CALIFORNIA NATIVE SOCIETY, ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER SERIES ON NATIVES FOR ORANGE COUNTY HOME LANDSCAPES NATIVE FOR THE SMALL GARDEN A “small” garden can be anything from a large container to an average-sized suburban yard. Here are some of the many California native and near-native perennials, shrubs and trees that are naturally small or can easily be managed to not overwhelm a small garden. Most look good close-up most of the year,, have colorful and/or fruits in season, and require little water other than natural rainfall once established.

IN THE TALK COMMON NAME BOTANICAL NAME HABIT & SIZE, HXW IN FT. Compact Chamise Adenostoma fasciculatum ‘Black Diamond’ shrub, 3x3 Prostrate Chamise Adenostoma fasciculatum ‘Nicholas’ groundcover, 1x3 * San Diego Ragweed Ambrosia pumila groundcover, 1 Red Columbine Aquilegia formosa perennial, 2x3

Manzanita Arctostaphylos spp. & cvs. groundcover to shrub, 1-25x3-18 * Purple Three-Awn Aristida purpurea bunch grass, 2-3x2 California Aster Aster chilensis groundcover, 1x3 * Dwarf Coyote Bush Baccharis pilularis ‘Pigeon Point,’ ‘Twin Peaks’groundcover, 1x5 * San Diego Sunflower Bahiopsis laciniata perennial, 3x3 Woolly-leaved Sunflower Bahiopsis lanata perennial, 4x4 * Beach Evening Primrose Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia groundcover, 1x5 California Lilac Ceanothus spp. & cvs. groundcover to shrub, 1x2-6x6+ * Damianita Daisy Chrysactinia mexicana low mounding shrub, 1x2 San Bruno Mtn. Aster Chrysopsis villosa ‘San Bruno Mtn.’ perennial, 1x2 * Dudleya Dudleya spp. succulent perennials, sizes vary * Canyon Prince Wild Rye Elymus condensatus ‘Canyon Prince’ bunch grass, 3-4x3 * Coast Sunflower Encelia californica perennial, 2x3 * California Fuchsia Epilobium spp. & cvs. perennial, 1-3x4 * Beach Aster Erigeron glaucus & cvs perennial, 1x2 Ashy- Buckwheat Eriogonum cinereum perennial, 3x6 * Conejo Buckwheat Eriogonum crocatum perennial, 1x2 Sulphur Buckwheat Eriogonum umbellatum perennial, 1x3 * Golden Yarrow Eriophyllum confertiflorum perennial, 2x3 Wallflower Erysimum spp. perennial, 1x3 * California short-lived perennial, 1+x3+ Woodland Strawberry Fragaria californica groundcover, 1x3+ Chaparral flowering Ash Fraxinus dipetala shrub-tree, 12x6 IN THE TALK COMMON NAME BOTANICAL NAME HABIT & SIZE, HXW IN FT. * Bush Snapdragon Galvesia speciosa & cvs. subshrub, 2-3x2-5 Compact Gum Plant Grindelia camporum var. camporum groundcover, 1-2x2 Sun Rose Helianthemum scoparium subshrub, 1x2 * Toyon Heteromeles arbutifolia shrub, 15x15 * Coral Bells Heuchera spp, cvs, hybrids perennial, 1x1 or less * Mexican Tulip Poppy fumariifolia perennial, 3x3 * Wild Iris Iris douglasiana hybrids & cvs. perennial, 1x2 San Diego Marsh Elder Iva hayesiana groundcover, 1-3x5+ Heart-Leaved Penstemon Keckiella cordifolia viny shrub, 3+x5+ Pitcher Sage Lepechinia spp. shrub, 3x4 Carmel Aster Lessingia filaginifolia var. californica groundcover, 1x4-6 Blue Flax Linum lewisii perennial, 2-3x1-2 Chaparral Honeysuckle Lonicera subspicata woody vine, 4+x4+ Fern-Leaved Catalina Ironwood Lyonthamnus floribundus spp. asplenifolius small tree, 20x15 * Monkeyflower Mimulus spp, hybrids & cvs. perennial, 1-4x3-4 Wishbone Bush Mirabilis californica perennial, 2x3 Coyote Mint Monardella spp. perennial, 1-3x1-4 * Deer Grass Muhlenbergia rigens bunch grass, 2x2 * Penstemon Penstemon spp. & cvs. perennial, 1-4x1-4 Guadalupe Is. Rock Daisy Perityle incana subshrub, 2-3x3 Cinquefoil Potentilla spp. perennial, 2x3-3x4 Coffeeberry Rhamnus californica & cvs. shrub, 3x3-5x5 Redberry Rhamnus crocea shrub, 3-4x3 * Currants & Gooseberries Ribes spp. & cvs. shrubs, 3-8x4-6 * Sages Salvia spp, hybrids & cvs. subshrub, 1-5x2-6 * Savory, Yerba Buena Satureja spp. perennial, 1x3+ Bush Groundsel Senecio flaccidus var. douglasii subshrub, 2-5x3 Wallace’s Nightshade Solanum wallacei subshrub, 2-3x3 Purple Nightshade Solanum xantii perennial, 2x2 California Goldenrod Solidago californica perennial, 1-2x3+ Desert Mallow Sphaeralcea ambigua perennial, 2-3x3 Creeping Snowberry Symphoricarpos mollis trailing shrub, 1-3x3 Meadow Rue Thalictrum fendleri var. polycarpum perennial, 2x2 * Woolly Blue Curls Trichostema lanatum shrub, 2-4x4 * Lilac Verbena Verbena lilacina shrub, 2-3x4