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Slide #1 BarbaraBarbara EisensteinEisenstein
EnthusiastEnthusiast andand promoterpromoter ofof sustain-sustain- ableable gardeninggardening withwith CalifCalif nativenative plantsplants www.weedingwildsuburbia.comwww.weedingwildsuburbia.com [email protected]@gmail.com
Slide #2 GardenGarden ThemesThemes fromfrom NatureNature
Oak Woodland Riparian Woodland Chaparral/Scrub Desert (high and low) Misc
Slide #3 OakOak WoodlandWoodland
Slide #4 OakOak WoodlandWoodland GardenGarden
Slide #5 Coast Live Oak Quercus agrifolia
Slide #6 Coast Live Oak Quercus agrifolia
12/24/2005 09/27/2016 Slide #7 Coast Live Oak Quercus agrifolia
12/24/2005 09/27/2016 Slide #8 Coast Live Oak Quercus agrifolia
Slide #9 Howard McMinn Manzanita Arctostaphylos ‘Howard McMinn’
Slide #10 Howard McMinn Manzanita Arctostaphylos ‘Howard McMinn’
Slide #11 Ray Hartman Ceanothus Ceanothus ‘Ray Hartman’
Slide #12 Ray Hartman Ceanothus Ceanothus ‘Ray Hartman’
Slide #13 Toyon Heteromeles arbutifolia
Slide #14 Golden Abundance Barberry Berberis [Mahonia] ‘Golden Abundance’
Slide #15 Golden Abundance Barberry Berberis [Mahonia] ‘Golden Abundance’
Slide #16 Coffeeberry Frangula [Rhamnus] californica
Slide #17 Eve Case Coffeeberry Frangula [Rhamnus] californica ‘Eve Case’
Slide #18 California Fescue Festuca californica
Slide #19 California Fescue Festuca californica
Slide #20 RiparianRiparian WoodlandWoodland
Slide #21 RiparianRiparian WoodlandWoodland GardenGarden
Slide #22 RiparianRiparian WoodlandWoodland GardenGarden July 2005
Slide #23 RiparianRiparian WoodlandWoodland GardenGarden August 2002
Slide #24 RiparianRiparian WoodlandWoodland GardenGarden March 2004 July 2005
Slide #25 RiparianRiparian WoodlandWoodland GardenGarden May 2009 March 2010
Slide #26 RiparianRiparian WoodlandWoodland GardenGarden October 2009
Slide #27 Fuchsia-flowered Gooseberry Ribes speciosum
Slide #28 Fuchsia-flowered Gooseberry Ribes speciosum
Slide #29 Fuchsia-flowered Gooseberry Ribes speciosum
Slide #30 Claremont Currant Ribes sanguineum var. glutinosum ‘Claremont’
Slide #31 Douglas Iris/ Pacific Coast Hybrid Iris douglasiana; I. (PCH)
Slide #32 Douglas Iris/ Pacific Coast Hybrid Iris douglasiana; I. (PCH)
Slide #33 Wire Grass Juncus species
Slide #34 Elk Blue Wire Grass Juncus patens ‘Elk Blue’
Slide #35 Coral Bells Heuchera species and cultivars
Slide #36 Wendy Coral Bells Heuchera ‘Wendy’
Slide #37 Susanna Coral Bells Heuchera ‘Susanna’
Slide #38 Coral Bells Heuchera maxima
Slide #39 Giant Chain Fern Woodwardia fimbriata
Slide #40 CoastalCoastal SageSage ScrubScrub
Slide #41 ChaparralChaparral
Slide #42 GrasslandGrassland
Slide #43 Scrub/ChaparralScrub/Chaparral GardenGarden
Slide #44 ScrublandScrubland GardenGarden
Slide #45 Chaparral/ScrublandChaparral/Scrubland GardenGarden
Slide #46 Scrub/GrasslandScrub/Grassland GardenGarden
Slide #47 Bigberry Manzanita Arctostaphylos glauca
Slide #48 Bigberry Manzanita Arctostaphylos glauca
Slide #49 Lester Rowntree Manzanita Arctostaphylos ‘Lester Rowntree’
