5/16/2020 Plant Briefs
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Botanical Name: Acca sellowiana Plant Height: 12-25' Common Name: Pineapple Guava Flower Color: Red, White, Multi-Colored Plant Type: Tree, Shrub Attracts Wildlife: n/a Sun: Full, Half Leaf Color: Grey Green Water: Low Flower Season: Spring Classi ed as an evergreen shrub or a small tree, this plant can be pruned to almost any size or shape. Its foliage is gray green and silvery underneath. White owers with bright red stamens can be seen, followed by 1"-4" long, oval, edible fruit. Full sun is required for proper growth. Additional names: Feijoa sellowiana
Botanical Name: Achillea hybrids Plant Height: 1-3' Common Name: Yarrow Hybrids Flower Color: Pink, Red, Yellow, White Plant Type: Ground cover, Perennial Attracts Wildlife: Butter ies Sun: Full, Half Leaf Color: Green Water: Very Low Flower Season: Summer Common Yarrow is a hardy perennial with hairy, evergreen green foliage. It has a tight cluster of white owers and typically blooms in the summer months. It attracts bees and butter ies. It prefers full to part sun and becomes drought tolerant once it's established. Following bloom, one should dead head the plant and divide the clumps when it appears crowded to keep it looking tidy.
Botanical Name: Aloe arborescens Plant Height: 3-6', 6-12' Common Name: Tree Aloe Flower Color: Orange Plant Type: Succulent Attracts Wildlife: n/a Sun: Full, Half, Shade Leaf Color: Green, Blue Green, Yellow Water: Very Low Green This succulent is large, full of branches and Flower Season: Winter produces deep red orange blooms in fall and winter. The owers produce a nectar that is attractive to many di erent birds; this plant is grown all over the world. This succulent can reach 8' tall and 5' wide. Leaves are narrow, recurved and tooth margined and can be green or yellowish or blue green, depending on how much sun it receives. It tolerates sun or shade.
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Botanical Name: Arbutus unedo Plant Height: 6-12', 12-25' Common Name: Strawberry Tree Flower Color: White Plant Type: Tree, Shrub Attracts Wildlife: Sun: Full, Half Leaf Color: Water: Low Flower Season: Winter, Fall This plant is either a small tree or large evergreen shrub. It has a red-brownish trunk and branches that are twisted with age. The dark green leaves have red stems. It has clusters of small, white or greenish-white urn shaped owers and small, red and yellow fruit that has a strawberry like texture from which the common name is derived. It has slow to moderate growth to 15' with the same spread. It can become damaged in severe winters.
Botanical Name: Arctostaphylos 'Paci c Mist' Plant Height: Under 1', 1-3' Common Name: Paci c Mist Manzanita Flower Color: Pink, White Plant Type: Shrub, Ground cover Attracts Wildlife: Sun: Full, Half Leaf Color: Water: Low Flower Season: Winter Paci c Mist manzanita is gray-green sprawling ground cover that is very fast growing for a manzanita. Pale pink owers bloom in winter. Great for coastal gardens. Low, gray and sprawling to a foot or so tall. Loves beach sand but tolerates clay. Perfectly drought tolerant in beach sand and along the coast. Needs water once a week in interior. May need to prune occasionally in inland heat to keep it neat.
Botanical Name: Arctostaphylos den. 'Howard Plant Height: 6-12' McMinn' Flower Color: Pink Common Name: Howard McMinn Manzanita Attracts Wildlife: Hummingbirds, Plant Type: Shrub Butter ies Sun: Full, Half Leaf Color: Green Water: Low Flower Season: Winter, Spring This shrub is highly appreciated for its decorative characteristics, which include a dense show of small, pale pink urn-shaped owers in winter and spring. One of its main often overlooked attractions of this plant is the mahogany-red to brown bark (which peels beautifully) that can be revealed with some internal pruning once the plant is mature . It's small, red fruit resembles the tike apple, appearing at the end of winter just as Spring is coming on. Evergreen, shiny leaves are very neat and tidy. It can reach 8' tall and 10 wide. It can be pruned to desired size. This shrub attracts b ...
