Turpentine Bush
Ericameria laricifolia
A tidy, rounded evergreen with needle-fine, resin-scented foliage that bursts into golden daisies in fall, feeding late pollinators. Neat, fragrant, and unbothered by heat or drought.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spacing
- 2–3 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- alkaline
- Bloom
- August, September, October, November
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, butterflies, pollinators
- Landscape uses
- foundation
- Native states
- AZ, CA, NM, NV, TX, UT