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Products > Fremontodendron 'California Glory'
 
Fremontodendron 'California Glory' - Hybrid Flannel Bush
   
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Habit and Cultural Information
Category: Shrub
Family: Malvaceae (w/Bombacaceae & Sterculeacea)
Origin: California (U.S.A.)
California Native (Plant List): Yes
Evergreen: Yes
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloomtime: Spring/Summer
Parentage: (F. californicum x F. mexicanum)
Height: 15-20 feet
Width: 10-15 feet
Exposure: Full Sun
Summer Dry: Yes
Irrigation (H2O Info): No Irrigation required
Winter Hardiness: 15-20° F
Fremontodendron 'California Glory' (Hybrid Flannel Bush) - The most robust flannel bush that we grow! This shrub can reach up to 20 feet tall and as wide with velvety, deeply-five-lobed leaves sparsely covering the branches. The 3- to 4-inch-wide lemon-yellow cup shaped flowers have a reddish tinge to the outside of the petals and are displayed in great abundance in spring and early summer.

Ideally suited to a well-drained soil in full sun with no supplementary water once established. Summer irrigation will initially speed growth on this plant but will also greatly shorten its lifespan, so it is best not to water when in doubt. It is cold hardy to around 15 degrees F. The fuzz (stellate hairs) on the leaves can be very irritating to the skin, and protection should be worn for the eyes if a person needs to work with this plant. This very showy large plant is one of the best native California cultivars where one has the room to grow it.

Fremontodendron 'California Glory' is a presumed hybrid of Fremontodendron californicum and Fremontodendron mexicanum. It was discovered growing at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden (now the California Botanic Garden") and was named and introduced by them in 1962. The seed used to grow this plant was long thought to come from a Fremontodendron californicum but the original lot of seed could have been of hybrid origin and was either collected at the original Rancho Santa Ana Garden site or perhaps at Theodore Payne’s Nursery on Los Feliz Boulevard in Los Angeles.

The name of the genus was named in combination with the Greek word 'dendron', meaning "tree" as a dedication to John Charles Frémont (1813-1890), who first collected Fremontodendron californicum during an 1846 expedition to Alta California. The leaves have a leathery and fuzzy texture reminiscent of flannel that gives these plants their common name. This large evergreen shrub was displayed on the cover of the 40th edition of Sunset Western Garden Book. It is the winner of the Award of Garden Merit from the California Horticultural Society in 1965 and received a First-Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1967. We have grown this great cultivar since 1982 and also grow Fremontodendron mexicanum, Fremontodendron 'Ken Taylor' and Fremontodendron 'Dara's Gold'

The information about Fremontodendron 'California Glory' displayed on this web page is based on our research conducted in the nursery's horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We also include observations made about it as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share cultural information that would aid others in growing this plant.

 
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