Plant of the Month, August 2018: California Buckwheat

California Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum

California Buckwheat is a staple at our park and at our nursery!  It blooms creamy white leaves in the spring which turn to rusty-brown as summer fades into fall.  Buckwheat flour belongs in the same family, but making anything  of this plant would not be palatable.  Here's a recipe on how to make buckwheat flour.  

• Tough and easy to grow, even in very dry conditions 
• Height: 2' or 3' high 
• Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall 
• Pollinator friendly, attracts butterflies and bees
• Ants, wind and water disperse seeds
• Flowers are a combination of pink, cream, white in early flowering stage, while turning rust-brown as flowers mature