1997 Plant of the Year, Winner

Proposed by: The Garden Club of Santa Barbara, Zone XII

Carpenteria californica 'Elizabeth' is commonly known as a California bush anemone. It is an upright shrub with peeling, pale brown bark and glossy, lance-shaped to ovate-oblong dark green leaves 4"-5" long. Cup-shaped fragrant white flowers bloom from spring through the summer. It is noted as a beautiful ornamental addition to the garden and grows to 6'H x 6'W. Hardy in USDA Zones 8 to 9.