Resinbush
Viguiera stenolobaAlso called Skeletonleaf Goldeneye
Resinbush is a perennial native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 3–4 ft tall and 4–6 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and very low water, and handles caliche and clay soil. Blooms yellow in Jun–Oct. Deer rarely browse it. Good for butterflies.
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From our guide
Village of the HillsRounded shrub of fine narrow leaves covered in small yellow daisies over a very long season.
Why it works here
Neat mounded form, evergreen in mild winters, blooming for months on caliche with no water.
Watch out
Needs sharp drainage and full sun. Shear lightly to keep the mound tight.
The facts
5 sources- Type
- Perennial
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3+ hrs)
- Water
- Very low
- Height
- 3–4 ft
- Spread
- 4–6 ft
- Bloom
- Jun–Oct · yellow
- Foliage
- Semi-evergreen
- Soil
- Takes caliche and clay · recorded on caliche, clay, dry, limestone, loam, rocky, sand, well drained
- Deer
- High — deer rarely browse it. Aromatic
- Wildlife
- Supports butterflies
Where it grows
No Level IV record in the launch area yet. Recorded in these Texas ecoregions:
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.