{"product_id":"coastal-gumweed-seeds-grindelia-stricta","title":"Coastal Gumweed Seeds (Grindelia stricta)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eA sprawling green and golden ground cover. That might be the best way to describe this shorter, clumping relative of taller, more upright gumweed species.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eNative the to Pacific Coast, where it inhabits rough wind-swept shell and driftwood beaches, sand dunes, coastal salt marshes, estuaries, and brackish wetlands, coastal gumweed is salt-tolerant, resinous, it is gold against gray skies. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eAnd, it’s a late flowering bee plant, opening its bright yellow composite flowers as early as July, and as late as November, December, and, even, producing the odd flower or two in January. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eAttending these autumn blossoms are \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eBees: the western red-legged mining bee (Andrena medionitens), the orange-banded mining bee (Andrena prunorum), the great northern bumble bee (Bombus fervidus), the small Pacific carpenter bee (Ceratina pacifica), the agile long-horned bee (Melissodes agilis), Small Longhorned Bee (Melissodes microstictus), the Colorado yellow-faced bee (Hylaeus coloradensis), the bicolored striped sweat bee (Agapostemon virescens), the Mormon carder bee (Anthidium mormonum), the Utah wool-carder, (Anthidium utahense), the big-cheeked mason bee (Ashmeadiella bucconis), the golden-tailed leafcutter (Megachile relativa), the dense-haired mason bee (Osmia densa), the Montana cuckoo carder bee (Stelis montana), the yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii), the pale-marked longhorn bee (Melissodes pallidisignatus), the Pacific wool-carder bee (Anthdium pallventre), the western leafcutter (Megachile perihirta), and some lesser-known companions such as Anthophora exigua, Anthophorula chionura, Melissodes lutulentus, Melissodes moorei, Triepeolus helianthin, Colletes phaceliae, Dianthidium parvum, Osmia penstemonis, Melissodes moorei, and Osmia integra. The work of these many bee companions produces copious seed mast enjoyed by finches and other birds. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eCoastal gumweed reaches a noble and unostentatious height of just 1–3 feet tall. Its resinous bracts may offer for herbalist benefits for the treatment of respiratory ailments. This is a plant to enjoy from lowland British Columbia to Southern California. Excellent for coastal meadows, seashore restoration, and even as a mounding home ground cover miles from the coast. It asks for little water or special treatment, just full sun. Interplanted with dense bunch grasses (tufted hairgrass, Roemer’s fescue, and Idaho fescue), it will create a low landscape of exceptional texture and structure. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eApproximately 300-seeds (2.0 grams).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50097246798070,"sku":null,"price":8.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/files\/coastal-gumweed-seeds-grindelia-stricta-7636527.jpg?v=1773183440","url":"https:\/\/northwestmeadowscapes.com\/products\/coastal-gumweed-seeds-grindelia-stricta","provider":"Northwest Meadowscapes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}