inch golden-yellow ray flowers summer. The blooms arise on upright stems, each carrying a single flower. Prune after flowering to maintain shape, and periodically remove older woody branches from the bottom.
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: waterfall pondside About my plant portraits
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- Seed from '17 garden. Baggy 70F with light (64%G, 6-39d)
Extended germination. Seedlings are finnicky, prone to sudden death for no apparent reason.
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March 21, 2018
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