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Cistaceae
Beach-heath
Hudsonia tomentosa
Also known as Hudsonia ericoides subsp. tomentosa, Golden heather, Hudsonia maritima, Hudsonia
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Beach Heath · Dune Plant · Sandy Soil · Native Groundcover · Cistaceae · Low Growing · Yellow Flowers · Northeastern Native · Dry Habitat · Specialist Plant
Beach-heath is a delicate, low-growing native shrublet that thrives in sandy, nutrient-poor soils along dunes and open pine barrens. It requires very well-drained to dry conditions and should never be planted in heavy or clay soils, as it is prone to root rot with excess moisture. Once established in the right environment, it is quite self-sufficient and rewards gardeners with cheerful yellow flowers in late spring.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water sparingly; this plant prefers dry, sandy conditions and is sensitive to overwatering · Every 14-21 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–6.9
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 10 ft – 30 ft
- Spread
- 15 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Root depth
- Shallow
- Flowers
- Yellow
- Foliage
- Green · Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alberta, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Masachusettes, Michigan, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northwest Territorie
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle
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