Dana Point Buckwheat, Eriogonum fasciculatum 'Dana Point'

About Dana Point Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum 'Dana Point') 11 Nurseries Carry This Plant

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Horticultural selection from Eriogonum fasciculatum from Dana Point in Orange County. This horticultural selection blooms pretty white flowers during the summer, and has an attractive tight mounding form. The flowers are important sources of food for butterflies and birds.

Horticultural selection E. fasciculatum: origin = cuttings (1983) Dana Point headlands, south coast, Orange Co.; intro Tree of Life Nursery 1985. Tolerates almost any soil type. Selected for the garden.

Thanks to Moosa Creek Nursery and the Theodore Payne Foundation for sharing information about this plant

Plant Description

Plant Type

Shrub

Size

3 - 4 ft tall
6 - 10 ft wide

Form

Rounded

Growth Rate

Fast

Dormancy

Evergreen

Flower Color

White

Flowering Season

Spring, Summer, Fall

Wildlife Supported

Bees, Butterflies
Bird gardens

Butterflies & moths hosted ( 1 likely * ) SHOW ALL

White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineataHyles lineata

Landscaping Information

Sun

Full Sun

Moisture

Low

Nurseries

Carried by 11

Ease of Care

Very Easy

Cold Tolerance

Soil Drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Soil Description

Tolerates a wide variety of soils. Soil PH: 5.0 - 8.5

Common uses

Groundcovers, Bank Stabilization, Hedges, Deer Resistant, Bird Gardens, Butterfly Gardens, Bee Gardens

Companion Plants

Many companions including Brittlebush (Encelia species), Sagebrush (Artemisia species), Sage (Salvia species), Manzanita (Arctostaphylos species), Ceanothus species, Yucca species, Dudleya species, and cactus species

Maintenance

Can handle hard pruning, taller varieties even into edged/hedged plantings.

Site Characteristics

Alternative Names

Common Names: Dana Point California Buckwheat

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Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links: Jepson eFlora Taxon Page CalPhotos Wikipedia Calflora

Dana Point Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum 'Dana Point'

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Eriogonum fasciculatum 'Dana Point'