TREES Water-Conserving Gardens: ater Wi e W se Botanical Name Common Name • Atascadero Lake Pavilion s ly U Water-Conserving Acacia baileyana Bailey Acacia • Colony House – Atascadero Historical Society Aesculus californica California Buckeye (on East Mall, across from the City Administration Building) • Atascadero High School Baseball Field (corner of San Andres Arbutus menziesii Madrone Arbutus unendo Strawberry Tree and Santa Lucia) • San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden (El Chorro Regional Park) for Calocedrus decurrens Incense Cedar Cedrus deodara Deodar Cedar North County Landscapes Cercis occidentalis Western Redbud Useful Websites: Chitalpa tashkentensis Chitalpa • Atascadero Native Tree Association (ANTA) www.atascaderonativetree.org I Cupressus forbesii Tecate Cypress t • San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden www.slobg.org ' e California natives and plants Cupressus glabra (arizonica) Arizona Cypress s if • California Native Society www.cnps.org a L adapted to Mediterranean climates Eriobotrya japonica Loquat • Fire Safe Council www.firesafecouncil.org Way of Ficus carica Edible Fig Fraxinus velutina Arizona Ash Plant Directory: Color pictures and botanical/horticultural infor- Residents of the Central Coast are fortunate to live among some of Ginko biloba Maidenhair Tree mation of the plants listed in this brochure are contained in a directory Juglans hindsii Ca. Black Walnut available at Atascadero Mutual Water Company. Call AMWC for the the most diverse plant communities in California. Our characteristic Lagerstroemia indica Crape Myrtle names of other locations where the directory is available. Mediterranean climate (short, cool, wet winters followed by long, hot, Laurus nobilis Grecian Bay dry summers) is similar to several other locations including Chile, South Lithocarpus densi Florus Tanbark Oak Protecting Oaks: Appropriate landscaping under and around Africa, Australia and the Mediterranean region of Europe. Plants from Lyonothamnus floribundus asplenifolius Catalina Ironwood established native oaks is essential to preserving their long-term health. It these regions also thrive in central California and many are readily is important to maintain a dry soil environment around the trunk during Olea europaea European Olive available at local nurseries. Pinus coulteri Coulter Pine summer months. Plants selected from this list will require little to no

Pinus sabiniana Gray Pine summer water once established and, therefore, meet this requirement. Pistacia chinensis Chinese Pistache This list contains approximately 150 plant Platanus acerifolia London Plane Tree Wildfire: Wildfires are a common occurrence in the North County. that, once established, will survive without Platanus racemosa California Sycamore As more homes are built in the urban/wildland interface, the risk of wildfire supplemental water. This is an essential criterion Populus fremontii Western Cottonwood increases. Proper landscaping and plant selection can help protect your if we want to create landscapes that are compatible with home from wildfires. If you live in a fire prone area, add fire resistance Quercus sp-Ca. natives Oaks our natural environment, do not put an undo burden on our to the qualities you look for when choosing plants. See the Fire Safe Quercus ilex Holly Oak Council website for additional information on protecting your home from limited water resources or adversely impact our signature native Quercus suber Cork Oak wildfires. oaks. Appropriate plant selection is fundamental to creating a truly Robinia ambigua Idaho Locust sustainable landscape. Choosing the right plants will help reduce ongoing Sequoiadendron giganteum Giant Sequoia Umbellularia californica Ca. Bay maintenance and the use of water, fertilizers, and pesticides and help Zelkova serrata Sawleaf Zelkova make your landscape a place you can continually enjoy.

