If you have ever seen bright-yellow flowers in our local hills, chances are it was California Sunflower. If you saw that same plant in the heat of our dry Summers, you would probably wonder why anyone would want that plant in their garden?! Good question. The answer is that California Sunflower, like many of our best natives, does look dry and wild in our hills in the Summer (Wouldn't you if you had no water for 5 months?),but bringing this local into your garden and deeply watering it once or twice a month works miracles. In lightly watered garden, it keeps its' leaves, looks lush throughout the Summer and is one of our longest-blooming plants in the garden - a little pruining of dead flowers can make this baby flower from Apr.-Oct., or longer! An excellent plant for feeding local insects, it reaches 3-4 feet high and slightly wider.