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Botanical Name: Armeria maritima Plant Height: Under 1' Common Name: Sea Pink Flower Color: Pink Plant Type: Ground cover, Perennial Attracts Wildlife: n/a Sun: Full, Half Leaf Color: Green, Dark Green Water: Medium Flower Season: Spring, Intermittent This clumping, grass-like perennial is native to many areas, including coastal California. Its owers range from deep rose pink to white.
Botanical Name: Calystegia 'Anacapa Pink' Plant Height: 3-6', 6-12', 12-25' Common Name: Anacapa Island Pink Morning Glory Flower Color: Pink Plant Type: Vine Attracts Wildlife: n/a Sun: Full, Half Leaf Color: Green Water: Low Flower Season: Spring, Summer This climbing vine will grow up to 20' long quickly. It has bright green leaves with light pink owers that bloom in spring and summer. It can grow on chain link fences, posts, or even as a mounding shrub. It does best in full to part sun with well draining soil.
Botanical Name: Carissa macrocarpa 'Prostrata' Plant Height: 1-3' Common Name: Ground Cover Natal Plum Flower Color: White Plant Type: Shrub, Ground cover Attracts Wildlife: Sun: Full, Half Leaf Color: Water: Low Flower Season: Spring, Summer This wonderful groundcover will grow 2' high and can be trained as an espalier. It spreads quickly to provide good cover. It blooms with white owers followed by red or purple fruit. Thorns make it a good barrier planting.
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Botanical Name: Ceanothus 'Wheeler Canyon' Plant Height: 6-12' Common Name: Wheeler Canyon Ceanothus Flower Color: Blue Plant Type: Shrub Attracts Wildlife: Hummingbirds, Sun: Full, Half Butter ies Water: Low Leaf Color: Dark Green Dense mounding, evergreen shrub 4-6 ft tall by 4-8 Flower Season: Spring ft wide with dark green, 1-1.5 inch long leaves. Clusters of dark blue owers open inspiring from prominent burgundy-colored oral bracts. Although easily confused with ‘Concha’ when young, the latter attains much greater height with age. Propagated from cuttings by Horticulturist Dara Emery from a plant found roadside in Wheeler Gorge, Ventura County. -Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Botanical Name: Chrysanthemum frutescens Plant Height: 3-6' 'Yellow Assorte Flower Color: Yellow Common Name: Marguerite Yellow Assorted Attracts Wildlife: n/a Varietie Leaf Color: Green Plant Type: Perennial Flower Season: Summer, Intermittent Sun: Full Water: Medium, Extra in Summer This fast growing perennial quickly reaches 4' tall and wide, with a round habit. Leaves are bright green, evergreen, fragrant when bruised and coarsely divided. In coastal areas, this plant blooms year round with daisy-like owers with yellow centers. This plant is found in di erent shades of yellow or white or pink. In warm inland valleys, give su cient water and well draining soil. It may freeze in cold winters. This is not a long lasting plant but great for quick color.
Botanical Name: Coprosma 'Evening Glow' Plant Height: 1-3' Common Name: Evening Glow Coprosma Flower Color: Green, Orange, Yellow, Multi- Plant Type: Shrub Colored Sun: Full, Half Attracts Wildlife: n/a Water: Medium, Extra in Summer Leaf Color: Pink, Red Coprosmoa 'Evening Glow is a multi-colored glossy Flower Season: n/a green leafed shrub with a pyramidal form. it has a bright yellow-green variegation in spring and summer with fantastic rusty orange-red fall and winter color. An excellent landscape shrub.
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Botanical Name: Coprosma 'Paci c Sunrise™' Plant Height: 1-3' Common Name: Paci c Sunrise Coprosma Flower Color: n/a Plant Type: Shrub Attracts Wildlife: n/a Sun: Full, Half Leaf Color: Brown, Pink, Red Water: Medium, Extra in Summer Flower Season: n/a Coprosma Paci c Sunrise™ is a striking evergreen plant growing to 3 ft high with a glossy wave shaped leaf consisting of chocolate brown foliage with hot- pink highlights. Stunning for pots or the garden and works well in mass plantings. Colors intensify in the cooler spring and autumn temperatures. It grows best in a well drained soil and prefers full sun to partial shade.
