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CA Native Plants for Western L.A. County – Sandy Soils List

Flower/ Water Scientific Name Common Name Size Light** Soil Availability Notes I season Zone+ Trees and Tree-like Large Shrubs * Acer negundo var. To 40 ft tall Any incl. Boxelder White/Sp FS/PS 2 to 3 1, 8, 13, 14, 24 Fast-growing californicum & wide clay 7-10 ft tall & Well- 1, 3, 8, 12-14 Blue-green * Arctostaphylos glauca Big-berry Manzanita White/ Sp FS/PS 1-2 foliage; ‘Canyon wide drained 20, 24 Blush’ is 4 ft. tall ** Arctostaphylos To 15 ft t Well- Evergreen; good ‘Dr. Hurd’ Manzanita Pink/W-Sp FS 1 to 1-2 13 manzanita ‘Dr Hurd’ 10 ft wide drained in gardens Pink-white/ X Baccharis salicifolia Mule Fat To 10 ft FS/PS Any 1-2 to 2-3 1, 2 all year <20 ft. t Any well- X Ceanothus arboreus Catalina Ceanothus Blue/Sp FS/PS 1 1, 3, 7, 9, 14, 19 8-10 ft w drained Spreading; ** Ceanothus ‘Ray ‘Ray Hartman’ To 20 ft t Lt. blue/Sp FS Any 1-2 to 2-3 1, 6, 9, 13 evergreen; good 10-15 w Hartman’ Ceanothus for garden Cercocarpus montanus var. Birchleaf Mountain 6-12 ft tall Yellow- Well- Hedge; evergreen; X blancheae/ C. alnifolius/ C. FS 1-2 1, 7, 13 Mahogany 4 ft. wide white/Sp drained upright form betuloides var. blancheae Comarostaphylis Any well- X Summer Holly < 18 ft tall White/Sp FS/PS 1 to 1-2 10, 14, 16 diversifolia ssp. planifolia drained Hedge (to 12 ft); 20-30 ft tall Any well- * Cupressus forbesii Tecate Cypress Insig FS 1 to 1-2 6, 8, 14, 24 fast growth; neat- 6-8 ft wide drained looking * Fremontodendron Well- Hairs cause 5-15+ ft tall 1 in Su; 1, 5, 7, 10, 13, californicum ssp. CA Flannelbush Yellow/Sp-Su FS/PS drained dermatitis; ‘El & wide 2 in Spr 14, 16 californicum essential Dorado’, ‘Pine Hill’ Well- Fremontodendron Southern (Mexican) 5-15 ft tall & 1 in Su; 1, 3, 9, 10, 13, X Yellow/Sp-Su FS/PS drained ‘Dara’s Gold’ wide 2 in Spr 14 mexicanum Flannelbush essential ** Fremontodendron Well- ‘Pacific Sunset’ 5-15+ ft tall 1 in Su; Long used in californicum X F. Yellow/Sp-Su FS/PS drained 1, 6, 13 Flannelbush & wide 2 in Spr gardens mexicanum ‘Pacific Sunset’ essential Canyon Silk Tassel 6-15 ft tall X * Garrya veatchii 6-8 ft wide Cream/ W-Sp FS/PS Any 1-2 to 2 1, 13 Evergreen; silvery Bush 6-10 ft + Any well- 1, 3, 5, 7-10, 13, Berries toxic in lg. X Heteromeles arbutifolia Toyon White/Su FS/PS/FSH 1-2 4-6 ft w drained 14, 16, 18 amounts X Lyonothamnus floribundus Catalina Ironwood To 50 ft t White-yellow/ FS/PS Any well- 1-2 1, 3, 7, 9, 13, 14 Evergreen

1 Flower/ Water Scientific Name Common Name Size Light** Soil Availability Notes I season Zone+ ssp. aspleniifolius & 15-30 ft w Sp-Su drained floribundus 40-60+ ft t Insignif/ Well- X * Pinus torreyana Torrey Pine FS/PS 1 to 1-2 1, 3, 13, 14, 20 Pine scent 30-50 ft w Sp drained Holly-leaf and Prunus ilicifolia ssp. 1, 7, 9, 12, 13, X Catalina Island < 50 ft White/Su PS any 1-2 ilicifolia & lyonii 14, 19 Cherries 10-70 f tall Coarse- X Quercus agrifolia Coastal Live Oak Yellow/W-Sp FS/PS 1 1, 2, 18 Long-lived 40-70 w. med. Sambucus nigra ssp. Blue (Mexican) Well- 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, X 8-25+ ft White/Sp-Su FS/PS 1-2 Edible berries cerulea Elderberry drained 12-14, 16, 19 Large Shrubs (> 6 ft tall; including those for screens and hedges) Well- Good for birds, ** Arctostaphylos ‘Sentinel’ (Vine Hill) 5-8 ft tall X Pink/W-Sp FS/PS drained 1-2 6, 8, 13, butterflies; open densiflora 'Sentinel' 3-7 ft wide Manzanita incl sand growth ** Arctostaphylos 5-8 ft tall ‘Baby Bear’ & ‘Mama Well- Showy flowers, densiflora x bakeri 'Baby 3-8 ft wide Pink/W-Sp FS 1-2 to 2 6 Bear’ Manzanitas drained foliage Bear' & 'Mama Bear' Well- Relatively fast- ** Arctostaphylos 'Austin ‘Austin Griffith’ 6-10 ft tall Pink/W-Sp FS/PS drained; 1-2 to 2 6, 13, growing; open 4-8 ft wide Griffith' Manzanita sandy habit; hedges 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, X Baccharis pilularis Coyote Bush To 8 ft Cream/F FS/PS any 1-2 13, 14, 16, 18 6-8 ft tall White-Yellow/ Well- 1, 3, 7, 13, 14, Showy, fragrant X * Carpenteria californica Bush aneneme PS/FSH 1-2 to 2-3 6-12 ft W Spr drained 19 flowers 6-8 ft tall & Sandy 1, 3, 8, 10, 13, Good for erosion * Ceanothus cuneatus Buckbrush White/sp FS/PS 1 to 1-2 wide best 16, 21, 24 control 8-12 ft t Lt. blue- Sandy/ 1, 3, 8, 10, 13, Very showy; open X * Ceanothus leucodermis Chaparral Whitethorn FS 1 to 1-2 10 ft wide white/Sp rocky 14, 20 growth ** Ceanothus ‘Concha’ 4-6 ft. tall & 3, 6, 8, 9, 14, Alkali & garden Ceanothus papillosus var. ‘Concha’ Ceanothus Dark Blue/ Sp FS/PS Most 1-2 to 2 wide 24, tolerant roweanus X C. impressus Upright; * Ceanothus tomentosus 6-12 ft t Sandy or Wooly-leaf Ceanothus Blues/Sp FS 1-2 1, 13, 14 evergreen; heavy 4-8 ft w rocky var. olivaceus bloomer Well- ** Ceanothus arboreus x ‘Frosty Blue’ 6-10 ft t Med blue/ Dense; evergreen; FS/PS drained, 2 1, 3, 6, 13 8 ft wide W-Sp prune or hedge thrysiflorus ‘Frosty Blue’ Ceanothus sandy ** Ceanothus ‘Blue ‘Blue Window’ 10-15 ft t Sandy Med Blue/ FS 1-2 1, 13 Dense; evergreen Window’ Ceanothus 8-10 ft w best

