Description
Baccharis –
There are about 350 species of dioecious deciduous or evergreen shrubs and herbaceous perennials, in this genus. They occur from coasts, salt marshes, river banks, mountain and woodland margins in the America. Leaves are alternate, tough and leathery, and very variable in shape but mostly toothed or lobed and slightly resinous, and wiry stemmed, or absent. Flowers are daisy like, usually white or gray held singly or in axillary panicles or corymbs. Where not hardy grow in a cool greenhouse. Some are salt resistant.
Grow in fertile soil in full sun.
Prone to rust and fungal leaf spots.
B. pilularis – Dwarf Coyote Bush – Chaparral Broom – This evergreen shrub from Oregon and California grows 20-36″ tall and wide. It produces small, broad ovate, bright green leaves on spreading branches and tiny white flowers. Adaptable to most soils in any sunny position and is resistant to frost and very dry conditions.
Zones 7-10
