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Key to Symbols Is at Bottom Mediterranean Garden (as of December 29, 2020) Key to symbols is at bottom Deer CA Botanical Common name Type Water Use Resistant Native Comments Agastache hybrid ' Blue Fortune' Perennial Albuca shawii Albuca Perennial Aloysia citrodora aka Aloysia triphylla Lemon Verbena Herb Aristea ecklonii Blue Stars Perennial added in fall 2016 Jacob's Rod, Yellow Asphodel, King's Asphodeline lutea Spear Perennial Mediterranean Mint, Ballota pseudodictamnus Grecian Horehound Shrub Bulbine frutescens Perennial Calandrinia spectabilis Rock Purslane Succulent Callistemon viminalis 'Little John' Weeping Bottlebrush Shrub New Zealand Orange Ornamental Carex testacea Sedge Grass Chorizema 'Bush Flame' Shrub WUCOLS unkn water Deer CA Botanical Common name Type Water Use Resistant Native Comments Cistus x pulverulentus 'Sunset' Rockrose Shrub Citrus unshiu Satsuma Mandarin Fruit Coreopsis 'Limerock Ruby' Perennial unknown PP #15,455 Correa reflexa 'Kangaroo Island' Australian Fuchsia Shrub Crassula coccinea Red Crassula Succulent Cupressus sempervirens Italian Cypress Tree Dianella tasmanica Flax Lily Perennial Dipogon lignosus Cape Sweet Pea Vine Erica x darleyensis ' Pink Harmony' Heath Shrub Euphorbia characias wulfenii Perennial Geranium incanum 'Sugar Plum' Cranesbill Perennial Grevillea lanigera 'Jade Mound' Woolly Grevillea Shrub Deer CA Botanical Common name Type Water Use Resistant Native Comments Heuchera hybrid 'Zipper' Coral Bells Perennial Red Hot Poker, Torch Kniphofia uvaria 'Flamenco' Lily Perennial Kumquat Kumquat Fruit Sweet Bay, Grecian Laurus nobilis Laurel Shrub French Lavender, Lavandula dentata Toothed Lavender Shrub Lavandula x intermedia 'Edelweiss' White Hedge Lavender Herb Lepechinia hastata Pitcher Sage Shrub Devil's Tobacco, Lobelia tupa Chilean Lobelia Perennial Mandevilla laxa Chilean Jasmine Vine Melianthus major Honey Bush Shrub Mimulus aurantiacus Sticky Monkey Flower Perennial yes Ornamental Grass- Muhlenbergia rigens Deer Grass perennial yes Deer CA Botanical Common name Type Water Use Resistant Native Comments Myrtus communis Myrtle Shrub Nepeta tuberosa Catmint Perennial Chilean Evening Oenothera acaulis Primrose Ground cover unknown Olea europaea 'Manzanillo' Olive Tree Olea europaea 'Maurino' Olive Tree Olea europaea 'Sevillano' Olive Tree Origanum 'Betty Rollins' Dwarf Oregano Ground cover Oscularia deltoides Ice Plant Succulent Kalwerbossie Pelargonium sidoides Geranium Perennial Penstemon heterophyllus 'Margarita BOP' Foothill Penstemon Perennial yes Penstemon hybrid 'Bev Border Penstemon, Jensen' Garden Penstemon Perennial Penstemon pinifolius Pineleaf Beard Tongue Perennial Deer CA Botanical Common name Type Water Use Resistant Native Comments Philadelphus lewisii 'Goose Shrub- Creek' Wild Mock Orange deciduous yes Philotheca x obovalis Dwarf Wax Flower Shrub WUCOLS unk water Phlomis purpurea Purple Jerusalem Sage Shrub Phygelius capensis 'Magenta' Cape Fuchsia Perennial added in fall 2016 Ornamental Poa cita Silver Tussock Grass Podacarpus lawrencei 'Blue Shurb- Gem' Mountain Plum Pine evergreen added in fall 2016 Pomegranate 'Ambrosia' Pomegranate Fruit added in summer Psoralea fleta Weeping Blue Broom Tree 2016 Rosmarinus officinalis Ed Carman's 'Mozart' Rosemary Herb Some websites say Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips' Sage Shrub moderate water use Hummingbird Sage, Salvia spathacea Pitcher Sage Perennial yes Salvia x superba Sage Perennial Deer CA Botanical Common name Type Water Use Resistant Native Comments Anthony Parker Bush Salvia 'Anthony Parker" Sage Shrub Black Elder, European Sambucus nigra Elder Tree Santolina virens Green Santolina Shrub Saponaria x lempergii 'Max Giant-Flowered Frei' Soapwort Ground cover Senecio ficoides 'Mount Skyscraper Series Everest' Senecio Perennial #22,188 Sinningia tubiflora Hardy White Gloxinia Perennial Ornamental Stipa gigantea Giant Feather Grass Grass Stokesia laevis 'Alba' Stokes' Aster Perennial Teucrium fruticans Bush Germander Shrub Teucrium x lucidrys Germander Shrub Trachelium caeruleum Trachelium Perennial Trichostema lanatum Woolly Blue Curls Native Deer CA Botanical Common name Type Water Use Resistant Native Comments Verbena rigida Sandpaper Verbena Perennial Westringia fruticosa 'Smokey' Coast Rosemary Shrub Water Use Deer Key: (per Resistent WUCOLS) Key Very Low Deer Resistent Low Moderate High * = Not on WUCOLS - from other websites.
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