2 Flower/ Water Scientific Name Common Name Size Light** Soil Availability Notes I season Zone+ ** Ceanothus ‘Celestial ‘Celestial Blue 5-6 ft tall Med Blue/ Well- FS 1-2 1, 6, 13, 24 Blue’ Ceanothus 6-8 ft wide Sp-F drained ** Ceanothus ‘Tassajara To 8 ft t Well- ‘Tassajara’ Ceanothus Lt. blue/ Sp FS/PS 1-2 to 2 1, 13 Can be hedged Blue’ 5-8 ft w drained Cleome isomeris (Isomeris Yellow/ Well- 1, 3, 7, 10, 12, Unusual scent; X Bladderpod 2-6+ ft FS 1 arborea) Sp + drained 13, 16 attractive branch ** Fremontodendron Well- ‘Ken Taylor’ 6-18 ft tall Yellow/ californican X mexicanum ‘CA Flannelbush FS drained 1 1, 3, 9, 13, smaller; can 4-12 wide Sp-Su Glory’, ‘Ken Taylor’ essential espalier 4-12 ft tall Well- ‘Silver Lining’; X * Hyptis emoryi Desert Lavender Violet/W-Sp FS 1-2 to 2 1, 8, 10, 13, 14 4-6 ft wide drained fragrant 4-12 ft tall Wht-purple/ Sandy/ X Lycium californicum California Boxthorn FS/PS 1 to 1-2 1, 6, 13, 14 Good on sea-bluffs 4-10 ft w Sp-Su rocky best 3-8+ ft tall Well- Edible berries; X Mahonia (Berberis) nevinii Nevin’s Barberry Yellow/Sp FS/PS 1-2 1, 7, 13, 14 6-12 ft w drained good bird habitat To 12 ft t Malacothamnus Pink/ 1, 3, 5, 10, 13, ‘Casitas’ good for X Chaparral Mallow 4-6 ft wide FS/PS any 1 to 1-2 Sp-Su 19 gardens fasciculatus Quercus berberidifolia (Q. 10-20 ft tall Yellow/ Well- Evergreen; small Scrub Oak FS/PS 1 to 1-2 7, 13, 14, 19 dumosa) & wide W-Sp drained leaves Quercus dumosa var. Coastal Sage Scrub 3-10 ft tall Sandy Yellow/Sp FS/PS 1 to 1-2 7, 14 Evergreen elegantula Oak to 15 ft w best 6-12 ft t & 1, 5, 7, 9, 10, 'Eve Case', X * Rhamnus californica California Coffeeberry wide; short Buff/Sp FS/PS Any 1-2 to 2-3 'Mound San 13, 14, 16, 18 cultivars Bruno' smaller 3-6 ft tall 1, 3, 8, 10, 12, X * Rhamnus crocea Redberry Buckthorn Yellow/Sp FS/PS/ FSH Any 1 to 1-2 Pretty fruits; birds 6 ft wide 13, 14, 20 2-10 ft 1, 3, 7, 9, 10, X Rhus integrifolia Lemonadeberry Pink/Sp FS/PS any 1-2 Edible fruits 3-20 ft w. 12, 14, 16, 18 8-12 ft 1, 3, 9, 10, 12- Rhus ovata Sugar Bush Pink/Sp FS/PS any 1-2 Edible fruits 6-15 ft w. 14, 16, 19 Ribes aureum var. Yellow/ Any well-drained; X Golden Currant To 10 ft FS/PS/ FSH Any 1-2 to 2-3 7, 12, 14 gracillimum W-Sp Birds eat berries 5-12 ft tall & Well- Fruit for birds; grey- X * Simmondsia chinensis Jojoba Yellow/Sp FS 1-2 1, 8, 14, 16, 20 wide drained green; evergreen Smaller Shrubs ( < 6 ft. tall) ; includes woody sub-shrubs 2-6 ft tall & Yellow to Well- X * Abutilon palmeri Indian Mallow FS 1-2 1, 8, 13, 14 wide Or/Sp-Su drained * Acalypha californica California Copperleaf 2-3 ft tall & Red/Sp FS/PS Sandy/ 1 to 1-2 1, 8, 13 Red foliage

3 Flower/ Water Scientific Name Common Name Size Light** Soil Availability Notes I season Zone+ wide rocky 3-10 ft tall 1, 7, 10, 13, 14, Adenostoma fasciculatum Chamise White/Sp-Su FS any 1-2 3-6 ft wide 16, 18 3-6 ft tall Well- 1, 7-10, 12, 13, 'Canyon Gray' X Artemisia californica Coastal Sagebrush Gold/Su FS 1 drained 14, 16, 18 < 4 ft tall X Brickellia californica California Bricklebush Buff/Su-F FS/PS any 1-2 to 2 1, 3, 10, 12, 16 Fragrant flowers to 4 ft w 2-6 ft tall & Well- Showy; good X Calliandra californica Baja Fairyduster Red/Su-F FS/PS 1-2 to 2 1, 3, 13, wide drained habitat plant Camissonia cheiranthifolia Beach Primrose < 3 ft tall Sandy X Yellow/W-F FS/PS 1-2 to 2 1, 10, 13, 14, 16 Best near beach spp. suffruticosa (Suncup) 2-5 ft wide best Bush Rue/ Coastal 2-6 ft tall & Well- 1, 8, 10, 13, 14, X Cneoridium dumosum White/F-W FS/PS 1-2 to 2 Citrusy scent Spice Bush wide drained 20 Unusual flowers, Croton californicus var. 1-5 ft tall Well- 1, 10, 16, 20 X California Croton Cream/Sp-F FS/PS 1 to 1-2 seedpods; silvery californicus 2-5 ft w drained (?var) foliage Croton californicus var. Well- Unusual flowers, California Croton 1-5 ft Cream/Sp-F FS/PS 1 to 1-2 1, 10 tenius drained seedpods 4-8 ft tall Yellow/ Well- 3, 7, 10, 13, 14, X Dendromecon rigida Bush Poppy FS 1 to 1-2 4-6 ft wide Sp-Su drained 16 Diplacus aurantiacus ssp. Orange/ 1, 3, 5, 10, 12, X Bush Monkeyflower 2-3 ft FS/PS Sandy 1-2 aurantiacus W-Sp 13, 14, 16, Yellow/ Any well- 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 10, X Encelia californica CA Bush Sunflower 2-5 ft FS/PS 1 to 1-2 Good winter color W-Sp drained 13, 14, 16, 19 1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 3-5 ft tall Yellow/ Any; Short-lived; whiter X * Encelia farinosa Brittle Bush FS 1 to 1-2 13, 14, 16, 21, 3-5 ft wide Sp-Su sandy best w/ little water 20, 24 Epilobium canum 1, 3, 9, 12, 13, Tolerates winter X CA Fuschia 1-3 ft Orange/F FS/PS any 1-2 to 2-3 (Zauschneria californica) 14, 19 flooding 1-4 ft tall & Yellow/ Any; X Ericameria ericoides Mock Heather FS 1 to 1-2 1, 6, 10, 16 Good for seaside wide Su-F sandy best Southern Yerba Light- X * Eriodictyon trichocalyx 4-6 ft Lilac/Su FS 1 to 1-2 10, 16 Aromatic leaves Santa sandy best Pink-wht/ Any well- 1, 2, 3, 10, 13, X Eriogonum cinereum Ashy-leaf Buckwheat 2-5 ft FS/PS 1 to 2-3 Gray foliage Sp-F drained 14, 16 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 1-3 ft tall Any well- 'Dana Point' tight, X Eriogonum fasciculatum California Buckwheat Pink/Sp-F FS/PS 1 to 1-2 13, 14, 16, 18, compact; ‘Bruce 3-6 ft wide drained 19 Dickinson’ - prostrate Pink-white/ Any well- 1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 13, Don’t plant near X Eriogonum giganteum St. Catherine’s Lace 3-6 ft FS/PS 1 to 1-2 Su drained 14, 16, 19 native buckwheats 4 Flower/ Water Scientific Name Common Name Size Light** Soil Availability Notes I season Zone+ vars. formosum, giganteum Eriogonum gracile var. Slender Buckwheat 1-3 ft tall Pink/Su-F FS any 1-2 10, 16 (?var) unusual gracile Pink-creme/ FS/PS/ Any well- 1, 2, 3, 10, 13, X Eriogonum parvifolium Coastal Buckwheat 2-4 ft 1 to 1-2 Su + FSH drained 14, 16 3-4 ft tall & Tolerates seaside X Euphorbia misera California Spurge White-red/Sp FS sandy 1-2 to 2-3 1, 8, 13 wide conditions Well- ** Fremontodendron ‘El El Dorado Gold 3-6 ft tall Yellow-gold/ Low mounding FS drained 1 16 6-12 ft w Sp shrub Dorado Gold’ Flannelbush essential Gambelia (Galvezia) Well- 1, 3, 7, 8, 9, 13, X Catalina Snapdragon 2-4 ft tall Red/Sp + FS/PS 1 to 1-2 speciosa drained 14 Grindelia camporum var. 2-4 ft tall Well- Tolerates salty, X Bracted Gumplant Yellow/Su Fs 1 to 1-2 1, 2, 6, 12, 16 bracteosa 2-3 ft wide drained alkali soils Any well- X Hazardia squarrosa Sawtooth Goldenbush 1-3 ft Yellow/Su-F FS 1 to 1-2 1, 2 drained Isocoma menziesii var. 1-3 ft tall Yellow/ Tolerates seaside X Coast Goldenbush FS Any 1-2 1, 14 menziesii and wide Su-F conditions 4-6 ft tall Sandy X * Justicia californica Chuparosa Red/Sp-F FS/PS 1 to 1-2 1, 7, 8, 14 to 12 ft w best 3-6 ft tall & 1, 3, 8, 12, 13, X Lepechinia fragrans Fragrant Pitcher Sage Lavender/Sp FS/PS any 1 to 1-2 ‘El Tigre’ wide 14 Scale Broom; CA 4-6 ft tall Sandy Aromatic; butterfly Lepidospartum squamatum Buff/ Su-F FS 1 to 1-2 1, 3, 10, 13, 16 Broomsage and wide best plant Lotus scoparius var. Deer Vetch/ Deer Yellow-red/ Any well- 1, 2, 3, 10, 13, X 3-5 ft FS 1 to 1-2 scoparius Broom Sp-Su drained 14, 16, 18 Lupinus albifrons var. 3-4 ft tall & Well- 1, 3, 7, 8, 10, 13, X Silver Bush Lupine Purple/Sp FS/PS 1-2 albifrons wide drained 16, 19 ? var 3-4 ft tall Sandy Tolerates seaside Lupinus chamissonis Dune Lupine Purple/W-Sp FS 1 to 1-2 1, 2, 10, 14 4-6 ft wide best conditions Malacothamnus San Clemente Is. 2-4 ft tall X Light pink/ Sp FS Any 1 to 1-2 1, 13 clementinus Bush Mallow to 8 ft wide

