Fairy Duster
Calliandra eriophylla
A low, airy desert legume whose flowers are puffs of pink-red stamens like tiny powderpuffs, beloved by hummingbirds and bees. A nitrogen-fixer that blooms after winter rains.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–3 ft
- Spacing
- 2–4 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- white, pink
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, hummingbirds, pollinators
- Landscape uses
- foundation
- Native states
- AZ, CA, NM, NV, TX