Dendromecon rigida - Bush poppy

Bush poppy (Dendromecon rigida) is an evergreen shrub of California chaparral with silver-grey foliage and yellow poppy flowers, growing fast on fast-draining soil and disliking fertilizer.¹ It grows 1-3 m tall and 1-2 m wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Full sun¹
• Well drained soil¹

Type

• Shrub
• Evergreen

Functions

• Drought-tolerance¹
• Fire resistance²

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	1-3
Diameter (m)	1-2

Footnotes

1. Dendromecon rigida, Bush Poppy | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