* Malacothamnus Many-flowered Bush 4-8 ft tall Well- Light pink/ FS 6 Good habitat plant densiflorus Mallow 6-10 ft w drained Pluchea odorata ssp. Sweetscent; 1-3 ft tall & Lavender/ Sandy Tolerates seasonal X FS 2-3 6, 10, 16 odorata Saltmarsh Fleabane wide Su-F incl. Alk flooding X Rhus trilobata Basket Bush; Sour 2-6 ft Yellow- PS any 1-2 10, 13, 14, 16,

5 Flower/ Water Scientific Name Common Name Size Light** Soil Availability Notes I season Zone+ Berry; Skunkbrush green/Sp 19 Well- X Ribes indecorum White Currant To 6 ft White/W-Sp FS/PS 1-2 to 2 1, 3, 12, 14 Birds eat berries drained Well- X Ribes malvaceum Chaparral Currant 5-8 ft Pink/W-Sp FS/PS 1-2 3, 13, 14, 19 Birds eat berries drained Fuschia-flowered 3-6+ ft tall dark pink/ Well- 2-3; 1, 3, 10, 12-14, X Ribes speciosum FS/PS/FSH Gooseberry and wide W-Sp drained 3 in sun 19 3-4 ft tall Pink/ 1-2; 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, Tolerates seasonal X Rosa californica California Wild Rose FS/PS/FSH any 3-10 ft w Sp-Su 3 (sun) 12, 13, 14, 16 flooding 2-4 ft tall Tolerates seasonal Rubus ursinus Pacific Blackberry White/Sp FS/PS any 2-3 to 3 7, 12, 13, 14 3-10 ft w flooding White/ Well- 1, 3, 5, 9, 10, X Salvia apiana White Sage 3-5 ft FS 1 Sp-Su drained 13, 14, 16, 19 To 3-4 ft; Santa Rosa Island Pale lavender/ Well- X * Salvia brandegeei often FS 1 1, 6, 8, 14, 19 Dark-green foliage Sp-Su drained Sage sprawling Fragrant (Chaparral) Purple/lav. Well- 1, 3, 8, 9, 10, Cultivars: X * Salvia clevelandii 2-5 ft FS 1 to 1-2 Sage Sp-Su drained 13, 14, 16, 19 ‘Winifred Gilman’, ** Salvia apiana X S. 3-4 ft tall & Silver-white ‘Vicki Romo’ Sage Lavender/Sp FS Most 1-2 to 2 6, 8 clevelandii ‘Vicki Romo’ wide foliage; fragrant ** Salvia clevelandia X S. 3-5 ft tall & Well- Large, fragrant ‘Celestial Blue’ Sage Violet/Sp-Su FS/PS 1-2 1, 13 pachyphylla ‘Celestial Blue’ wide drained flowers; hardy 1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, Well- X Salvia leucophylla Purple Sage 3- 5 ft Lavender/Sp FS/PS 1-2 12, 13, 14, Nice scent drained 16,18, 19 Light Well- 1, 3, 8, 10, 13, X Salvia mellifera Black Sage 3-5 ft FS 1-2 purple/Sp drained 14, 16, 18, 19 Senecio flaccidus var. Yellow/ X Butterweed 2-3 ft FS any 1 13, 14 douglasii Su-F Globe Mallow/ Desert 2-3 ft tall & Orange/ 1, 3, 8, 10, 13, Reseeds; silvery to X * Sphaeralcea ambigua FS Most 1-2 Mallow wide Sp-Su 14, 16 white foliage 1, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, Purple/ Well- X Trichostema lanatum Wooly Bluecurls 2-4 ft FS/PS 1 13, 14, 16, 18, difficult W-Sp drained 19 Perennial Vines Invasive; can look California Morning PS Well- 1, 8, 10, 13, 14, X Calystegia macrostegia To 30+ ft White/Sp-F 2-3 weedy; ‘Anacapa FS coastal drained 16 Glory Pink’; ‘Candycane’ Calystegia soldanella Beach Morning-glory < 1 ft tall Pink/white FS Sandy 1-2 to 2 20 Small beach plant;

6 Flower/ Water Scientific Name Common Name Size Light** Soil Availability Notes I season Zone+ < 2 ft wd showy

Seeds edible; bad Stinking Gourd; Sandy Cucurbita foetidissima To 20 ft Yellow/Su FS/PS 1-2 2, 13 odor when fruits best Calabazilla are young Red-Or/ PS/PS/ 1, 3, 7, 10, 12, X Keckiella cordifolia Climbing Penstemon 3-4 ft any 1-2 Sp-Su FSH 13, 14 Wild Sweetpea; Purple-white/ Good under trees; X Lathyrus vestitus 3-9 ft PS/FSH any 1-2 1, 8, 13 Canyon Pea Sp drought deciduous Santa Barbara & Lonicera subspicata var. Cream/ PS/PS/ 1, 3, 8, 12, 13, X Southern 3-8 ft any 1 to 1-2 Edible fruit denudate & subspicata Sp-Su FSH 14 Honeysuckles Wild Cucumber/ White/ Well- Dies back in Marah macrocarpus 20+ ft FS/PS 1 to 1-2 1 Manroot W-Sp drained summer Perennial Groundcover Plants Magenta/ Su- Adjacent to beach X Abronia maritima Red Sand Verbena to 6 ft FS Sand 1-2 to 2 10, 13, 16 F only Well- X Achillea millefolia Yarrow 1-2 ft White/Sp-Su FS/PS 1-2 to 2-3 most Alkali soils fine drained Ambrosia chamissonis Sand dune plant Silver Beach Burr To 5 ft Buff/Su-F FS Sand 1-2 to 2 10, 16 ssp. bipinnatasecta Salt tolerant

