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CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANTS A Planting Guide for Ventura County Your Garden Matters California native plants are a great landscaping choice for your home garden. Not only are they beautiful, they offer important benefits. Native gardens support the food webs, watersheds, and ecosystems upon which we all depend. The simple act of replacing your lawn with California native plants is a powerful way to make a difference. Save water Reduce maintenance Cut pesticide use Support local ecology Help the birds and butterflies! Tips for Success Once established, a California native garden is easier and Think Like a Watershed less expensive to maintain than traditional landscapes. Use your landscape to capture water and minimize run-off. Set your garden up for success with a few important tips - some might surprise you. • Contour your landscape with berms, swales, and dry creek beds. • Use permeable surfaces wherever possible to allow Plant with Care water to infiltrate into the soil below. 1. Choose the right time. Plant fall through early spring to • Direct water from downspouts and driveways to your take advantage of cooler temperatures and rainfall. water capture designs and other permeable area to help keep water on site and benefit your plants. 2. Plant with care. Dig a hole 1.5x as deep as the plant and 2x as wide, leaving the crown a half inch higher than the ground. Create a circular berm around the edge of the Set Your Foundation hole to form a water basin. 3. Room to breathe. Make sure mulch doesn’t touch the Evergreen plants and hardscapes provide structure to keep plant’s crown or cover irrigation sources. your garden green and attractive year-round. 4. Room to grow. Space plants based on mature growth size • Get shrubby. Go for the flowers, but be sure to to avoid an overgrown, wild look. incorporate shrubs and small evergreens. • Get solid. Pavers, decomposed granite, and other hardscapes provide consistency, form and firewise Water Like Mother Nature landscaping. • Go pro. A landscape professional can ensure your Native plants require little irrigation beyond natural rainfall after design is both elegant and functional. their first year of planting. But that first year is important. Here’s what you need to know: • Don’t overwater. Right Plant, Right Place • Water every 1-2 weeks after planting. Native plants Select the right native plants for your location. Start with typically enjoy a regular “rainfall” for the first six months the plants in this guide then consider your yard’s unique or so after planting. conditions. • Mimic the rain. Native plants prefer overhead watering • Is it high sun or dense shade? from an efficient sprinkler system or hand-watering. (Get • Does your yard have poor drainage, or is it sandy? an efficient irrigation device rebate at bewaterwise.com) • Your answers can help inform what plants you choose • Use your senses. As you transition from weekly watering and where you place them. to less frequent irrigation, keep an eye on your garden. • Then, group plants with similar water, sun and soil needs. Watch your plants and check the soil for signs of dryness before you water. Know Friends from Foes Did you know? Rethink insects. Do you see a munched leaf? That may be a good thing. Native plants are an irreplaceable food source California has more than 6,000 for local butterflies, bees, caterpillars, and the birds that eat types of native plants. That’s more them. Learn about beneficial insects at ipm.ucanr.edu. than any other state in the U.S. Trees Small Shrubs / Perennials Vines CatalinaTrees cherry Prunus ilicifolia ssp. lyonii ConejoSmall buckwheat Shrubs / PerennialsEriogonum crocatum DesertVines wild grape Vitis girdiana 25-40' x 20' 0.6-3' x 1.6-3' Catalina cherry Prunus ilicifolia ssp. lyonii Conejo buckwheat Eriogonum crocatum Desert wild grape Vitis girdiana10-50' spreading Coast live oak Quercus agrifolia25-40' x 20' Red-flowered buckwheat0.6-3' Eriogonum x 1.6-3' grande var. rubescens Santa Barbara honeysuckle Lonicera10-50' spreading subspicata var. denudata 25-82' x 15-35' 0.7-1.5 x 3' Coast live oak Quercus agrifolia Red-flowered buckwheat Eriogonum grande var. rubescens Santa Barbara honeysuckle Lonicera8' x 20' subspicata var. denudata Valley oak Quercus lobata 25-82' x 15-35' Island alumroot Heuchera0.7-1.5 maxima x 3' 8' x 20' Valley oak Quercus lobata 60-100' x 50' Island alumroot Heuchera maxima1-2' x 2' 60-100' x 50' Prairie flax Linum lewisii 1-2' x 2' Prairie flax Linum lewisii .5-3' Silver lupine Lupinus albifrons.5-3' Large Shrubs Silver lupine Lupinus albifrons3- 5 'x 5' TreesCoLargeffeeberry ShrubsTrees Frangula californica Large Shrubs Small Shrubs / PerennialsMedium Shrubs Small Shrubs / Perennials Groundcover Margarita BOP penstemon3- 5 'x 5' Vines Desert willow / Howard McMinn manzanita / Indian mallow / Common Yarrow / Achillea millefolium CoffeeberryCatalina Chilopsis Frangula cherry lineariscalifornica Prunus 6-15' ilicifolia x 5-15' ssp. lyonii PenstemonConejo heterophyllus buckwheat ‘Margarita Eriogonum BOP’ crocatum Abutilon palmeri Narrow leaf milkweed / Asclepias fascicularis ArctostaphylosMargarita ‘Howard BOP penstemon McMinn’ Desert wild grape Vitis girdiana 15+' x 20+' 3-6' x 3-5' 1-3' x 1-2' 1-3' x 1-4' Sugar sumac Rhus ovata 6-15' x 5-15'25-40' x 20' 1-2' 0.6-3'x 2-3' x 1.6-3' 10-50' spreading Penstemon heterophyllus5-7' x ‘Margarita8-10' BOP’ Coast live oak / Quercus agrifolia6-33' x 30' Nevin's barberry / Berberis nevinii California fuchsia / Epilobium canum Dwarf coyote bush / Baccharis pilularis Sugar sumacCoast Rhus live oakovata Quercus agrifolia Ray HartmanBee’s bliss CeanothusRed-flowered sage Salvia / ‘Bee's buckwheat 1-2'Bliss’ x 2-3' Eriogonum grande var. rubescens Santa Barbara honeysuckle Lonicera subspicata var. denudata 6' x 6' 0.5-2' x 2-4' 1-3' x 1-6' 25-80' x 25-60'6-33' x 30' 25-82' x 15-35'CeanothusBee’s 'Ray bliss Hartman' sage Salvia ‘Bee's2-5' xBliss’ 3-10' 0.7-1.5 x 3' 8' x 20' 12-20' x 5-15' Yankee Point Ceanothus / Engelmann oakValley / Quercus oak Quercus engelmannii lobata HummingbirdIsland sage alumroot Salvia2-5' Heucheraspathacea x 3-10' maximaBush mallow / Malacothamnus fasciculatus California buckwheat / Eriogonum fasciculatum Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. griseus ‘Yankee Point’ 32-50' x 40-50' 60-100' x 50' Coffee berryHummingbird / Frangula sage californica Salvia1-3' spathacea x 3' 1-2' x 2' 3-15' x 3-10'Grasses 2-5' x 3' 3-4' x 6-10' Medium Shrubs 3-15' x 4-15' Prairie flax Linum1-3' lewisii x 3' ClusteredGrasses field sedge CarexIsland praegracilis bush snapdragon / Gambelia speciosa Concha Ceanothus Ceanothus ‘Concha’ Medium Shrubs .5-3' Toyon / Heteromeles arbutifolia Clustered field sedge2' x 3.5' Carex praegracilis 1-3' x 5' Concha Ceanothus 3-6'Ceanothus x 3-6' ‘Concha’ Silver lupine 8-15' xLupinus 10-15' albifrons Deergrass Muhlenbergia2' x 3.5'Showy rigens penstemon / Penstemon spectabilis Giant coreopsisLarge Leptosyne Shrubs3-6' x 3-6'gigantea 3- 5 'x 5' Sugar bush / Rhus ovata Grasses Deergrass Muhlenbergia4-5' x 4' rigens 2-4' x 3-4' Giant coreopsisCoffeeberry Leptosyne3-8' Frangula x 2-4' gigantea californica Groundcover Margarita 6-10'BOP penstemon x 8-10' 4-5' x 4' 6-15' x 5-15' Clustered field sedge / Carex praegracilis White sage / Salvia apiana Tree mallow Malva assurgentiflora3-8' x 2-4' DesertGroundcover wishbone-bushPenstemon heterophyllus Mirabilis ‘Margaritalaevis BOP’ Hollyleaf cherry / Prunus ilicifolia 2' x spreads 3-5' x 4-8' Sugar sumac Rhus3-13' ovata x 5-10' 1-2' x 2-3' Tree mallow Malva assurgentiflora Desert wishbone-bush Mirabilis1' x 8' laevis 6-33' x 30' 6-10' x 8-10' Deergrass / Muhlenbergia rigensSucculents Black sage / Salvia mellifera 3-13' x 5-10' Yerba buenaBee’s Clinopodiumbliss sage 1' Salvia douglasii x 8' ‘Bee's Bliss’ Succulents 3-5' x 2-4'Chalk Dudleya Dudleya pulverulenta 5' x 5' Chalk dudleya / Dudleya pulverulenta .5' x 3' 2-5' x 3-10' Succulents Yerba buena Clinopodium douglasii 0.33-1' x 1' Trees Alkalai sacaton / Sporobolus airoidesChalk Dudleya DudleyaDe pulverulenta La Mina verbena / Verbina lilacina ‘De la Mina’ < 1' x 1' Small Shrubs / Perennials Vines Seaside daisyHummingbird Erigeron.5' x 3' glaucus sage Salvia spathacea Lanceleaf liveforever Dudleya0.33-1' lanceolata x 1' Catalina cherry Prunus ilicifolia ssp. lyonii Conejo buckwheat Eriogonum crocatum Desert wild grape Vitis girdiana .5-1' x 2' 1-3' x 3' 3-4' x2 2-3' x 3-4' Catalina Island dudleya / Dudleya virens ssp. hassei Seaside daisy Erigeron glaucus Grasses 0.5' x 1' 25-40' x 20' 0.6-3' x 1.6-3' Medium Shrubs10-50' spreading Lanceleaf liveforever Dudleya lanceolata .5-1' x .5-1' California aster Corethrogyne.5-1' x 2' filaginifolia Clustered field sedge Carex praegracilis Concha Ceanothus Ceanothus ‘Concha’ 0.5' x 1' Coast live oak Quercus agrifolia Red-flowered buckwheat Eriogonum grande var. rubescens Santa Barbara honeysuckle Lonicera subspicata var. denudata 0.7-3' x 1-6' 2' x 3.5' 3-6' x 3-6' California aster Corethrogyne filaginifolia 25-82' x 15-35' 0.7-1.5 x 3' 8' x 20' California fuchsia Epilobium0.7-3' canum x 1-6' AnnualsDeergrass Muhlenbergia rigens Valley oak Quercus lobata Giant coreopsis Leptosyne gigantea Island alumroot Heuchera maxima 0.25-1.5' x 2-3' ElegantAnnuals clarkia Clarkia unguiculata4-5' x 4' 3-8' x 2-4' California fuchsia Epilobium canum 60-100' x 50' 1-2' x 2' Groundcover 0.25-1.5' x 2-3' Elegant clarkia Clarkia3.3' unguiculata x 3" Tree mallow Malva assurgentiflora Desert wishbone-bush Mirabilis