Botanical Name: Coreopsis maritima Plant Height: 1-3' Common Name: Sea Dahlia Flower Color: Yellow Plant Type: Perennial Attracts Wildlife: Sun: Full, Half Leaf Color: Water: Low Flower Season: Spring Coreopsis maritima, 1'-3' high, is a fast growing, herbaceous perennial but summer deciduous. It has deeply lobed, featherlike leaves and a striking yellow bloom. Sea Dahlia grows best in coastal areas.
Botanical Name: Correa re exa Plant Height: Under 1', 1-3', 3-6' Common Name: Common Correa, Australian Flower Color: Green, Red, White, Multi- Fuchsia Colored Plant Type: Shrub Attracts Wildlife: Sun: Full, Half Leaf Color: Water: Very Low Flower Season: Winter, Spring, Fall This Australian native is reliable in areas that are frost free. It can be prostrate or reaching up to 5' tall and wide, depending on cultivar. Leaves are evergreen, oval shaped, gray green or olive green, hairy or smooth, depending on cultivar. Flowers can be bell-shaped or tubular, in varying colors such as cream, red, green with contrasting color tips. Blooms spring thru fall, attracting hummingbirds and other pollinators. Likes full to part sun in coastal areas as well as warm inland valleys. Prefers well draining soil and becomes drought tolerant once established. It is deer and wind ...
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Botanical Name: Diplacus (Mimulus) aurantiacus Plant Height: 1-3' Common Name: Sticky Monkey Flower Flower Color: Orange, Yellow, Multi- Plant Type: Shrub, Perennial Colored Sun: Full, Half Attracts Wildlife: Water: Low Leaf Color: Sticky monkey ower is a drought tolerant Flower Season: Spring, Summer evergreen shrub 2-3' tall with numerous tubular orange-yellow owers in spring and summer. Grows on hillsides and along the coast, where it prefers good drainage and somewhat dry conditions. Prefers full sun near coast, light shade inland. This California native provides nectar for hummingbirds and is a larval food source for the common checkerspot and buckeye butter ies. Deer resistant. Trim annually to maintain shape.
Botanical Name: Dudleya pulverulenta Plant Height: Under 1', 1-3' Common Name: Chalk Dudleya Flower Color: Red Plant Type: Succulent Attracts Wildlife: n/a Sun: Full, Half Leaf Color: Grey, Silver, White Water: Very Low Flower Season: Spring, Summer Chalk Dudleya is an attractive succulent that slowly forms 1' wide and tall rosettes. Leaves are thick and chalky looking. Basal stem may be 2" wide. During spring and summer, silvery vertical stalks bear reddish owers. This plant does well in coastal areas needing no summer irrigation. In warmer inland areas, this plant does best with afternoon shade. It needs well draining soil. It tolerates winter and spring irrigation. Plant at an angle so water drains easily. Great plant for containers, crevices, rock gardens.
Botanical Name: Erigeron glaucus 'Wayne Roderick' Plant Height: 1-3' Common Name: Seaside Daisy, Beach Fleabane Flower Color: Gold, Lavender, Multi- Plant Type: Ground cover, Perennial Colored Sun: Full, Half Attracts Wildlife: Water: Low, Medium, Extra in Summer Leaf Color: Perennial grows 1' tall and 1.5' wide. Has deep Flower Season: Spring, Summer, Fall green foliage and lavender owers with gold centers. Blooms spring through fall if deadheaded. Does well in coastal areas where it can be planted in full sun. Prefers afternoon shade inland. Requires little water once established but looks better with extra summer water. Attracts bees and butter ies. Deer and rabbit resistant.