** Arctostaphylos 2-4 ft tall FS Sandy to Very drought ‘Harmony’ Manzanita Pink/Sp 1-2 1, 6, 13 densiflora 'Harmony' 5-6 ft wide PS inland clay tolerant ** Arctostaphylos < 4 ft tall Any; Big Sur Manzanita White/W-Sp FS/PS 1-2 to 2-3 19, Open growth edmundsii ‘Big Sur’ 4-6 ft wide sandy ok ** Arctostaphylos Monterey Carpet 1 ft high Sandy hookeri ‘Monterey White/Sp PS 1-2 1, 3, 6, 13 Manzanita 5+ ft wide best Carpet’ 2-4 ft tall Monterey Bay * Arctostaphylos pumila Dune Manzanita White/ Sp FS/PS sandy 1 to 1-2 8 3-6 ft wide dunes plant ** Arctostaphylos uva- 1 ft tall Best along coast; Pacific Mist Manzanita White/Sp FS/PS sandy 1-2 to 2-3 1, 3, 6, 8, 13 ursi ‘Pacific Mist’ 6-8 ft wide needs pruning Argentina/Potentilla 1 ft tall Yellow/ Seaside plant; can X Pacific Cinquefoil FS/PS Sandy 2 to 3 13 (? ssp) anserina 2-3 ft w Sp-Su be weedy ** Artemesia californica Canyon Gray 1-2 ft tall Green-gold/ Well- 1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 11, FS 1 to 1-2 ‘Canyon Gray’ Sagebrush 8-10 ft w. Su drained 19 2-4+ ft tall & Well- 3, 5, 10, 12, 14, Tolerates seasonal X Artemisia douglasiana Mugwort Cream/Su PS 1-2 to 2-3 wide drained 16, 18 flooding

7 Flower/ Water Scientific Name Common Name Size Light** Soil Availability Notes I season Zone+ ** Artemisia ludoviciana White Sagebrush 2-3 ft tall Well- Dies back in ‘Silver King’, ‘Silver Queen’, (Western Mugwort) Cream/ Sp-F FS 1-2 to 2 3, 8, 13, 14 3-4 ft wide drained winter 'Valerie Finnis' cultivars **Artemisia Beach Sagewort / 1-2 ft. tall Sandy 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, X pycnocephala ‘David’s Yellow/Su FS/PS 1-2 ‘ Sandhill Sage 2-4 ft wide best 10, 13, 14, 18 Choice’) ** Aster chilensis ‘Point Point St. George 1-3 ft tall Lavender/Sp FS/PS Any 1-2 to 3 1, 8, 11, 13 Good habitat plant St. George’ Coast Aster spreading 1 ft t; Tol. seaside Atriplex californica CA Saltbush Yellow/Sp-F FS sandy 1-2 to 2 1, 6, 20 spreading conditions 1 ft tall Sandy Tol. seaside Atriplex leucophylla Beach Saltbush Green/Su FS 1-2 to 2 10, 16 3-7 ft w. best conditions ** Berberis (Mahonia) ‘Compacta’ Oregon 2-4 ft tall Any; Good habitat; Yellow/Sp PS/FSH 1-2 to 2-3 1, 13 aquifolium ‘Compacta’ Grape 2-4 ft wide acidic edible berries 1 ft tall Beach dune plant; Cardionema ramosissimum Sandmat White/Sp-Su FS Sand 1-2 to 2 10 to 5 ft w prickly C. impressus X * * Ceanothus “Joyce Joyce Coulter 2-3 ft tall Blue/W-Sp PS Any 1-2 1, 3, 7, 8, 13 papillosus; Coulter’ 10 ft wide Ceanothus mounding ** Ceanothus ‘Dark To 6+ ft Dk. Blue/ Well- C. impressus X Dark Star Ceanothus FS - to +/- 1, 3, 7, 8, 13, 19 Star’ To 6 ft W-Sp drained papillosus Well- Dense foliage; Point Reyes 1-2 ft tall FS (coast) * Ceanothus gloriosus Lt. blue/Sp drained; 2-3 3 holly-like; cultivars to 8 ft wide / PS Ceanothus sandy avail. Dark leaves; ? ** Ceanothus ‘Wheeler Wheeler Canyon 4-6 ft tall Well- Ceanothus Dk Blue/Sp FS/PS 1-2 to 2-3 6, 8, 9, 11, 19 Canyon’ Ceanothus to 8 ft wide drained papillosus var. roweanus hybrid * Clinopodium (Satureja) 1-2 ft tall Well- 3, 14 X San Miguel Savory White/Sp PS/FSH 1-2 to 2-3 minty chandleri 2-3 ft wide drained ** Corethrogyne Silver Carpet Sand 1 ft tall Any; 1, 3, 8, 10, 13, X (Lessingia) filaginifolia Violet/Sp-Su FS/PS 1 to 1-2 Aster 2-3 ft w sandy best 16 ‘Silver Carpet’ Epilobium canum 1-3 ft 1, 3, 9, 12, 13, Tolerates winter X CA Fuschia Orange/F FS/PS Any 1-2 to 2-3 (Zauschneria californica) 3-5 ft wide 14, 19 flooding ** Epilobium canum 2-3 ft tall Red/all year Gray foliage; (Zauschneria californica) Island CA Fuschia FS/PS Any 1-2 to 2-3 1, 3, 13, 19 3-5 ft wide (S/F/W most) upright, shrub-like ‘Catalina’ 1 ft tall Dark Or-red/ ** Epilobium canum Everett’s Choice CA FS/PS Any 1-2 to 2-3 3, 11, 16 Low-growing 3 ft wide Spr-Su 8 Flower/ Water Scientific Name Common Name Size Light** Soil Availability Notes I season Zone+ (Zauschneria californica) Fuschia ‘Everett’s Choice’ ** Epilobium canum Hurricane Point CA 1 ft tall (Zauschneria CA) Or-red/Su-F FS/PS Any 1-2 to 2-3 8, 19 Low-growing Fuschia 2 ft wide ‘Hurricane Point’ ** Erigeron glaucus Bountiful Seaside < 1 ft tall Lavender/ Well- Green foliage; X PS best 1-2 to 2-3 8, 9, ‘Bountiful’ Daisy 1-2 ft wide Sp-Su drained large flowers ** Erigeron glaucus ‘Sea 1 ft tall Lavernder/ Well- 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, Attractive flowers, X Seaside Daisy FS/PS/FSH 1-2 to 3 Breeze’ 2 ft wide Sp-Fa drained 9, 13, 14 foliage; habitat ** Erigeron glaucus Wayne Roderick < 1 ft tall Lavender- FS/ Well- 1-2; Silvery foliage; X 1, 3, 6, 8 'Wayne Roderick' Daisy 2-3 ft wide blue/Sp-F PS (hot) drained 2-3(sun) butterfly nectar Let dry between * Fragaria chiloensis ssp. (Pacific) Coast < 1 ft Sandy 1-2 to X White/Sp-Su PS 1, 3, 8, 13 waterings; edible pacifica (and cultivars) spreading best 2-3 Strawberry fruit Well- * Fremontodendron 2 ft tall Orange/ Prostrate Flannelbush FS/PS drained 1 1, 8, 13 10 ft wide Sp-Su decumbens essential 2-3 ft tall Yellow/ Well- X Grindelia camporum Large Gumplant FS 1-2 1, 2, 6, 12, 16 Spreading 3-5 ft wide Sp-Fa drained * Grindelia stricta ssp. 1 ft tall Mat-like; Coastal X Spreading Gum Plant Yellow/Su FS/PS sandy 1 to 1-2 5, 19 venulosa (var. platyphylla) 3+ ft wide best < 2 ft White- Butterfly nectar ; X Heliotropum curassivacum Seaside Heliotrope FS/PS Any; alkali 2-3 2, 10, 16 4-8 ft w. purple/Sp-F toxic foliage San Diego Marsh 2-4 ft tall Any, incl. X * Iva hayesiana Yellow/Su FS/PS/ FSH 1 to 2-3 1, 3, 8, 13 Elder 4-6 ft wide clays Salty Susan/ Fleshy < 1 ft tall Sandy, Herbaceous X Jaumea carnosa Yellow/Su-F FS 2-3 to 3 1, 13, 20 Jaumea 1-4 ft w salty OK groundcover Malacothamnus San Clemente Is. 2-4 ft tall X Light pink/Spr FS Any 1 to 1-2 1, 8, 13 clementinus Bush Mallow to 8 ft wide Branching (Strand) 2-4 ft tall & Lavender/ Hairs may cause X Phacelia ramosissima FS/PS any 1 to 2-3 1, 2, 10, 12, 16 Phacelia wide Spr-Su rash Well- 1, 3, 9, 13, 14, X Ribes viburnifolium Catalina Perfume 1-3 ft Pink/ PS/FSH 2 to 2-3 drained 20 Very well-drained X Ranunculus californicus California Buttercup < 2 ft Yellow/ PS sandy 2-3 to 3 Pac Coast Seed soils Compact Fragrant 3 ft tall & Lavender/ Well- Showy X * Salvia clevelandii ‘Baja’ FS 1 to 1-2 14 (Chaparral) Sage wide Spr-Su drained < 1 ft Lavender/ Well- Fragrant; good for ** Salvia ‘Gracias’ ‘Gracias’ Sage FS 1 to 1-2 1, 6, 8, 13 6 ft wide Spr-Su drained slopes; ? S.

