Its relationship with this plant is key to its endurance as a species. If there is little or no risk of temperatures below 35 degrees Fahrenheit, prune Encelia … Description. Encelia californica is a bushy, sprawling shrub reaching between 50–150 cm (20-60 inches) in height. The 'El Dorado' selection of this species has larger, more golden yellow flowers and blooms a little earlier in the season. It can be used effectively in the natural landscape with regular pruning to maintain form. If you have Island Snapdragon (Galvezia) in your garden, you will see a hummingbird just about every time you look. Bush-Snapdragon – Galvezia The hummingbirds start to show up in abundance during the transition period between spring and summer. Other chaparral and sage scrub companions include California Encelia (Encelia californica), California Sagebrush (Artemisia californica), Bladderpod (Peritoma arborea), and Ceanothus spp Maintenance Since it tends to be viney, it can be cut back whenever stems get … This shrub is native to southern California (U.S.) and northern Baja California (México). Encelia californica is: Evergreen. A great plant for either the immediate coast or the inland garden it likes full sun, good drainage, and not much water. Encelia Encelia. I prune Encelia back to 1 foot tall every year after the risk of frost has passed. Can be used effectively in the natural landscape with regular pruning to maintain form. California brittlebush is an important host plant for the Bay checkerspot butterfly, whose survival is threatened. The 2-inch-wide blossoms make for stupendous cut flowers and are loved by bees and butterflies. As for human use, the Kumeyaay people notably used this plant to treat toothaches and chest pains. Encelia californica 'Paleo Yellow' (California Bush Sunflower) A fast growing semi-evergreen bushy subshrub (woody base with thin herbaceous stems) that grows 3 to 4 feet tall and spreading up to 5 feet wide. Cheery yellow daisies with purplish-brown centers cover this sunflower from late winter all the way into summer, making it one of our longest blooming natives. In inland situations, it requires more regular water. Encelia californica is a fast growing woody subshrub with bright green foliage and yellow daisy-type flowers. Goldfinches enjoy the seeds which follow. It grows to 3'-5' tall and 3'-5' wide. By pruning later in the season, I’m protecting the lower branches and roots from cold damage. bush sunflower. Encelia californica is a fast growing woody subshrub with bright green foliage and yellow daisy-type flowers. E. californica - E. californica is a tender, rounded to spreading, short-lived, evergreen subshrub or shrub with branching stems bearing aromatic, ovate to lance-shaped, mid- to bright green leaves and loose clusters of daisy-like, yellow flowers from spring to early summer. It is more commonly used in native restoration work. With its bright red flowers and lime green foliage, Galvezia speciosa (Island Bush-Snapdragon) is one of […] It is more commonly used in native restoration work. Encelia californica is a fast growing woody subshrub with bright green foliage and yellow daisy-type flowers. More commonly used in restoration. California Sunflower Encelia californica Toyon Dudleya Coastal Saltbush/Quai Bush Prickly-Pear Cactus Opuntia littoralis (and others) 'Canyon Gray' Prostrate Coastal Sagebrush Sugar Bush Laurel Sumac Heteromeles arbutifolia Dudleya species specific to geographic area Atriplex lentiformis Artemisia californica Rhus ovata Malosma laurina Species. 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