Mertens Plant List
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Mardi and Jeff Mertens Garden, Berkeley Wildlife habitat: Gardening for bees, butterflies and hummingbirds PLANT LIST (Over 100 native species) Backyard Latin names Common names Achillea millefolium Yarrow Aesculus californica Ca. Buckeye Aquilegia formosa Columbine Arctostaphylos densiflor “Howard McMinn” Manzanita Aristolochia californica Dutchman’s Pipevine Artemisia californica Sagebrush Asclepias fascicularis Narrowleaf Milkweed Asclepias speciosa Showy Milkweed Aster chilensis Coast Aster Brodiaea elegans Elegant Brodiaea Calycanthus occidentalis Spicebush Cardamine californica Milkmaids Carex praegracilis Dune Sedge Carpenteria californica “Elizabeth” Bush Anemone Ceanothus centennial Ca Lilac Ceanothus “Ray Hartman” Ca Lilac Ceanothus spp. Ca Lilac Cercis occidentalis Western Redbud Clarkia rubicunda Farewell-to Spring Claytonia perfoliata Miner’s Lettuce Clematis lasiantha Chaparral Clematis Corylus cornuta Hazelnut Disporum Hookeri Fairy Bells Epilobium canum Ca Fuchsia Erigeron glaucus “Cape Sebastian” Seaside Daisy Eschscholzia californica Ca Poppy Festuca californica Ca Fescue Fragaria vesca Wild Strawberry Galvezia speciosa Island Snapdragon Heracleum lanatum Cow parsnip Heteromeles arbutifolia Toyon Berry Heuchera maxima Coral bells Holodiscus discolor Creambush Iris “Canyon snow” Douglas Iris Iris Douglasiana Douglas Iris Iris innominata Siskiyou Iris Juncus patens Rush Lithophragma heterophyllum Woodland Star Lonicera hispidula Honeysuckle Lonicera involucrata Twinberry Lupinus albifrons Hill Blue Bush Lupine Lupinus spp. Lupine Marah fabaceus Wild Cucumber Mimulus aurantiacus Sticky Monkeyflower Mitella ovalis Bishop’s Cap Monardella villosa Coyote Mint Muhlenbergia Rigens Deer Grass Nasella pulchra Purple Needlegrass Neviusia cliftonii Shasta Snow-wreath Oxalis oregana Redwood Sorrel Penstemon eatonii Penstemon Penstemon heterophyllus Chaparral Penstemon Perideridia Kelloggii Yampa Phacelia viscida Phacelia Physocarpus capitatus Ninebark Polypodium californicum Fern Polystichum munitum Western Sword Fern Potentilla glandulosum Cinquefoil Quercus agrifolia Ca Live Oak Ranunculus californica Ca Buttercup Rhamnus californica “Eve Case” Coffeeberry Rhus integrifolia Lemonade Berry Ribes Elk River Red Red Flowering Currant Ribes sanguineum glutinosum Pink Flowering Currant Ribes viburnifolium Catalina Perfume Romanzoffia californica Ca Mist Maiden Rosa californica Ca Wild Rose Rosa gymnocarpa Woodland Rose Rubus parviflorus Thimbleberry Salvia spathacea Hummingbird Sage Salvia sonomensis Sonoma Sage Sambucus racemosa Red Elderberry Sanicula cassicaulis Sanicle Satureja douglasii Yerba Buena Scrophularia californica Bee Plant Scutteleria California Skullcap Sidalcea malviflora Checkerbloom Sisyrinchium californicum Yellow-Eyed-Grass Symphoricarpos Tilden Park Snowberry Tilden Park Symphoricarpus San Bruno Mountain Snowberry San Bruno Mountain Tellima grandiflora Fringe-cups Tiarella unifoliata Sugar scoop Trillium chloropetalum Giant Trillium Trillium ovatum Western Trillium Umbellularia californica Ca Bay Laurel Vaccinium ovatum Huckleberry Vancouveria hexandra Inside-out Flower Verbena illacina “De la Mina” Lilac Verbena Vitis californica “Roger’s Red” Ca Grape Woodwardia fimbriata Giant Chain Fern Zauschneria californica UC hybrids Ca Fuchsia Front Yard and Patio Artemisia douglasiana Mugwort Asclepias speciosa Milkweed Clarkia amoena “Aurora” Fairwell to Spring Clarkia purpurea Fairwell to Spring Collinsia heterophylla Chinese Houses Epilobium canum Ca Fuchsia Eriogonum grande rubescens Red-flowered Buckwheat Eschscholzia spp. Ca. Poppy Madia elegans Tarweed Mimulus “Trish” Sticky Monkey Flower Penstemon palmeri Scented Penstemon Phacelia boulanderi Phacelia Romneya coulteri Matilija Poppy Salvia melifera Black Sage Salvia clevelandii Cleveland Sage Satureja mimuloides Monkeyflower Savory Whipplea modesta Yerba de Selva Creekside Natives Acer circinatum Vine Maple Carex tumulicola Sedge Ceanothus spp. variegated foliage Ca Lilac Cornus sericea ssp. sericea Creek Dogwood Danthonia californica Ca Oatgrass Eschscholzia caespitosa Ca Poppy Eschscholzia californica maritima Ca Poppy Eschscholzia californica alba Ca Poppy Eschscholzia lobii Frying Pans Poppy Iris douglasiana Douglas Iris Keckiella antirrhinoides Climbing Penstemon (yellow) Keckiella cordifolia Climbing Penstemon (red) Mimulus cardinalis Santa Cruz Island Gold Scarlet Monkey Flower Salix lasiolepis Arroyo Willow Sisyrinchium bellum Blue-eyed Grass Garden design by Diane Bloom and Mardi Mertens Landscaping and rock design by Andres Ventura Garden planted by Evan Mertens Jeff helps maintain the garden New plants collected and added in the rainy season each year .