| Common Name |
Apache Plume |
| Latin Name |
Fallugia paradoxa |
| Family / Origin |
Rosaceae / Named for Abbot Fallugi, famed
botaniust |
| Sunset zone / USDA zone |
2-23 - 5-10 |
| Type / Form |
Bush / Medium to large |
| Native Habitat |
Between 3,000 and 8,000 feet in the Chihuahuan, and
Mojave Deserts |
| Soil |
Dry, decomposed granite, sand, clay loam low in organic
content, well drained |
| Exposure |
Full sun to light shadee |
| Water |
Once per month in summer |
| Height X Width |
Maximum 6 X 6 feet, usually 4 feet X 4 feet |
| Protective Mechanism |
None |
| Leaves |
Evergreen or winter deciduous, dark green, tiny |
| Flowers |
White rose-like flowers May through Dec., pink plumed
fruits |
| Bark / Roots |
Light
gray-brown, irregularly ridged and furrowed, a bit shreddy.
Twigs slender,
light gray-brown, numerous short tufts of foliage. |
| Maintenance |
Little to none |
| Propagation |
Seed - best sown in a greenhouse in the autumn. When
they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual
pots and grow them on in the greenhouse for at least their first winter.
Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early
summer, after the last expected frosts. Cuttings of half-ripe wood,
July/August in a frame.
|
| Pests and Diseases |
None |
| Landscape Uses |
Erosion control, ground cover, rock garden, low
maintenance, specimen |
| Garden Suitability |
Songbird, Butterfly, Ethnobotanical, Thornless |
| Nature Value |
Flowers used by butterflies, bees, and birds, browse for deer |
| Native American Uses |
Used for a hair preparation (leaves seeped), branches used to make
brooms |
| Comments |
Under used inlandscaping |
| Links |
|
| Images and data |
http://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com/White%20Enlarged%20Photo%20Pages/fallugia%20paradoxa.htm |
| Images and data |
http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=3570 |
| Images and data |
http://www.cnr.vt.edu/DENDRO/DENDROLOGY/Syllabus2/factsheet.cfm?ID=505 |
| Images and data |
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=FAPA |
| Images and data |
http://www.delange.org/ApachePlume/ApachePlume.htm |
| Images and data |
http://www.fireflyforest.com/flowers/whites/white68.html |
| Images and data |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallugia |
| Images and data |
http://www.nazflora.org/Fallugia_paradoxa.htm |
| Data and images |
http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Rosaceae/Fallugia_paradoxa.html |
| Images |
http://www.mojavenp.org/Fallugia_paradoxa.htm |
| Nursery, images and
data |
http://www.laspilitas.com/plants/306.htm |
| Nursery, images and
data |
http://www.highcountrygardens.com/catalog/product/51450/ |
| Nursery |
Oak Hills Nursery, 13874 Ranchero Road, Oak Hills, 92345,
760-947-6261 |
| Data |
http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Fallugia+paradoxa |
| Data |
http://www.fs.fed.us/global/iitf/pdf/shrubs/Fallugia%20paradoxa.pdf |
| Distribution map |
http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=FAPA |
