Jojoba
Simmondsia chinensis
A leathery gray-green evergreen whose seeds yield the famous liquid wax 'jojoba oil.' Tough, long-lived, and an excellent waterwise hedge or screen. The seed (jojoba) has been parched and eaten, or made into a coffee-like drink — distinct from the cosmetic oil most people know it for.
- Family
- Simmondsiaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 7–7 ft
- Spacing
- 4–8 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- January, February, March, April, May, June, July, December
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- mammals
- Landscape uses
- hedge or screen, foundation
- Native states
- AZ, CA