Whitebrush
Aloysia gratissima
A wispy desert shrub that after each rain perfumes the air with vanilla-scented white flower spikes swarming with bees and butterflies. An outstanding, drought-proof pollinator plant.
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 4–8 ft
- Spacing
- 4–8 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, pollinators
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen, foundation
- Native states
- AZ, NM, TX