9 Flower/ Water Scientific Name Common Name Size Light** Soil Availability Notes I season Zone+ Clevelandii hybrid ** Salvia leucophylla X Great butterfly 2-4 ft tall & Violet-blue/ Any well- S. clevelandii ‘Pozo ‘Pozo Blue’ Sage FS/PS 1 to 1-2 1, 6, 13 plant; seaside wide Sp-Su drained Blue’ fine; aromatic 1, 3, 8, 9, 12, X Salvia spathacea Hummingbird Sage 1-3 ft Magenta/Spr PS/FSH Any 1-2 Cut back yearly 13, 19 Well- Tol seasonal X Stachys bullata California Woodmint 1-4 ft Pink/Spr-Su PS 2-3 1, 3, 7, 12, 14 drained flooding Herbaceous Perennials Magenta/ Su- Adjacent to beach Abronia maritima Red Sand Verbena to 6 ft FS Sand 1-2 to 2 10, 13, 16 F only 2-4+ ft tall & Well- 3, 5, 10, 12, 14, Tolerates seasonal X Artemisia douglasiana Mugwort Crème/Su PS 1-2 to 2-3 wide drained 16, 18 flooding X Asclepias eriocarpa Indian Milkweed 2-3 ft Pink/Su FS/PS Sandy 1-2 13 Monarch host Cream- Needs seasonal X Asclepias fascicularis Narrow-leaf Milkweed 2-3 ft FS/PS Sandy 1-2 1, 3, 10, 14 pink/Su flooding Tol. Flooding; 2-3 ft tall X Asclepias speciosa Showy Milkweed Pink/Su FS/PS Any 1-2 to 2-3 2, 8, 19 Monarch host 2-4 ft wide plant; silvery Astragalus trichopodus var. 2 ft tall & Well- X Coast Rattlepod White/W-Spr FS/PS 1 1, 2, 13 lonchus wide drained 1 ft tall Sandy Tolerates seaside Atriplex leucophylla Beach Saltbush Green/Su FS 1-2 10, 16 3-7 ft wide best conditions 1-2 ft tall & Sandy Tolerates seaside X * Coreopsis maritima Sea Dahlia Yellow/Spr FS/PS 1-2 8, 13, 14 wide best conditions 1-4 ft tall & Any; X Corethrogyne filaginifolia Common Sand Aster Violet/Spr-Su FS/PS 1 to 1-2 1, 8, 10, 16 ‘Silver Carpet’ wide sandy best Well- X * Delphinium cardinale Scarlet Larkspur To 6 ft Red/Spr-Su FS 1 to 1-2 10, 16, 19 drained Diplacus aurantiacus ssp. 1, 3, 5, 10, 12, X Bush Monkeyflower 2-3 ft Orange/W-Spr FS/PS Sandy 1-2 aurantiacus 13, 14, 16, Lavernder/ Well- 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, Attractive flowers, X *Erigeron glaucus Seaside Daisy ½ ft FS/PS/FSH 2-3 Sp-Fa drained 13, 14 foliage < 1 ft Sandy/ Alpine plant; * Eriogonum kennedyi Cushion Buckwheat Pink/ FS 1-2 to 2 13, 14 1-3 ft wide rocky silvery-white Sulfur-flowered 1 ft tall Well- 1, 8, 10, 13, 14, * Eriogonum umbellatum Yellow/ FS/PS 1-2 Buckwheat 3 ft wide drained 16 Eriophyllum confertiflorum Gold-yellow/ Sandy 1, 3, 6, 10, 13, Tol. moderate X Golden Yarrow 1-3 ft FS/PS 1-2 var. confertiflorum Sp-Su best 14, 16, 18 salt, alkali soils X Erysimum insulare ssp. Dune Wallflower 1-3 ft tall Yellow/W-Sp FS/PS Sandy 1-2 to 2-3 1, 2, 10

10 Flower/ Water Scientific Name Common Name Size Light** Soil Availability Notes I season Zone+ suffrutescens 1-2 ft wide Magenta/ Frankenia salina Alakali Heath 2 ft tall FS sandy 1-2 to 2-3 10 Saltmarsh plant Su-F 2-3 ft tall Yellow/ Well- X Grindelia camporum Large Gumplant FS 1-2 1, 2, 6, 12, 16 Spreading 3-5 ft wide Sp-Fa drained Grindelia hirsutula var. 1-2 ft tall & Yellow/ Hairy Gumplant FS Any 1-2 to 2-3 1, 10 Butterfly plant hirsutula (or *maritima) wide Sp-Su Horkelia cuneata ssp. < 1 ½ ft T 1, 2, 6, 10, 13 Dies back in X Wedgeleaf Horkelia White/Sp-Su FS/PS sandy 1-2 to 2-3 cuneata 2 ft wide (ssp. puberula) summer drought Summer Bush 3-4 ft tall Sandy, Good for dry * Keckiella ternata Red/Sp-Su FS/PS 1-2 to 2 1, 13, Penstemon 2-3 ft wide rocky shade California Sea- 1-2 ft tall Any; sand Tolerates seaside X Limonium californicum Purple/Su-F FS 2-3 to 3 10, 14, 16 Lavender and wide to clay conditions 1-2 ft tall Well- 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, X * Linum lewisii Blue Flax Blue/Sp-Su FS/PS 1-2 to 2-3 Lovely flowers and wide drained 13, 14, 16, 19 Any, incl. Lomatium utriculatum Common Lomatum 2-3 ft tall Yellow/Sp FS clays, 2-3 to 3 ? alkali Malacothrix saxatilis var. 2-4 ft tall Well- X Cliff Aster White/Sp-F FS/PS 1 to 1-2 1, 10 tenuifolia 1-3 ft wide drained Malacothrix saxatilis var. 1-4 ft tall & Well- X Cliffaster White/Sp-F FS/PS 1 10 tenuifolia wide drained Mirabilis laevis var. Wishbone Plant; CA 1-3 ft tall & Well- X Pink/Sp FS/PS 1 1, 10, 13, 14, 16 reseeds crassifolia Four O’Clock wide drained 1-2 ft tall Lavender/ Sandy, Minty scent; good * Monardella antonina Butterfly Mint Bush FS/PS 2 1, 6, 13 2-3 ft wide Su-F rocky tea, butterflies * Monardella villosa (ssp. Well- 1, 3, 8, 13, 14, X Coyote Mint 1 ft Pink/Sp-Su PS 1-2 subserrata) drained 19 < 1 ft tall Sandy/ Scented flowers; * Oenothera californica CA Evening Primrose White/Sp FS/PS (best) 2 to 2-3 10, 13, 16 3-8 ft wide rocky silvery foliage * Penstemon OR-Red/ Well- 1, 3, 8, 10, 12, Scarlet Bugler 1-3 ft FS 1 May be difficult centranthifolius Sp-Su drained 13, 14 Well- 1, 6, 8, 10, 13, X * Penstemon grinnellii Grinnell’s Penstemon 1-2 ft Purple/Su FS 1 drained 14 Purple/ X Penstemon heterophyllus Foothill Penstemon 1-2 ft FS/PS sandy 1 to 1-2 14 Many blooms Sp-Su Penstemon spectabilis ssp. Lavender- Sandy or 1, 3, 6, 10, 13, X Showy Penstemon 3-4 ft FS 1 subviscosus pink/Sp-Su rocky 14, 16 X Pluchea odorata ssp. Sweetscent; 1-3 ft tall & Lavender/ FS Sandy 2-3 6, 10, 16 Tolerates seasonal

