ADENOSTOMA fasciculatum ‘SCI’. Chamise. The common, bushy form of chamise is rarely grown as an ornamental, though it is certainly attractive en masse, blanketing otherwise barren slopes over much of California. However, this selection from Santa Cruz Island has promise as an ornamental ground cover. It makes nearly solid low mounds or carpets, up to 6' broad, with dark green, heath-like leaves. In early summer it bears branched spikes of small cream-white blossoms at the shoot tips—moderately ornamental but not really showy. Sun, reasonably well drained soil, little or no watering when established. Probably hardy to 10^oF or less.