Calylophus
Calylophus berlandieriCalylophus is a perennial native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 1–2 ft tall and 1–2 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and very low water, and handles caliche and clay soil. Blooms yellow in Mar–Sep. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter. Deer rarely browse it. Good for bees, birds, butterflies and nectar insects.
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From our guide
Village of the HillsLow mounding perennial with narrow leaves and clear yellow four-petaled flowers over months.
Why it works here
Blooms almost continuously from spring into fall on caliche with no water. Neat enough for a front bed edge.
Watch out
Needs full sun and sharp drainage. Shear lightly midsummer to keep it tidy.
The facts
5 sources- Type
- Perennial
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3+ hrs)
- Water
- Very low
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spread
- 1–2 ft
- Bloom
- Mar–Sep · yellow
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Soil
- Takes caliche and clay · recorded on caliche, clay, limestone, loam, moist, sand, well drained
- Deer
- High — deer rarely browse it. Rarely browsed.
- Wildlife
- Supports bees, birds, butterflies and nectar insects
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Can you buy it?
In the Village of the Hills guide, but not on the grower stock lists we read yet. Ask a native-plant nursery.
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.