St. Catherine's Lace
Eriogonum giganteum
The largest buckwheat, a silvery Channel Islands shrub crowned with huge lacy flower clusters that age white to rust. A long-lasting cut flower and pollinator powerhouse.
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–8 ft
- Spacing
- 4–8 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- May, June, July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, songbirds
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen, foundation
- Native states
- CA
Related native plants
More Eriogonum species
- California Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum)
- Sulphur Buckwheat (Eriogonum umbellatum)
- Desert Trumpet (Eriogonum inflatum)
- Redroot Buckwheat (Eriogonum racemosum)
- Santa Cruz Island Buckwheat (Eriogonum arborescens)
- Red-flowered Buckwheat (Eriogonum grande)