Hardiness zones:
Sunset 10-24
USDA 9-10 (arid regions only)

Landscape Use: Accent and filler shrub for desert gardens, attracts hummingbirds

Form & Character: Evergreen shrub, open, smaller and less luxuriant, but more wirey and delicate, than C. californica

Growth Habit: Somewhat upright to spreading from base to 3-5', vigor strongly correlated to watering frequency.

Foliage/texture: Small pinnately-compound leaves, leaves close during night, fine texture

Flowers & fruits: Numerous brilliant pink pin cushion flowers in terminal and auxiliary clusters followed by erect to upright pubescent pods to 3" long

Seasonal color: Pink flowers most prevalent in Spring and Fall

Temperature: Tolerant

Light: Full sun

Soil: Tolerant, though well drained is best.  Foliar chlorosis is not uncommon in soils that are chronically wet.

Watering: Water only infrequently during dry periods. Baja fairy duster can become leafless during conditions of low soil water availability.

Pruning: Infrequently and lightly headed back to shape in later spring; don't shear

Propagation: Seed

Disease and pests: None

Additional comments: C. eriophylla will readily hybridizes with C. californica so as to make seed collected from urban environments likely to have pink to red flowers on plants of various forms, sizes, and vigor. It will occasionally reseed in urban landscapes.