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Eriogonum umbellatum polyanthum - Sulfur Buckwheat
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Botanic Name: Eriogonum umbellatum polyanthum
Common Name: Sulfur Buckwheat
Size: 10"h x 18"w
Sun: Sun
H20: occ.H2O/dry
Deer Resistant
Resistance: high
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Description:
This buckwheat forms a neat mound of greygreen leaves about 1' high and 2-3' wide . It blooms in late spring and early summer holding dense clusters of brilliant yellow flowers a few inches above the leaves. Evergreen, it takes full sun, and tolerates a wide range of soil types. Sulphur Buckwheat is drought tolerant but may need supplemental summer water in hot areas. Hardy to 0 degrees or less, and native to the Sierra Nevadas.

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