Mardi and Jeff Mertens’ Garden Wildlife habitat: Gardening for bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and song birds

PLANT LIST (Over 120 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 Calycanthus occidentalis Spicebush Cardamine californica Milkmaids Carex praegracilis Dune Sedge Carpenteria californica “Elizabeth” Bush Anemone Castilleja species Indian Paintbrush Ceanothus centennial Ca Lilac Ceanothus “Ray Hartman” Ca Lilac Ceanothus spp. Ca Lilac Cercis occidentalis Western Redbud Claytonia perfoliata Miner’s Lettuce Clematis lasiantha Chaparral Clematis Corylus cornuta Hazelnut Delphinium californicum Ca Larkspur Epilobium canum Ca Fuchsia Erigeron glaucus “Cape Sebastian” Seaside Daisy Eschscholzia californica Ca Poppy Festuca californica Ca Fescue Fragaria vesca Wild Strawberry Fritallaria afnis Checker Lily Galvezia speciosa Island Snapdragon Heracleum lanatum Cow parsnip Heteromeles arbutifolia Toyon Berry Heuchera maxima Coral Bells Heuchera micrantha Crevice alum root 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” Cofeeberry Rhus integrifolia Lemonade Berry Ribes Elk River Red Red Flowering Currant Ribes malvaceum Chaparral Current Ribes sanguineum glutinosum Pink Flowering Currant Ribes viburnifolium Catalina Perfume Romanzofa 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 Symphoricarpos mollis Creeping snowberry 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 Chlorgalum pomeridianum Soap Plant Cynoglossum grande Hound’s Tongue Delphinium nudicaule Red Larkspur Delphinium patens Spreading Larkspur]; Dicentra formosa Bleeding Heart Dichelostemma capitatum Blue Dicks Epilobium canum Ca Fuchsia Epilobium ciliatum Fringed Willowherb Eriogonum grande rubescens Red-flowered Buckwheat Eriogonum nudum Buckwheat Eschscholzia spp. Ca. Poppy Lepechinia calycina Pitcher sage Lewisia cotyledon “Little Peach” Clif-maids Mimulus “Trish” Sticky Monkey Flower Phacelia boulanderi Caterpillar Flower Phacelia californica California Phacelia Phacelia tanacetifolia Tansy-leaf Phacelia Phacelia viscida Sticky Phacelia Romneya coulteri Matilija Poppy Salvia melifera Black Sage Salvia clevelandii Cleveland Sage

Creekside Natives Acer circinatum Vine Maple Carex tumulicola Berkeley Sedge Ceanothus thyrsiflorus variegated foliage Ca Lilac Cornus sericea ssp. sericea Creek Dogwood 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 Garden planted by Evan Mertens Mardi collects and adds new native plants in the rainy season each year