Chamisa
Chamisa grows pretty well in disturbed land around here. It’s blooming now, and fairly pretty, but it’s related to sunflower and goldenrod, and makes my allergies go.
When it gets big, as the one in the photo above, the lower branches will break and fall to the ground. We’ve been cutting the more overgrown chamisa out of our yard, and the layer of dead branches, dusty pollen and flowers can be a few inches thick.
But if they’re trimmed regularly, they don’t flower as much, and they look better. We’re not sure if we’re going to let them grow back or not, but we’ll figure it out over time.
At least the county transfer station now takes them in the “weeds” pile, which gets composted, rather than requiring you to throw the chamisa in the trash.
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