Adenostoma fasciculatum Vining/Climbing/Trailing Pink spring flowers are held

Pink spring flowers are held above foliage on 10inch stalks followed by winged seed pods

pink in this form

distinctly greenish grey pads adorned with short black and grey spines

AUSTRALIAN MINT BUSH

Adenostoma fasciculatum Vining/Climbing/Trailing Pink spring flowers are heldThis important evergreen chaparral component, native from the Siskiyou mountains south to northern Baja California, has green, fine textured foliage, resembling a compact Erica. Tiny but numerous white flowers produce seed pods aging to mahogany. To 5 6 ft tall over time in lean soil with little to no summer water once established. Can be pruned hard in summer to maintain a lower profile. Frost hardy to 0F, USDA zone 7 and probably into zone 6.