Sundrops

Location: Rock Garden/Xeriscape Design

Names:

  • Common Name: Sundrop
  • Botanical Name: Calylophus berlandieri
  • AKA: Sundrops, Square-Bud Primrose

Description: The showy, yellow flowers of Berlandier’s sundrops are 2 in. across with four, broad, crinkled petals. This is a bushy, 4-20 in. plant that sometimes becomes woody near the base. Its leaves are narrow and spiny-toothed.

Best Growing Conditions: Full sun; Low water demand

Landscape Use: Rock garden; Deer Resistant

 Wildlife Value: Butterflies (nectar source)