Proper plant selection also helps your landscape weather periodic droughts. Droughts are a fact of life in Central California, a part of the natural weather cycle. Growing populations and global climate change are LEGEND further impacting the quality and California Native Shade availability of fresh water. We are fortunate to have Deer Resistant* Part Sun Atascadero Mutual Water Company an extensive assortment of plants that have evolved to 5005 El Camino Real Fire Resistant Full Sun survive long periods without rainfall. If we use them Atascadero, CA 93422 *Deer Resistance: The level of browse resistance varies with season, deer in our landscapes, we can greatly reduce the demand population and availability of more desirable forage. It may be necessary to (805) 466-2428 protect all plants until established (2 to 3 years). For browse protection, cage on our limited water resources. plants above ground much as you do for gopher protection below ground. Recycled Paper 08/04 ANNUALS & BIENNIALS PERENNIALS SHRUBS Botanical Name Common Name Botanical Name Common Name Botanical Name Common Name Alcea rosea Hollyhock Achillea sp. Yarrow Abelia grandiflora Glossy Abelia Calendula officinalis Calendula Artemisia sp. Wormwood Arbutus unedo ‘Compacta’ Compact Strawberry Tree Centaurea cyanus Cornflower, Bachelor’s Centranthus ruber Jupiter’s Beard Arctostaphylos sp. Manzanita Button Ceratostigma plumbaginoides Dwarf Plumbago Baccharis pilularis Coyote Bush Clarkia sp. Godetia Coreopsis grandiflora (Coreopsis) Carpenteria californica Bush Anemone Cosmos Cosmos Echinaceae Purpurea Purple Coneflower Ceanothus sp. Ca. Wild Lilac Dimorphotheca sinuata Cape Marigold Eriogonum sp. Buckwheat Chaenomeles sp. Flowering Quince Eschschholzia californica California Erigeron ‘Wayne Roderick’ Fleabane Chilopsis linearis Desert Willow Helianthus annuus Sunflower Gaillardia grandiflora Blanket Flower Choisya ternata Mexican Orange Lupinus nanus Bi-color Lupine Gaura lindheimeri Gaura Cistus sp. Rockrose Helianthemum nummularium Sunrose Cotinus coggygria Smoke Bush Hemerocallis Daylily Cotoneaster sp. Cotoneaster GROUNDCOVERS Heuchera maxima Island Coral Bells Dendromecon rigida Bush Poppy Botanical Name Common Name Hunnemannia fumariifolia Mexican Poppy Elaeagnus pungens Silverberry Achillea tomentosa Wooly Yarrow Iris douglasiana hybrids Douglas Iris Feijoa sellowiana Pineapple guava Arctostaphylos sp. Manzanita Iris Bearded Iris Fremontodendron californicum Flannel Bush Baccharis pilularis ‘Pidgeon Point’ Dwarf Coyote Bush Kniphofia uvaria Red-Hot Poker Garrya elliptica Silk Tassel Bush Ceanothus sp. Ca.Wild Lilac Lavandula sp. Lavender Grevillea ‘Canberra’ Canberra Gem Cerastium tomentosum Snow-In-Summer Mimulus aurantiacus Monkey Flowers Grevillea ‘Noellii’ None Cistus sp. Rockrose Nepeta faassenii Catmint Heteromeles arbutifolia Toyon Cotoneaster dammeri Bearberry Cotoneaster Oenothera berlandieri Mexican Evening Primrose Ilex cornuta ‘Burfordii” Burford Holly Festuca ovina glauca Blue Fescue Penstemon heterophyllus purdyi Blue Bedder Penstemon Juniperus sp. Juniper Hypericum calycinum St. John’s Wort Perovskia atriplicifolia Russian Sage Lagerstroemia indica Crape Myrtle Juniperus sp. Creeping Juniper Rudbeckia hirta Gloriosa Daisy Mahonia aquifolium Oregon Grape Ribes viburnifolium Catalina Fragrance Senecio cineraria Dusty Miller Myrica californica Pacific Wax Myrtle Rosmariunus officinalis prostratus Dwarf Rosemary Sisyrinchium bellum Blue-Eyed Grass Nandina domestica Heavenly Bamboo Salvia sonomensis Creeping Sage Stachys byzantina Lamb’s Ears Nerium oleander Oleander Santolina sp. Santolina Tanacetum parthenium Feverfew Prunus ilicifolia Holly-Leaved Cherry Sedum sp. Stonecrop Teucrium chamaedrys Germander Prunus lyonii Caltalina Cherry Verbena sp. Several varieties Punica granatum Pomegranate Zauschneria (Epilobium) sp. California Fuchsia Pyracantha sp. Firethorn BULBS Rhamnus alaternus Italian Buckthorn Rhamnus californica Coffeeberry VINES Botanical Name Common Name Rhus ovata Sugar Bush Botanical Name Common Name Amaryllis belladonna Naked Lady Ribes aureum Golden Currant Gelsemium sempervirens Carolina Jessamine Crocosmia crocosmiiflora Montbretia Ribes sanguineum Pink Winter Currant Polygonum aubertii Silver Lace Vine Narcissus Daffodil Ribes speciosum Fuschia Flowered Rosa banksiae Lady Banks Rose Watsonia Watsonia Gooseberry Rosa ‘Cecile Brunner’ Cecile Brunner Rose Zephyranthes candida Zephyr Flower Wisteria sinensis Chinese Wisteria Romneya coulteri Matilija Poppy LEGEND Rosa californica Wild Rose ORNAMENTAL GRASSES Rosmarinus officinalis Rosemary Shade Botanical Name Common Name California Native Salvia sp. Sage - many varieties Deer Resistant* Part Sun Elymus (Leymus) condensatus Giant Wild Rye Sambucus mexicana Blue Elderberry Fire Resistant Full Sun Festuca californica California Fescue Symphoricarpos albus Snowberry Muhlenbergia rigens Deer Grass *Deer Resistance: The level of browse resistance varies with season, deer population Teucrium fruticans Bush Germander and availability of more desirable forage. It may be necessary to protect all plants Nassella pulchra Purple Needle Grass until established (2 to 3 years). For browse protection, cage plants above ground much as you do for gopher protection below ground.