(photo: Dave Powell, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org)
(photos: Walter Siegmund)
OceanSpray, Holodiscus discoloris, is a many-stemmed, spreading shrub that normally grows 4-5 ft. tall but can reach 7 ft. The stems are slender and often arching, bearing deeply lobed and toothed, deciduous foliage. During the flowering season (May-August), the shrub is a complete mass of tiny, fragrant, creamy-white flowers arranged in large, plumed clusters. Older bark is dark red to brown or gray and exfoliating. Swallowtail, Azure, and Lorquins admiral butterflies benefit from this native shrub.
OceanSpray is a member of the rose family (family Rosaceae) which includes about 2000 species of trees, shrubs, and herbs worldwide; approximately 77 native and 9 naturalized tree species and many species of shrubs and herbs in North America.
This shrub is a colorful reclaimer of open or disturbed lands.
(Lady Bird Johnson Wildflowers)
Filed under: Native Focus Tagged: | native restoration
