Category / Eriogonum - Buckwheat

A very bright addition to hot, dry gardens, Eriogonum umbellatum (Sulphur Buckwheat) is an evergreen to semi-evergreen perennial forming a broad mat of woody stems set with small, vertical, spatula-shaped leaves, 1…

Striking year-round, Eriogonum arborescens (Santa Cruz Island Buckwheat) is an evergreen shrub of compact mounding habit, with fingerlike, fuzzy, silvery-gray leaves at the tips of the branches. Profuse tiny pink and white…

Eriogonum fasciculatum (California Buckwheat) is an evergreen shrub of variable appearance, from open and upright to dense and mounding, with tufts of linear leaves along the branches. Profuse tiny pink and white…

Noted for its long period of bloom, Eriogonum giganteum (St. Catherine’s Lace) is a large evergreen shrub of sprawling or rounded habit, with repeatedly forked branches clothed near their tips with spoon-shaped…

Eriogonum grande var. rubescens (San Miguel Island Buckwheat) is a charming small evergreen shrub forming a dense mound of spoon-shaped leaves on prostrate branches. The foliage is gray-green above and woolly underneath.…

Eriogonum latifolium (Seaside Buckwheat) is a small, mounding, evergreen perennial or sub-shrub with soft, oval, silvery-green leaves densely felted beneath. Profuse lollipop-looking flower heads in shades of white, cream, and pink bloom…

Eriogonum nudum (Naked Buckwheat) is a tough perennial shrub forming a ground-hugging rosette of flat green leaves. From late spring through summer, the plant sends up slender, leafless stems, often dividing into…