Fernbush
Chamaebatiaria millefolium
Fernbush is an aromatic, drought-proof western shrub with ferny foliage and spires of white spirea-like flowers in summer, excellent for hot, dry, well-drained gardens. Recorded as a minor food and medicinal plant in Indigenous ethnobotany, without detail on which part was used.
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 6–6 ft
- Spacing
- 3–5 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- hedge or screen, foundation
- Native states
- AZ, CA, ID, NV, OR, UT