11 Flower/ Water Scientific Name Common Name Size Light** Soil Availability Notes I season Zone+ odorata Saltmarsh Fleabane wide Su-F incl. Alk flooding Pseudognaphalium Any, incl. X California Everlasting 2-4 ft White/Sp FS/PS 1-2 1, 2, 10, 13, 16 Sweet-scented californicum clay Pseudognaphalium Any, incl. Spreads; gray X Wooly Everlasting 1-2 ½ ft White/Sp-Su FS/PS 1-2 1, 16 canescens ssp. beneolens clay foliage Rumex salicifolius var. 2-3 ft tall & Pink bract / Well- X Willow Dock FS 2 to 3 10, 13 (? var.) Seaside fine salicifolius wide Su drained Sairocarpus (Antirrhinum) Coulter’s (White) 2-4 ft tall White to Well- X FS 1 1, 10, 13 coulterianus Snapdragon lavender/Sp drained * Sairocarpus Multiflowered X 2 ft tall Pink-yellow/ FS/PS Most 1 to 1-2 1, 6, 10, 13 Light fragrance (Antirrhinum) multiflorus Snapdragon Senecio douglasii / Senecio Butterweed Yellow/ Sandy/ X 1-2 ft FS 1 1, 13, 14 Toxic to livestock flaccidus var. douglasii Su-Fa rocky best Sidalcea malviflora ssp. Dwarf Checker X To 1 ½ ft Pink-lavender/ FS/PS Any 2-3 to 3 1, 8, 13, 19 malviflora Mallow Well- Tolerates seaside X Silene laciniata Red Catchfly 1-2 ft tall Red-pink/ Sp FS/PS 2-3 3, 12 drained conditions Purple (Chaparral) Berries very Solanum xanti 2-4 ft tall Purple/Sp-Su FS/PS Any 1-2 to 2-3 1, 7, 13 Nightshade poisonous 2-4 ft tall Tolerates seasonal X Solidago californica California Goldenrod Yellow/Su-F FS/PS Any 1-2 to 2-3 7, 10, 14 spreading flooding Solidago spectabilis var. 3-6 ft tall Tolerates seasonal Southern Goldenrod Yellow/Su-F FS/PS Any 2-3 8, 10 confinis spreading flooding 2 ft tall Well- 1-2 to Good bird, Stephanomeria blairii Blair’s Wirelettuce Pink/Su-F FS/PS 13 3 ft. wide drained 2-3 pollinator plant Herbaceous Annuals & Biennials (also short-lived perennials usually grown as annuals) – no water after flowering Note: most locally native annuals do well in sandy soils – those listed below are particularly adapted to sandy soils Small Evening Sandy Camissonia micrantha 6-18 in. T Yellow/Sp FS 1-2 10 Primrose best Castilleja exserta ssp. Well- X Purple Owl’s Clover 1-2 ft tall Magenta/Sp FS 1 2, 5, 16 (our ssp) exserta drained Chaenactis glabriuscula Yellow/Sp X var. glabruiscula & var. Yellow Pincushion 1-3 ft tall FS any 1 10, 13

orcuttiana Cirsium occidentale var. 4-6 ft tall Well- May survive X Cobwebby Thistle Pink/Sp-Su FS 1-2 13, 19, 21 californicum & occidentale 1-2 ft w. drained several seasons

12 Flower/ Water Scientific Name Common Name Size Light** Soil Availability Notes I season Zone+ Cistanthe (Calandrinia) Seaside Calandrinia Purple/Sp FS Sandy ? maritima Lavender/ X Clarkia purpurea Purple Clarkia 2-3 ft tall FS/PS any 1-2 1, 2, 10, 13, 16 Sp-Su Pink-purple/ Needs drought for X Clarkia unguiculata Elegant Clarkia 2-5 ft tall FS/PS any 1 to 2-3 2, 5, 10, 13, 16 Sp-Su seeds Claytonia perfoliata ssp. X Miner’s Lettuce 1 ft tall White/Sp-Su PS/FSH any 1-2 2, 5, 10 perfoliata Collinsia heterophylla var. Purple-white X Chinese Houses 1-2 ft tall PS/FSH any 1-2 1, 5, 10, 13, 16 Well-drained soil heterphylla Sp-Su Eschscholzia californica Yellow/Or/ Sp- Be sure to get X Coastal CA Poppy < 1 ft tall FS/PS 1 to 2 1, 2 many ssp. californica F coastal ssp. Gilia capitata ssp. Purple-blue/ Any well- X Globe Gilia 1-2+ ft FS 1 to 1-2 5, 13 easy abrotanifolia Sp drained Yellow/Blue X Gilia tricolor Bird’s Eye Gilia 1-2 ft tall FS/PS any 1 to 1-2 2, 5, 10, 13 Easy; fragrant Sp 1-5 ft tall Yellow-brown/ Edible; pollinator X Helenium puberulum Rosilla; Sneezeweed FS any 2-3 to 3 6, 13, 21 1 ft wide Su plant; Common (Annual) X Helianthus annuus 5-8 ft tall Yellow/Su-F FS any 1-2 2, 10 (local var.) easy Sunflower Slender Tarweed Med/tall Gold- X Hemizonia fasciculata FS Any 1 10, 16 yellow/Su Abundant X Heterotheca grandiflora Telegraph Weed 4-5+ ft tall Yellow/Su-F FS Any 1 to 1-2 1, 2, 10, 16 reseeder Heterotheca sessiliflora ssp 1-2 ft tall 3, 8, 13, 16 (? X Erect Goldenaster Yellow/F FS Sandy 2 Dune plant sessiliflora 1 ft wide ssp) Lasthenia californica California Goldfields < 1 ft tall Yellow/W-Sp FS any 1 to 1-2 10, 13 Salt tolerant Yellow/white/ X Layia platyglossa Coastal Tidy-Tips 1-2 ft tall FS any 1 to 2-3 5, 10, 13 easy Sp * Leptosiphon (Linanthus) Large-flowered White-pink/ Well- 1, 5, 8, 10, 13, Easy, fragrant; 1-2 ft tall FS/PS 2-3 grandiflorus Linanthus Sp-Su drained 14, 16 nice cut flower Linanthus dianthiflorus Linanthus < 1 ft tall Purple-blue FS any 2-3 16 Lotus salsuginosus var. Short-bannered Sandy < 1 ft tall Yellow/Sp FS 1 to 1-2 10 salsuginosus Coastal Lotus best Lotus unifoliatus (purshianus) Pink-white/Su- X Spanish Lotus 2-3 ft tall FS any 1-2 2, 10 var. unifoliatus F X Lupinus bicolor Miniature Lupine < 1 ft tall Blue/white FS/PS any 1- 2-3 2, 5, 10, 13 Sandy X Lupinus concinnus Scarlet Lupine/ < 1 ft tall Red-purple/Sp FS 1 10 best 13 Flower/ Water Scientific Name Common Name Size Light** Soil Availability Notes I season Zone+ Bajada Lupine Well- Lupinus excubitus var. 2-4 ft tall & 8 (other vars. at Flowers smell like X Grape Soda Lupine Violet/Sp FS drained/ 1 to 1-2 wide 3, 10, 13) grape soda hallii sandy * Lupinus nanus ssp. X Sky Lupine 1-2 ft tall Blue/white/ Sp FS/PS any 2-3 2, 5, 10, 13 latifolius Mojave Lupine/ 1-3 ft tall & Well- Lupinus sparsiflorus Blue/W-Sp FS 1 10,16 ?easy Coulter’s Lupine wide drained Arroyo (Succulent) Blue- 1, 2, 5, 8, 10, X Lupinus succulentus 1-3 ft tall FS/PS any 1 to 1-2 Easy Lupine purple/Sp 13, 16, 18 Red-Purple/ X Lupinus truncatus Dwarf Lupine 1-2 ft tall FS/PS any 1 to 2-3 10, 13, Sp Microseris (Uropappus) X Silver Puffs 1 ft tall Yellow/Sp-Su FS Any 2-3 13 Showy seed heads lindleyi

