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Oleaceae
Menodora scabra
Menodora scabra
Also known as Menodora scabra var. ramosissima, Menodora scabra var. laevis, Menodora laevis, Menodora scabra var. glabrescens
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Menodora · Yellow Flowers · Desert Perennial · Southwest Native · Oleaceae · Xeriscape · Pollinator Plant · Native Wildflower · Arid Garden
Rough menodora is a tough, fast-growing perennial suited to arid and semi-arid gardens in the Southwest, producing cheerful yellow flowers with minimal fuss. It prefers well-drained soils and partial shade, especially in hot climates, and tolerates brief dry spells once established. It is rarely available commercially and best sourced from native plant nurseries.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, allowing the top inch of soil to dry between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6.6–8.4
- 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
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yellow
- Foliage
- Green · Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Arizona, Colorado, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, New Mexico, Texas, Utah
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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