Getting Started with CA Native Plants for Bay Area Gardens Common Name Scientific Name Height Width Exposure Water Flower Bloom time Good for Notes Trees Bank Stabilization, Can be planted near Hedges, Deer the house, is fire low, Apr- Resistant, Bird retardant when Full Sun, Part summer 2x White flowers/Red May/Fall- Gardens, Butterfly given enough Toyon Heteromeles arbutifolia 6-30' 10-15' Shade / month berries Winter Gardens moisture Bank Stabilization, Hedges, Deer Resistant, Bird Very Low, Gardens, Butterfly Fruit is edible and Summer 1x / Gardens, Bee sweet with not much Holly-leaved Cherry Prunus ilicifolia 30-50' 10' Sun/part shade month White Apr-May Gardens flesh, loved by birds Deer Resistant, Winter deciduous. Full Shade, low, Bird Gardens, Tolerates moist Part Shade, summer 1x Butterfly Gardens, conditions. Accepts Blue Elderberry Sambucus nigra spp. caerulea 20' 20' Full Sun / month Cream, Yellow, Purple Apr-May Bee Gardens pruning readily Bank Stabilization, Hedges, Deer Low, Resistant, Bird Full Sun, Part Summer 1x / Gardens, Butterfly Coast Live Oak Quercus agrifolia 25-80' 15-35' Shade month Yellow, Cream, Green Nov-May Gardens Evergreen. low, Deer Resistant, summer 2x Bird Gardens, Deciduous. Plant Valley Oak Quercus lobata 60-100' 50' Full Sun / month Yellow, Cream, Green Nov-May Butterfly Gardens near water source

Shrubs Bank Stabilization, Bee Gardens, Butterfly Gardens, Deer Resistant, Evergreen, Full Sun, Part Very Low, Groundcovers, mounding form. Shade Summer 1x Hummingbird Pinch back as Bees Bliss Sage Salvia x 'Bee's Bliss' 2' 6-8' / month Lavender Mar-May Gardens needed Bank Stabilization, Hedges, Groundcovers, Deer Resistant, Full Sun, Part Bird Gardens, Evergreen, Shade Butterfly Gardens, spreading.Takes Coffeeberry Frangula californica 6-15' 5' Very Low, Low,Red/purple/black Summer 2x / month berries Sep-Dec Bee Gardens pruning well. Deer Resistant, Bird Gardens, Very Low, Hummingbird Low, Gardens, Butterfly Ribes sanguineum var Full sun to Summer 3x Gardens, Bee Pink-flowering Currant glutinosum 13' 7' part shade / month Pink, Purple Feb-April Gardens Winter deciduous Deer Resistant, Hummingbird Gardens, Bird Evergreen. Low, Gardens, Butterfly Deadhead to Part Shade, Summer 2x / Gardens, Bee increase flower Sticky Monkey Flower Mimulus aurantiacus 3' 3' Full Sun month Orange, Yellow Nov-Jun Gardens production Bank Stabilization, Bee Gardens, Bird Gardens, Butterfly Very Low, Gardens, Deer Summer 1x Yellow, Cream, Pink, Resistant, California Buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum 2' 4' Sun / month White Jun-Nov Groundcovers Prefers loamy soil Bank Stabilization, Groundcovers, Hedges, Butterfly Very low. Gardens, Deer Summer Resistant, Bird Evergreen, fast Max 1x / Gardens, Bee cover. Said to be fire Coyote Brush Baccharis pilularis 2-6' 4-6' Full Sun, Part Shadeweek Yellow, Cream, White All year Gardens resistent

Perennials Corms are edible, dig Sun, part up every few years Harvest Brodiaea Brodiaea elegans 1.5' 0.5' shade low Purple, lilac, white April-May Butterfly and divide gently Butterflies, moths, Full Shade, Lavender, Pink, Yellow, bees, Deer One Leaf Onion Allium unifolium 1-2.5' 1" Part Shade low White, Purple April-May Resistant Bird Gardens, Deer Resistant, Bee Gardens, Butterfly Divide ever other Common Yarrow Achillea millefolium 1-3' 0.5-1.5' Sun low White, Yellow Apr-May Gardens year

Full Sun, Part Clumps widen in a Shade, Full Deer Resistant, circle, can dig u p and Douglas Iris Iris douglasiana 1-2' 2-4' Shade low Purple, white Apr-May evergreen divide in late fall low, sheer flowers after summer 2x Deer resistent, first bloom for California Aster Symphyotrichum chilense 1-3' 3' Sun / month Blue, Lavender, Yellow Jul-Aug butterfly another Deer Resistant, Bird Gardens, Hummingbird prefers sandy soil, Very Low, Gardens, Butterfly prune back in the late California Fuchsia Epilobium canum ssp. Latifolium3' 2' Full Sun Low Red Aug-Nov Gardens fall

Wildflowers Very Low, Deer Resistant, Low, Bird Gardens, Summer 2x Butterfly Gardens, California Poppy Eschscholzia californica 0.15-2' 1-2' Full Sun / month Orange, Yellow Feb-Apr Bee Gardens Low, Tolerates clay but Summer 2x / Blue, Lavender, Pink, Butterfly Gardens, does best in well- Blue Field Gilia Gilia capitata 0.33-3' 6" Sun month White Mar-May Bee Gardens drained soil Very Low, Deer Resistant, Summer 1x Butterfly Gardens, Generally snail and Ruby Chalice Clarkia Clarkia rubicunda 2.5' 2.5' Sun / month Pink, Red, Purple Apr-Jun Bee Gardens slug resistant Low, Moderate, High, Full Sun, Part Summer Must have poorly Meadowfoam Limnanthes douglasii 1.6" 6" Shade keep moist Cream, Yellow, White Apr-May Bee Gardens drained clay soil low, Full Sun, Part summer Butterfly Gardens, Works for oak Elegant Clarkia Clarkia unguiculata 3.3' 3' Shade never Pink, Red Jun-Oct Bee Gardens understory

Sources Ask for native plants at your local nursery using the scientific name. If the plants are not in stock, ask the nursery to order them from Suncrest, the wholesale nursery in Watsonville. Or visit one of the nurseries below. CNPS-SCV chapter Hard to find natives, check plant sales newsletter or website for dates www.cnps-scv.org Hidden Villa, 26870 Moody Rd, Los Altos Hills Summerwinds Nursery Decent native section (650) 493-5136 725 San Antonio Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94303 Larner Seeds www.larnerseeds.com (mainly seeds) (415) 868-9407 P.O. Box 407, Bolinas, CA 94924 12511 San Mateo Road (Hwy 92) Yerba Buena Nursery www.yerbabuenanursery.com (650) 851-1668 Half Moon Bay, CA