One of my favorites - Eriogonum caespitosum

[Weiser]

Eriogonum caespitosum is a low growing silver mat studded in the spring with yellow pom poms flushed with rosy hues. The mats are two inches tall and up too twelve inches across. The flowers stand from two inches too six inches above the mats, this seems to vary from plant to plant. I have two old mature plants that have been growing for about eight years now. One had some branch die back that left it with a ragged appearance. Thankfully it has filled in the bare spot and you wouldn't know it was injured.

[Hoy]

Very impressing! Eriogonum is a genus I have tried a few times with very limited success. The plants survive a year or two but dislike my climate and never blooms. I intend to try again however!

[Spiegel]

Eriogonum caespitosum is a low growing silver mat studded in the spring with yellow pom poms flushed with rosy hues. The mats are two inches tall and up too twelve inches across. The flowers stand from two inches too six inches above the mats, this seems to vary from plant to plant. I have two old mature plants that have been growing for about eight years now. One had some branch die back that left it with a ragged appearance. Thankfully it has filled in the bare spot and you wouldn't know it was injured.

This one is a beauty and it will actually do well in the northeast in a sand bed.  It was less successful for me in scree. I love to see the color change from deep-set small orange buds to yellow flowers.