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Botanical Name: Eriogonum fasciculatum Plant Height: 3-6' Common Name: California Buckwheat Flower Color: Pink, White Plant Type: Shrub Attracts Wildlife: Butter ies Sun: Full, Half Leaf Color: Grey Green, Grey Water: Very Low, Low Flower Season: Summer, Fall Eriogonum fasciculatum is a fast growing shrub with needle-like, narrow, evergreen, grayish leaves. Pink-white ower heads appear at the end of branching stems in spring, changing to cream and then rust-brown by fall. Flowers are attractive to butter ies. This plant will reach 4' tall with arching branches, rooting where they touch. It can spread 8' wide. This plant is great for hillsides and erosion control. Does well in coastal areas but will tolerate warm inland areas with afternoon shade and additional water. In coastal areas, it is drought tolerant once it's established.
Botanical Name: Eriophyllum conferti orum Plant Height: 1-3' Common Name: Golden-Yarrow Flower Color: Yellow Plant Type: Perennial Attracts Wildlife: Butter ies Sun: Full, Half Leaf Color: Green, Grey Green Water: Very Low, Low, Extra in Summer Flower Season: Spring, Summer This nely textured native produces nice clusters of golden yellow blooms in the spring on a 1'-2'H x 1- 2'W plant. Prefers well drained soil with very little water. Acts as an annual in many landscapes. Usually looks poor in the summer. Most often used in more natural landscapes. Attracts butter ies. Cut back after bloom in the summer but leave leaves below the cuts.
Botanical Name: Euryops pectinatus Plant Height: 3-6' Common Name: Euryops Flower Color: Yellow Plant Type: Shrub Attracts Wildlife: n/a Sun: Full Leaf Color: Dark Green, Grey Green Water: Very Low Flower Season: Winter, Spring, Summer, This dependable shrub with bright yellow, daisy-like Fall, Constant owers, blooms almost year-round. Its leaves are grey-green in color and divided. This shrub can reach 6' tall and wide. It is very hardy and does well in full sun and well draining soil. When established, it is drought tolerant. Prune when owers start to fade. The branches are wonderful in ower arrangements. This shrub tends to show its branches at the bottom so plant something low growing like Basket of Gold alyssum.
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Botanical Name: Felicia amelloides Plant Height: 1-3' Common Name: Blue Marguerite, Blue Felicia Daisy Flower Color: Blue, Yellow, Multi-Colored Plant Type: Shrub, Ground cover Attracts Wildlife: Butter ies Sun: Full, Half Leaf Color: Dark Green Water: Medium, Extra in Summer Flower Season: Spring, Summer, Fall This shrubby perennial is grown mostly as a ground cover since it reaches 18" tall and spreads up to 5'. It has oval, hairy leaves that are 1" in length and dark green in color. It produces a variety of bright blue, 1 1/4" wide owers with yellow centers, resembling daisies. In cool summer areas, this plant may act as an annual, blooming from spring through fall. In hot summer places, plant in full sun but with afternoon shade. It will only bloom from spring through midsummer. It does best in well draining soil. It does best with regular watering. It does not tolerate hot humid areas. It ...
Botanical Name: Fragaria chiloensis Plant Height: Under 1', 1-3' Common Name: Coastal Strawberry Flower Color: White Plant Type: Ground cover, Perennial Attracts Wildlife: Sun: Full, Half Leaf Color: Water: Medium, Extra in Summer Flower Season: Spring, Summer, Fall This perennial ground cover is native to coastal bu s and sand dunes in California. It grows 1' high and 3' wide. It has tooth-edged, reddish green, evergreen leaves. Tiny white owers with yellow centers appear in spring through early fall, followed by edible red fruit. This perennial can be used as a lawn replacement. Tolerates sand and hot inland areas as long as it has afternoon shade. It needs regular watering. Birds love this plant.
Botanical Name: Gambelia speciosa Plant Height: 1-3' Common Name: Island Bush Snapdragon Flower Color: Red Plant Type: Ground cover, Perennial Attracts Wildlife: Hummingbirds, Sun: Full, Half Butter ies Water: Very Low, Extra in Summer Leaf Color: Green Island Snapdragon is an evergreen perennial that Flower Season: Spring, Summer, grows from 2'-3' high and 3'-5' across with red Intermittent spring and summer owers. In coastal areas, this plant acts as a ground cover. It can spill over a retaining wall or a hillside. Looks great in containers. This plant needs partial shade in hot inland areas. It tolerates clay, loam, rocky or sandy soil, thus making it a versatile plant in many areas. It is a California native that is drought tolerant but will look better with additional summer water. It attracts hummingbirds in a big way.. Prune in winter so it is not so woody. Fast growing.
