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Hydrangeaceae
Cliff jamesia
Jamesia americana
Also known as Edwinia americana, waxflower, cliffbush, five-petal cliffbush
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Cliff Jamesia · Native Shrub · Rocky Mountain · White Flowers · Fragrant · Woodland Garden · Hydrangeaceae · Deciduous · Part Shade · Pollinator
Cliff Jamesia is a charming native Rocky Mountain shrub prized for its fragrant white flowers and attractive peeling bark. It performs best in partial shade to full sun with moderate, consistent moisture during the growing season, especially in its first year after planting. Once established, it is relatively low-maintenance and a wonderful addition to native or woodland garden settings.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; keep soil evenly moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–8.5
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 4 ft
- Spacing
- 48 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Arizona, California, Colorado, Mexico Northeast, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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