Botanical Name: Fallugia paradoxa
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Common Name: Apache Plume  
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Replace turf with groundcovers, trees, and shrubs. If you have areas where no one uses the grass, patches that do not grow well, or a turf area too small to water without runoff, consider replacing the turf with water-efficient landscaping.

  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Shrub

 

Height Range

3-6'

 

Flower Color

White

 

Flower Season

Summer

 

Leaf Color

Dark Green, Grey Green

 

Bark Color

White

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Information by: Stephanie Duer
Photographer: Mountain States Nursery

  • Description

  • Notes

Native to cool desert areas, Apache Plume is well suited to dry urban gardens. White flowers, reminiscent of simple, single roses, appear June through August, and are followed by seed heads nearly as interesting as the flowers. Small, olive green, lobed leaves line branches that are twiggy and have whitish, shreddy bark. Fast growing, it will grow to 5 feet tall and nearly as wide. Though water needs are low, it will bloom more with periodic summer irrigation. A Utah native.