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Botanical Name: Gazania Clumping Plant Height: 1-3' Common Name: Clumping Gazania Flower Color: Orange, Yellow, White, Multi- Plant Type: Ground cover, Perennial Colored Sun: Full, Half Attracts Wildlife: n/a Water: Low, Extra in Summer Leaf Color: Green, Grey Green Low growing perennial, up to 12" tall, is used as a Flower Season: Spring, Summer ground cover. It forms a mat over time, perhaps 12" wide. Daisy-like owers have yellow, orange, white or multi-colored rays with large eye centers, blooming in spring and summer. This ground cover tolerates seacoast conditions with full sun and well draining soil. It becomes drought tolerant when established. It can also be grown in desert areas as long as it gets afternoon shade and extra summer water. Leaves are evergreen ranging in color from green to gray green.
Botanical Name: Gazania Trailing Plant Height: Under 1' Common Name: Trailing Gazania Flower Color: Yellow Plant Type: Ground cover Attracts Wildlife: n/a Sun: Full, Half Leaf Color: Blue Green, Grey Green Water: Low, Extra in Summer Flower Season: Spring, Summer, Fall This somewhat hardy perennial will grow 6"-12" high and 24" wide. It produces wonderful, bright yellow owers with soft, gray green leaves. Other ower colors available depending on variety. They do best in full sun with well draining soil. It tolerates most kinds of soil. Looks great in hanging baskets or on hillsides or as a lawn substitute. Once established, it has low water needs but will need extra summer water. Bloom period is typically spring, summer and fall.
Botanical Name: Grindelia stricta Plant Height: Under 1' Common Name: Coastal Gumweed Flower Color: Yellow Plant Type: Perennial Attracts Wildlife: Sun: Full, Half Leaf Color: Water: Very Low, Low Flower Season: Winter, Spring, Fall, Grindelia stricta, or coastal gumweed, is native to Intermittent the west coast from California to Alaska, where it is a resident of coastal plant communities such as those in marshes and beaches. An excellent pollinator plant, each ower bud contains a gummy white resin that protects the blooms from predators, hence the name “gum plant." Grindelia stricta is variable in appearance, taking the form of a weedlike perennial herb forming low clumps to a sprawling subshrub growing erect to heights exceeding one meter. ('Mendocino' is a prostrate from that stays under 8" tall and bears bright yellow 2.5" ...
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Botanical Name: Hebe species Plant Height: 1-3' Common Name: Evergreen Veronicas Flower Color: Lavender, Pink, Purple Plant Type: Shrub Attracts Wildlife: n/a Sun: Full, Half Leaf Color: Dark Green, Variegated Water: Medium, Extra in Summer Flower Season: Summer An evergreen shrub which grows to 3' tall and 3'-5' wide, with dark green leaves. In the summer, purple or pink owers are grown on slender spikes, depending on cultivar. This plant is useful for mass planting or as a single specimen. It does best in full sun in coastal areas or in cool summer regions. It prefers well draining soil and regular watering, more during hot summer days.
Botanical Name: Lavatera maritima Plant Height: 3-6', 6-12' Common Name: Mediterranean Tree Mallow Flower Color: Lavender, Pink, Multi-Colored Plant Type: Broadleaf Evergreen, Shrub Attracts Wildlife: n/a Sun: Full Leaf Color: Grey Green Water: Low Flower Season: Spring This large, shrubby perennial grows up to 6' and has profuse lavender pink owers with maroon highlights. From the Mallow family, the owers are produced year round and are especially showy in the fall.
