Saffron Buckwheat is a one foot perennial
with yellow flowers in April-Aug., leaves woolly-white like dusty
miller. Native to Ventura Co.. It performs well in dry coastal
areas, needs protection from afternoon sun inland and some regular
water. Not super cold hardy as it freezes to the ground at 20 deg in
containers and 15 in the ground. It recovered a 5 deg. night in
December 1991 but took 6 months before they grew back. They prefer
clay soil, but they tolerate most soils. They are difficult out of
their area. Customers from the Southern Ca. coastal area report it
easy and vigorous. A rare plant. Looks stunning mixed with Salvia
clevelandii 'Alpine '
. The buckwheats are very
important butterfly plants and one of the pillars of their
communities. The flowers, leaves and seeds are all used by all the
smaller animals. Click here for
more about California Buckwheats
Eriogonum crocatum tolerates clay.
Eriogonum crocatum is great for a butterfly garden.
Eriogonum crocatum's foliage color is white and type is evergreen.
Eriogonum crocatum's flower color is yellow.
Communities for Eriogonum crocatum:Coastal Sage Scrub.
||6.00 to 8.00
||8 to 10
||0.20 to 1.00
||0.20 to 0.30
||31.00 to 64.00
What does all this mean!?!