Wright's Silktassel
Garrya wrightii
Wright's silktassel is a drought-hardy Southwestern evergreen shrub draped with dangling greenish catkins, followed by purple berries for birds. A tough, deer-resistant screen for dry sites.
- Family
- Garryaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 6–6 ft
- Spacing
- 5–8 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, pollinators
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- AZ, NM, TX