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Perennial · Asteraceae Draft — unreviewed

Desert marigold

Baileya multiradiata

Also called desert marigold.

Woolly silver-leaved desert wildflower with lemon-yellow daisies held above the foliage for much of the year.

Size over time

Typical landscape size 0.3–0.5 m (1 ft) tall and 0.3–0.5 m (1 ft) wide; fast growth, about 2 years to maturity. Intermediate sizes use the planner’s growth curve (k = 0.45) from the #1 install size.

00.511.52mPlanting0.3 × 0.3 mYear 30.3 × 0.3 mYear 100.4 × 0.4 mMature0.4 × 0.4 m

Bloom

Yellow flowers, Mar–Oct (northern-hemisphere months; timing shifts with region and season).

Bloom calendar: months each plant is in bloom
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Desert marigold : Mar–Oct

Design notes

  • Short-lived; reseeds into gravel and DG.
  • Extra water makes it lanky and short-lived.

Regions

Native range: Deserts of the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico.

Native to these OpenLandscape3D pilot regions:

Southwest

Native status describes where the species occurs naturally. It is not a promise that it suits a particular garden; site conditions decide that.

Related plants

Common yarrow
Achillea millefolium · Perennial · 0.5–0.9 m (1–3 ft)
Sunset hyssop
Agastache rupestris · Perennial · 0.5–0.8 m (1–2 ft)
Butterfly weed
Asclepias tuberosa · Perennial · 0.5–0.8 m (1–2 ft)
California fuchsia
Epilobium canum · Perennial · 0.3–0.6 m (1–2 ft)
Cardinal flower
Lobelia cardinalis · Perennial · 0.6–1.2 m (2–4 ft)
Blackfoot daisy
Melampodium leucanthum · Perennial · 0.2–0.3 m (0–1 ft)

Plan with Desert marigold

Place it in a design, check it against your zone, light and moisture, and see it at year three and year ten.

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