Hardiness zones
Sunset 11-24
USDA  7-11

Landscape Use: Desert native plantings, desert rock gardens

Form & Character: Informal,low rounded herbaceous perennial shrub

Growth Habit: Moderate slow grower, 1' to 6' in height with a spread of 3' to 8'.

Foliage/Texture: Leaves are linear, sometimes lobed at terminal ends, gray-green, to 3/4" long and curved or rolled inward. Adaxial leaf surface is dark green and viscid; abaxial leaf surface is highly tomentose, fine texture

Flowers & Fruits: Terminal clusters of pinkish white blooms occur over a long period, usually March-November in the wild. Blooming season is truncated in lower desert landscapes because of the heat; fruit inconspicuous

Seasonal Color: White to rosy pink to a pinkish brown nearly year around.

Temperature: Tolerant

Light: Full sun

Soil: Tolerant of soil alkalinity, needs well drained soil.

Watering: Needs only infrequent and modest water during the summer in lower desert urban areas. Supplement water for better ornamental quality.

Pruning: Lightly head back buckwheat once every few years to thicken canopy cover and control shape.

Propagation: Seed and softwood cuttings

Disease and pests: Root rot pathogens in wet or poorly drained soil

Additional comments: Buckwheats are a rarely used southwestern native perennial shrub. For native plantings and landscape water conservation, buckwheats are deserving of greater attention and landscape use. The variety poliofolium is a small selection with showy pinkish white flowers.