Botanical Name: Limonium perezii Plant Height: 1-3' Common Name: Sea Lavender Flower Color: Purple Plant Type: Shrub, Perennial Attracts Wildlife: n/a Sun: Full, Half Leaf Color: Dark Green Water: Low Flower Season: Spring, Summer This mounding shrub will reach about 3' high and has large, dark green leaves with small blue and purple owers that bloom in spring and summer. Very hardy and outstanding perennial for water wise gardens. Tall clusters of tiny, deep mauve owers are produced throughout much of the year. Ornamental foliage is evergreen and forms an attractive, rounded mound.Can be mass planted for low maintenance areas or low, edging borders.
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Botanical Name: Lupinus arboreus Plant Height: 3-6' Common Name: Coastal Bush Lupine Flower Color: Lavender Plant Type: Shrub Attracts Wildlife: Sun: Full Leaf Color: Water: Low Flower Season: Spring This 4'-5' fast-growing perennial has 6" spring ower spikes in yellow, blue, or lavender. It is native to coastal dunes, blu s, and slopes, where it requires fast draining soil and prefers full sun. It can be an aggressive re-seeder and therefore should not be planted near wild areas or anywhere where it cannot be controlled.
Botanical Name: Muhlenbergia capillaris Plant Height: 1-3', 3-6' Plumetastic® Flower Color: Pink Common Name: Pink Muhly 'Plumetastic®' Attracts Wildlife: n/a Plant Type: Shrub, Grass Leaf Color: Green Sun: Full Flower Season: Fall Water: Medium Plumetastic Muhly Stately has very showy foliage, with exceptional upright and slightly arching form. Glittering clouds of vivid purple plumes emerge in late summer and persist through fall. Lends far richer color and more uniform bloom than others of its type. Outstanding texture for specimen plant or en masse in borders, meadows and native gardens. Wonderful planted in mass with a solid wall background to highlight the owers. Also attractive plantedin the open next to a pond or pool. The delicate, airy owers wave and shimmer in the wind. This plant is versatile and can be mixed into ...
Botanical Name: Pelargonium peltatum Plant Height: Under 1' Common Name: Ivy Geranium Flower Color: Pink, Red Plant Type: Perennial Attracts Wildlife: n/a Sun: Half, Shade Leaf Color: Green, Dark Green, Variegated Water: Medium, Extra in Summer Flower Season: Spring, Summer, Fall Clouds of single owers are produced from spring through fall on This perennial, which should be planted in areas that receive protection from afternoon sun in warm inland areas. Ivy geranium reaches 2' tall and spreads to 3' wide. Leaves are shaped like ivy leaves, thus its common name. Flowers bloom from spring through fall in pink, white, red or violet. It looks great in containers as it spills over. Deadhead to encourage more blooming and keep plant bushy.
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Botanical Name: Phacelia californica Plant Height: Under 1', 1-3' Common Name: California phacelia Flower Color: Purple Plant Type: Perennial Attracts Wildlife: Butter ies Sun: Full Leaf Color: Green Water: Very Low Flower Season: Spring This California native has rosettes that are clumping. During spring, long slender stems rise above gray green foliage, ending with lavender owers. This perennial quickly reaches 6"-18" tall and 1'-2' wide. It prefers well draining soil and can become drought tolerant. Butter ies love this plant. It grows well in coastal areas. It can be used in rock gardens.
Botanical Name: Rhamnus alaternus 'Variegata' Plant Height: 6-12' Common Name: Variegated Italian Buckthorn Flower Color: n/a Plant Type: Shrub Attracts Wildlife: n/a Sun: Full, Half Leaf Color: Dark Green, White, Variegated Water: Low Flower Season: n/a This plant is an evergreen shrub grows to 6'-8' tall and wide. The leaves edged with creamy white. Remove the green shoots when they appear or else they will take over the plant. It needs little or no water.
Botanical Name: Rhus ovata Plant Height: 6-12' Common Name: Sugar Bush Flower Color: White Plant Type: Shrub Attracts Wildlife: n/a Sun: Full Leaf Color: Green, Dark Green Water: Very Low, Extra in Summer Flower Season: Spring Sugar Bush is a dense, rounded evergreen shrub growing 8'-15' tall and wide with creamy owers in spring. Small red fruit follows blooms, which are edible. It grows well in inland areas and is drought tolerant. Leathery, rich, dark foliage is evergreen. It prefers full sun and well draining soil. It is drought tolerant once it's established although it could use additional irrigation in hot summer areas. Do not plant in wet areas.
