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Chamise

Adenostoma

Chamise
Photo: Stickpen, Public domain

Adenostoma is a genus of two evergreen shrubs in the rose family, chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum) and redshanks (Adenostoma sparsifolium), native to California and Baja California. They are drought-tolerant chaparral plants best grown in full sun with good drainage.

Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently once established; avoid summer watering in cool, wet climates.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or rocky soil; tolerates poor, nutrient-low ground.
Temperature
Tolerates roughly -7 to 40 °C once established; protect young plants from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate

About

Adenostoma is a genus of shrubs in the rose family (Rosaceae) containing only two species, chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum) and redshanks (Adenostoma sparsifolium). Both are native to the Californias.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Adenostoma by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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