Redshanks
Adenostoma sparsifolium
Redshanks is a tall, airy chaparral shrub with shredding red bark and feathery foliage, topped in summer with frothy white flowers. A drought-proof, fire-adapted evergreen for hot, dry slopes.
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 6–15 ft
- Spacing
- 6–12 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- July, August
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- CA