Apache Plume

Fallugia paradoxa

ZONE HARDINESS

SPACE REQUIREMENTS

HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS

SUN REQUIREMENTS

Adaptable to many soil types (clay, loam or sandy), this showy shrub has large white flowers, and the silky pinkish-purple plumes are attached to seeds. The flowers provide food for native and honey bees and bumble bees. Provides winter interest . This shrub grows in a cascading mound shape and does not need pruning. Drought tolerant.

This plant is listed as beneficial to pollinators in the book, “100 Treasure Valley Pollinator Plants”. https://gardentronic.com/blog/one-hundred-treasure-valley-pollinator-plants/

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PLANT DETAILS

NAME

Apache Plume

TYPE

Shrub

HEIGHT

4-6 feet

SPACING

4-6 feet

ZONE HARDINESS

4-9

ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS

Very drought tolerant, must have well-drained soils.

SUN REQUIREMENTS

Full sun

ΒLOOM TIME

Summer to Fall

Late Spring

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