Eriogonum giganteum - St. Catherine's lace

St. Catherine’s lace (Eriogonum giganteum) is an evergreen shrub endemic to California’s Channel Islands, grown as a background plant for its gray foliage and large butterfly-attracting flower heads. It grows 0.5-1.5 m tall and 1-2 m wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Full sun¹
• Semi-shade¹

Type

• Shrub
• Evergreen

Functions

• Fire resistance²
• Drought-tolerance¹
• Attracting beneficial insects¹
• Wildlife habitat¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	0.5-1.5
Diameter (m)	1-2

Footnotes

1. Eriogonum giganteum, St. Catherine’s Lace | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹

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