Garrya elliptica - Coast silk tassel

Coast silk tassel (Garrya elliptica) is an evergreen shrub native to the Pacific coast of North America, its bitter leaves used historically as a quinine substitute and as a dye source.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Full sun¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Full shade¹
• Well drained soil¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Medicinal use¹
• Dye¹

Type

• Shrub
• Evergreen

Functions

• Flammable²

Footnotes

1. Garrya elliptica | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹²

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time 15 seconds ↩