Apache Plume Dappled Shade Woolly Ironweed is a hardy

Woolly Ironweed is a hardy herbaceous perennial native to open hillsides

Select a sunny area

The fruits carry a flavor reminiscent of prunes

and beetles

Its twisted bright green leaves create a unique and eye-catching look

Apache Plume Dappled Shade Woolly Ironweed is a hardyFallugia paradoxa Apache Plume is a deciduous, upright shrub native to arid habitats including desert woodlands and scrub in west Texas and much of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Leaves are green on top and silvery on the bottom and grow on densely intermingled slender branches. White, apple blossom like flowers loom in spring and summer and give way to pink, feathery seed plumes. Grows best in dry, gravelly, sandy soils. It will