General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 8b -9.4 °C (15 °F) to -6.7 °C (20 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Plant Height: 1 to 2 feet or taller
Plant Spread: 2 to 3 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Other: Soft gray/white fuzzy foliage
Fruit: Other: Cylindrical red-brown seed pods
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Other: Pinkish-red veins
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Uses: Provides winter interest
Groundcover
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Gophers/Voles
Rabbit Resistant
Squirrels
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Layering
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Hairy Canary Clover
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Lotus hirsutus
  • Synonym: Dorycnium hirsutum

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Location: Neighbors plant
Date: 2023-05-27
Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2017-11-08
Location: Neighbors plant
Date: 2023-05-27
Location: Hamilton Square perennial garden Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2014-04-21
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2015-07-31
Zone 9b Here you can see unopened pods and open pods with a few s
Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2016-05-05
Zone 9b.

Date: 2013-07-17

Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery

photo by ghislain118

Date: 2013-07-17

Date: 2013-07-17
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2014-04-21

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