Pluchea Species, Arrowweed, Cachanilla

Pluchea sericea is a dropdead GORGEOUS Utah native plant. It is one of the many beautiful broad leaf evergreen plants native to Southern ...Read MoreUtah, and can be found in the Southwest and Southeast portions (Colorado Plateau) of my state. I was just walking around a nature trail in Bloomington, Utah on a warm sunny January day enjoying these wonderful silver/ green evergreen leaves. They where extremely common along the virgin river. I can’t even explain to you how beautiful these plants are, they literally look like a Olive tree/ Rosemary hybrid mixed into one plant. I saw some very large specimens (12 feet +) and I couldn’t believe they where native to Utah. I would say they look pretty exotic and they are such a joy to see in the middle of winter. I am not exactly sure what the complete hardiness of these plants are, as they are native to 7b, 8a, 8b, and 9a portions of Utah. I really want to try one of these out in Salt Lake City a couple hours north in zone 7b to see how they fare. Seeing as they naturally grow in 7b areas of Utah I wouldn’t be surprised if they did just fine in the Salt Lake City area. Overall a PHENOMENAL native plant to the desert Southwest, and a plant that has enormous potential for landscape use as it’s just so dang tough and extremely attractive.