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Botanical Name: Salvia apiana Plant Height: 3-6' Common Name: White Sage, Sacred White Sage Flower Color: Lavender, White Plant Type: Shrub Attracts Wildlife: Sun: Full Leaf Color: Water: Very Low Flower Season: Spring Woody shrub has sti , upright stems with highly pungent, gray-green, wrinkled evergreen juvenile leaves that become smooth and white. Fragrant white-lavender owers bloom in spring, attracting bees. Likes sunny dry slopes, fast-draining soil, and no extra water after the rst year. May reach 6' tall and wide over time, although it is considered slow growing. (A compact variety grows about half this size.) Prune after bloom. Leaves used for herbal teas and for medicinal purposes. Native Americans created smudge sticks from this plant for use in sweat lodges and ceremonies.
Botanical Name: Salvia leucophylla 'Point Sal Plant Height: 3-6' Spreader' Flower Color: Pink, Purple Common Name: Pt. Sal Spreader Purple Sage Attracts Wildlife: Hummingbirds Plant Type: Shrub, Ground cover Leaf Color: Grey Green, White Sun: Full, Half Flower Season: Spring Water: Very Low, Low The Point Sal Spreader Sage is an evergreen shrub that grows 3'-4' tall and 4'-6' wide. It has gray green to white leaves. Flowers are pinkish purple. This shrub tolerates heat and droughts. This Salvia is a California native. This variety has a more prostrate form than other varieties.
Botanical Name: Sedum spathulifolium Plant Height: Under 1' Common Name: Spathe Leaved Sedum Flower Color: Yellow Plant Type: Ground cover, Succulent Attracts Wildlife: n/a Sun: Full, Half Leaf Color: Grey, Silver Water: Low Flower Season: Summer This perennial will grow less than 1' tall and has silver gray, rosette leaves. It desires very little water.
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Botanical Name: Verbena lilacina 'De La Mina' Plant Height: 1-3' Common Name: Cedros Island Verbena Flower Color: Blue, Lavender Plant Type: Perennial Attracts Wildlife: Sun: Full, Half Leaf Color: Water: Very Low, Extra in Summer Flower Season: Spring, Summer This attractive perennial quickly reaches 2' tall and 4' wide. Foliage is bright green, dissected and fern- looking. During spring and summer, thin stalks rise above foliage, ending with fragrant, 1" diameter, lavender blue clusters of owers, attracting bees and butter ies. This mound shaped plant prefers full to part sun. It is drought tolerant once it's established but will do better with occasional water during hot summer months.
Botanical Name: Vitis X californica 'Roger's Red' Plant Height: 12-25', 25-40' Common Name: Roger's Red Wild Grape Flower Color: White Plant Type: Vine Attracts Wildlife: Sun: Full, Half Leaf Color: Water: Very Low Flower Season: Spring Woody, vigorous, deciduous vine grows 15-30' with round large, gray green leaves and a sprawling, climbing growth habit. Leaves turn spectacular deep red in fall. Good choice to cover fences, trellises, arbors, or as a ground cover. Flowers are small, fragrant, and white and summer berry clusters are small, seedy, and loved by birds. Adaptable vine, thrives in full sun to light shade with regular to moderate water. Grows well with little summer water and is drought tolerant. Will typically grow less aggressively in dry conditions. Good habitat plant. This cultivar is now thought to be a na ...
Botanical Name: Westringia 'Wynyabbie Gem' Plant Height: 3-6' Common Name: Westringia Wynyabbie Gem Flower Color: Lavender Plant Type: Shrub Attracts Wildlife: Hummingbirds Sun: Full Leaf Color: Grey Green Water: Very Low Flower Season: Winter, Spring This evergreen shrub will grow 3'-6' high and 6'-8' wide and has lavender owers that bloom from winter through spring. It is drought tolerant and does well in full sun or partial shade.
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