Widethroat Yellow Sandy or 1-2 to X Mimulus brevipes 2-3 ft tall Yellow/W-Spr FS/PS 10, 13 Many blooms Monkeyflower rocky 2-3

Mucronea californica CA Spineflower 1 ft tall White/Sp-Su FS sandy 1 to 1-2 10 Tiny flowers Purple- Need summer dry X * Nemophila maculata Five-Spot 1 ft tall FS/PS any 2-3 to 3 5, 10, 13, 16 white/Sp for seeds Nemophila menziesii var. X Baby Blue-eyes 1-2 ft tall Blue/Sp-Su PS/FSH any 2-3 5, 10, 13, 16 easy menzeisii Nuttallanthus/Linaria Sandy Blue Toadflax 1-3 ft tall Blue/Sp-Su FS/PS 2-3 16, canadensis best Oenothera elata ssp. Hooker’s Evening Well- Abundant X 5+ ft tall Yellow/Su FS 1-2 to 2-3 10, 16 hirsutissima & hookeri Primrose drained reseeders

White-Yellow/ Any More common in Perityle emoryi Rock Daisy < 1 ft tall FS 1 to 1-2 10 Sp desert areas Phacelia cicutaria var. Any well- X Caterpillar Phacelia 1-2 ft tall Light Purple FS 1 10, 16 hispida drained Well- Large-flowered 8, 10, 13, 16, 17, X Phacelia grandiflora 1-3 ft tall Purple/Sp FS/PS drained/ 2 to 3 Very showy 19 Phacelia sandy Any well- Easy, pretty, X Phacelia tanacetifolia Purple fiddleneck 1-3 ft tall Purple/Sp-Su FS/PS 2-3 to 3 5, 10, 13, drained scent, cut flower 1-2 to X Phacelia viscida Sticky Phacelia 1-2 ft tall Blue-White/Sp FS/PS any 2, 8, 19 Easy, pretty 2-3

14 Flower/ Water Scientific Name Common Name Size Light** Soil Availability Notes I season Zone+ California (Dotseed) X Plantago erecta < 1 ft tall White/green FS/PS any 2-3 2, 16 Plantain

Yellow- X Platystemon californicus Cream Cups 1-2 ft tall FS/PS Any 1 to 1-2 5, 10 white/Sp

Pseudognaphalium X (Gnaphalium) Two-tone Everlasting 1-3 ft tall White/W-Sp FS/PS Any 1 to 1-2 1, 10, 12, 16 bioletta/bicolor Sairocarpus (Antirrhinum) Well- X Coulter's Snapdragon 2-3 ft tall White/Su FS/PS 2-3 1, 13, coulterianus drained

Annual Pickleweed Saltmarsh plant; Salicornia depressa 1-2 ft tall White/Su-F FS Sandy 2 to 3 10 (Glasswort) edible

Lavender/ Sandy or X Salvia carduacea Thistle Sage 1-2 ft tall FS 1 10, 13, 16 Sp rocky

Salvia columbariae var. Blue-purple/ Sandy or X Chia Sage 1-2 ft FS 1 to 1-2 5, 10, 13, 16 columbariae Sp rocky Well- Don’t mulch; Viola pedunculata Johnny Jump-up < 1 ft Yellow/Sp-Su FS/PS drained 1 19 difficult bare soil; Cacti and Succulents Cylindropuntia (Opuntia) 6-8 ft tall Well- X Chaparral Prickly Pear Yellow-Or/ Sp FS 1 to 1-2 1 oricola spreading drained Santa Monica To 1 ft tall Well- * Dudleya cymosa Canyon Live-forever Yellow-red/ Sp PS 1-2 to 2 1, 3, 8, 13 Mtns; good in & wide drained stone walls Santa Monica To 1 ft tall Pale Yellow/ Sandy X * Dudleya edulis Fingertips Dudleya PS 1 to 2 1, 8, 13, 20 Mtns; good & wide Sp-Su best groundcover Yellow- 1-2 ft tall & Well- X Dudleya lanceolata Lance-leaf Dudleya Orange/ FS/PS 1 to 1-2 1, 7, 13, 14, 15 wide drained Sp-Su Dudleya pulverulenta (ssp. < 2 ft & Pink-Yellow/ Well- With good CA Chalk Dudleya FS/PS 1 to 1-2 1, 3, 14, 19 pulverulenta) wide Sp-Su drained drainage 1-3 ft Hesperoyucca (Yucca) Our Lord’s Candle/ Well- 1, 3, 8, 9, 12, X (flower to Cream/Sp FS 1 drained 13, 14, 16, 18 whipplei Chaparral Yucca 10 ft

15 Flower/ Water Scientific Name Common Name Size Light** Soil Availability Notes I season Zone+ Well- 1, 3, 8, 10, 12, X Opuntia littoralis Coastal Prickly Pear To 3 ft Yellow/W-Sp FS 1 to 1-2 drained 13, 14 Ferns and Fern-like Plants Adiantum capillus-veneris 1-3 ft tall & Well- Common Maidenhair none PS/FSH 2-3 to 3 7, 13 wide drained Pellaea andromedifolia 1-2 ft tall & Well- Good under oaks; X Coffee Fern none PS/FSH 1 to 1-2 19 wide drained containers Pentagramma triangularis needs some Sandy, X ssp. maxonii, triangularis & Goldback Ferns < 1 ft none PS/FSH 1 to 1-2 13 summer/fall rocky viscosa drought Bulbs and Corms Bloomeria crocea var. Any, incl. X Golden Stars 1-2 ft Yellow/Sp FS/PS 1 1, 8, 10, 13, 16 Fine in grass crocea clays 1 ft tall White-pink/ X Calochortus albus White Fairy Lantern FS/PS Clays best 1 1, 8, 13, 19, 20 <1 ft wide Sp-Su Chlorogalum 1-2 ft tall & Any; well- 1, 5, 8, 10, 12, X pomeridianum var. Wavyleaf Soap Plant White/Su FS/PS 1-2 Good under oaks wide drained 13, 19 pomeridianum Blue Dicks/Wild well- 1, 2, 10, 13, 14, X Dichelostemma capitatum < 2 ft Blue/Sp FS/PS 1 Hyacinth drained 16, 18 Well- 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, Drought tolerant if X Iris douglasiana Douglas iris 1-2 ft Purple/Sp PS 1 to 2 drained 13, 14, 16 mulched Yellow/ Very well-drained X Ranunculus californicus California Buttercup < 2 ft PS sandy 1-2 to 3 1, 13 Sp-Su soils Western Blue-eyed Purple- 1, 3, 9, 10, 13, X Sisyrinchium bellum 1-2 ft FS/PS any 1-2 to 2-3 Grass yellow/Sp 14, 16, 18 Grasses and Grass-like Plants (rushes, sedges) cool-season Sandy Long-lived; self- X * Achnatherum speciosum Desert Needlegrass 1-3 ft perennial FS 1 to 1-2 10, 13, 16 best sows freely bunchgrass cool-seas. Seashore Bentgrass; perennial X Agrostis pallens 1-2 ft tall FS/PS Not alkali 1-2 to 2-3 4, 10, 13, 16 'Camp Pendleton' Thin Grass bunchgrass Can mow Warm-seas. Well- 1, 7, 8, 10, 13, * Aristida purpurea var. 1-2 ft tall & X Purple Three-awn perennial FS/PS drained; 1-2 to 2 14 (1, 7, 8 var. Seeds stick to pets wide parishii & purpurea bunchgrass sandy purpurea) Warm-seas. 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, X * Bouteloua gracilis Blue Gramma 1-2 ft tall FS/PS Any 2 to 2-3 Perennial 13, 16

