Bushy Seaside Tansy

Borrichia frutescens

native · Central Texas

Bushy Seaside Tansy is a shrub native to Central Texas that grows 2–4 ft tall and 2 ft wide. It wants full sun and medium water, and handles clay soil. Flowers are yellow. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter. Good for bees, birds, butterflies, moths, nectar insects and small mammals.

Wet ground only. A wetland plant: it needs standing water or saturated soil — a pond edge, creek bank or rain garden, not a dry upland bed.

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The facts

4 sources

Type: Shrub
Sun: Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
Water: Medium
Height: 2–4 ft
Spread: 2 ft
Bloom: Yellow
Foliage: Evergreen
Soil: Takes clay · recorded on clay, loam, saline, sand
Wildlife: Supports bees, birds, butterflies, moths, nectar insects and small mammals

Where it grows

Recorded in this EPA Level IV ecoregion in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:

Floodplains and Low Terraces

Can you buy it?

Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.

also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.