Western redbud, California buckeye, Toyon and California flannelbush are all plants in this category that attract pollinators, provide interest over several seasons of the year, and can be grown ...

The California Native Plant Society chose the ... Watch that fur -- in mischievous spite of its "flannelbush" name, it's prickly and gets into creases and folds of skin to irritate hours later.

The stems were used in basketry. Fremontodendron californica (California flannelbush) is like liquid sunshine in the spring with its cheery yellow flowers. Once established it likes no summer water.

Backlit California flannelbush flowers brighten Bay Street as a cyclist pedals by. French writer Gérard de Nerval wrote, “Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature." Flannelbush is a ...