16 Flower/ Water Scientific Name Common Name Size Light** Soil Availability Notes I season Zone+ bunch/sod cultivars ‘Deborah’; 2-3 ft tall & Perennial X Bromus carinatus California Brome FS/PS Any 1-2 5, 10, 13, 14, 16 ‘Luval’ wide bunchgrass ‘Cucamonga’ is annual California Black- Cool-season PS/ * Carex nudata 1-3 ft tall Sandy 2 to 3 3, 4 Can grow in water flowering Sedge sod sedge FSH * Carex pansa (C. 1 ft tall Cool-season Very Tolerates seasonal X praegracilis sometimes Sand Dune Sedge shear 1-2 FS/PS 2 to 2-3 3, 4, 6, 8 clump sedge sandy flooding mislabled as this) time/ yr 2 ft tall & Cool-season, X Carex tumulicola Berkeley Sedge FS/PS/FSH any 1-2 to 3 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13 Excellent for sand wide sod sedge Umbrella Sedge/ Tall 2-4 ft tall Warm-season, Cyperus eragrostis FS.PS any 1-2 to 3 7, 10, 13 Flat-sedge clumping sod sedge Warm-seas., Cyperus odoratus Fragrant Flat-sedge 1-3 ft tall FS/PS any 1-2 to 3 ? annual sedge Cool-season 2-3 to 3 Fine-texture; very X Deschampsia elongata Slender Hairgrass 2-4 ft tall perennial PS/ FSH any 1 – dies 5, 10, 13, 16 green bunchgrass back 1 ft tall Warm-seas., 2, 3, 8, 10, 13, Can be mowed X Distichlis spicata Saltgrass FS any 1 to 2-3 spreading sod grass 14, 16 Eleocharis montevidensis 1-2 ft tall Cool-season, Sand Spikerush FS/PS Any 1-2 to 3 9 var. montevidensis spreading sod sedge 1-2 ft tall Cool-season, 1, 2, 7, 10, 13, X Eleocharis palustris Common Spikerush FS Any 1-2 to 3 spreading sod sedge 16 Salt-sensitive; Blue (Western) 2-4 ft tall Cool-season Any; not 3, 4, 5, 10, 13, X Elymus glaucus PS/FSH 1-2 to 2-3 coarse-looking; re- 1-2 ft wide bunchgrass shallow 14, 16 Wildrye seeds well Cool-season Easy; Blue-green; 1-2 ft tall bunch/sod 3, 5, 8, 10, 13, ‘Molate’ X * Festuca rubra Red Fescue FS/PS Any 1-2 to 3 spreading grass; can 16 ‘Patrick’s Point’, mow ‘Jughandle’ Cool-season, Fiber Optic Grass; 1 ft tall PS/ Sandy good for pond X Isolepis (Scirpus) cernuus sod rush; cut 2-3 to 3 3, 4, 13 1-2 ft wide FSH best edges Miniature Tule back in winter Juncus acutus ssp. 2-5 ft tall & Cool-season, Any incl. Sharp tips; good X Spiny Rush FS/PS 2-3 3, 10, 14, 16 leopoldii wide sod rush alk./salty barrier plant 1-3 ft tall Any incl. X Juncus balticus Baltic Rush Sod rush FS 2-3 3, 16 1-2 ft w. alk./salty Perennial Any incl. X * Juncus bolanderi Bolander’s Rush 1-2 ft tall FS 2-3 to 3 1, 13 Showy seedheads rhizome rush salty

17 Flower/ Water Scientific Name Common Name Size Light** Soil Availability Notes I season Zone+

Juncus bufonius var < 1 ft tall & Any incl. X Toad Rush Annual rush FS 1-2 to 3 10, 16 bufonius & congesta wide salty Good around 1-3 ft tall Perennial Any; 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 13, X * Juncus effusus Bog/Common Rush FS/PS 1-2 to 3 pools; ‘Quartz & wide rhizome rush sandy best 14 Creek’ < 1 ft tall & Perennial Any incl. X Juncus mexicanus Mexican Rush FS 1-2 to 2-3 3, 10, 14, 16 wide rhizome rush salty Spreading/ 1-3 ft tall & 1, 3, 8, 9, 12, ‘Carmen’s Gray’ is X Juncus patens Common Rush bunching FS Any 2-3 to 3 wide 13, 19 blue-gray perennial rush Spreading/ Showy; Good for 3-5 ft tall X Juncus textilis Basket Rush bunching FS/PS Any 2-3 to 3 1, 14 wet planter, 3-8 ft wide perennial rush pondside 1 ½ ft tall Best in contained X Juncus xiphioides Iris-leaf rush Spreading rush FS/PS Any 1-2 to 3 2, 3, 8, 13, 16 spreading places if watered 1-3 ft tall & Cool-season Any; 1, 5, 8, 10, 13, X Koeleria macrantha Prairie Junegrass FS/PS 1-2 to 2-3 Showy wide bunchgrass sandy best 16, 19 4-6 ft tall & Warm season 1, 3, 9, 10, 12, ‘Canyon Prince’ is X Leymus condensatus Giant Rye Grass FS/PS Any 1-2 wide perennial 16 low-growing 1-2 ft tall Cool season 1, 3, 8, 10, 12, X Melica imperfecta Coastal Melic Grass PS Any 1-2 1 ft wide bunchgrass 13, 14, 19 2-4 ft tall & Perennial 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, Tolerates seasonal X * Muhlenbergia rigens Deergrass FS Any 1-2 wide bunchgrass 12, 13, 14, 16 flooding 2-3 ft tall & Perennial X Nassella cernua Nodding Needlegrass FS/PS any 1 to 1-2 5, 10, 13, 14, 16 wide bunchgrass 2-3 ft tall & Perennial 3, 5, 10, 13, 14, X Nassella lepida Foothill Needlegrass FS/PS any 1 to 1-2 wide bunchgrass 16 2-3 ft tall & Perennial 3, 5, 10, 13, 14, X * Nassella pulchra Purple Needlegrass FS/PS any 1 to 1-2 wide bunchgrass 16, well- 2-3 ft tall Warm-season Salt-tolerant; alkali X Sporobolus airoides Alkali sacaton FS/PS drained 2 to 3 2, 3, 8, 13, 16 2-4 ft wide bunchgrass fine best 8/5/2009 I : X = Gardening Information Sheet available on-line (projectsound.org) or at the Madrona Marsh Nature Center

* may not be immediately local, but is a CA native plant ** light: FS=full sun; PS=part shade; FSH=full shade + Water Zones: 1 = no summer water; 1-2 = very occasional summer water (several times per summer); 2 = let soil dry out between waterings; 2-3 some regular summer water (about once a week); 3 = regular watering/moist soil (like a conventional lawn)