Slide #50 Toyon Heteromeles arbutifolia
Slide #51 Nevin’s Barberry Berberis [Mahonia]nevinii
Slide #52 Laurel Sumac Malosma laurina
Slide #53 Laurel Sumac Malosma laurina
Slide #54 Deer Grass Muhlenbergia rigens
Slide #55 Deer Grass Muhlenbergia rigens
Slide #56 Deer Grass Muhlenbergia rigens
Slide #57 Deer Grass Muhlenbergia rigens
Slide #58 Deer Grass Muhlenbergia rigens
Slide #59 Deer Grass Muhlenbergia rigens
http://deborahsmall.wordpress.com/2010/01/16/basket-sumac-rhus-trilobata/
Slide #60 Canyon Prince Giant Rye Elymus [Leymus] condensatus ’Canyon Prince’
Slide #61 Canyon Prince Giant Rye Elymus [Leymus] condensatus ’Canyon Prince’
Slide #62 Canyon Prince Giant Rye Elymus [Leymus] condensatus ’Canyon Prince’
Slide #63 Canyon Prince Giant Rye Elymus [Leymus] condensatus ’Canyon Prince’
Slide #64 Canyon Prince Giant Rye Elymus [Leymus] condensatus ’Canyon Prince’ April 2007
Slide #65 Canyon Prince Giant Rye Elymus [Leymus] condensatus ’Canyon Prince’
April 2005
Slide #66 De La Mina Verbena Verbena lilacina ‘De La Mina’
Slide #67 De La Mina Verbena Verbena lilacina ‘De La Mina’
Slide #68 Chaparral Yucca Hesperoyucca [Yucca] whipplei
Slide #69 White Sage Salvia apiana
Slide #70 Bee’s Bliss Sage Salvia ‘Bee’s Bliss’
Slide #71 Bee’s Bliss Sage
Salvia ‘Bee’s Bliss’ Dec. 2005
Dec. 2004
Slide #72 Bee’s Bliss Sage
Salvia ‘Bee’s Bliss’ Oct. 2016
Slide #73 W.R. Seaside Daisy Erigeron ‘W. R.’
Slide #74 Purple Needlegrass Stipa [Nassella] pulchra
Slide #75 Purple Needlegrass Stipa [Nassella] pulchra
Slide #76 DesertDesert
Slide #77 DesertDesert
Slide #78 DesertDesert GardensGardens
Mojave or High – more frost Colorado or Low - less frost
Slide #79 Apricot Mallow Sphaeralcea ambigua
Slide #80 Desert Willow Chilopsis linearis
Slide #81 Desert Mallow Abutilon palmeri
Slide #82 Fairy Duster Calliandra eriophylla
Slide #83 Chuparosa Justicia californica
June
Slide #84 Brittlebush Encelia farinosa
Slide #85 Rush Milkweed Asclepias subulata
Slide #86 WRITTENWRITTEN REFERENCESREFERENCES ONON GARDENINGGARDENING WITHWITH CACA NATIVENATIVE PLANTSPLANTS
• Bornstein, Carol; David Fross and Bart O’Brien. 2005. California Native Plants for the Garden. Los Olivos, CA: Cachuma Press. • Eisenstein, Barbara. 2016. Wild Suburbia – Learning to garden with native plants. Berkeley, CA: Heyday Books. • Lenz Lee W.; John Dourley. 1981. California Native Trees & Shrubs. Claremont, CA: RSABG. • Lowry, Judith Larner. 1999. Gardening with a Wild Heart. Berkeley, CA: UC Press. • O’Brien, Bart C. 2002. “California Native Plant Gardens – Care and Maintenance.” Claremont, CA: Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden. • O’Brien, Bart; Betsey Landis and Ellen Mackey. 2006. Care & Maintenance of Southern California Native Plant Gardens. Los Angeles, CA: Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. • Perry, Bob. 2010. Landscape Plants for California Gardens. Claremont, CA: Land Design Publishing. • Perry, Bob. 1992. Landscape Plants for Western Regions: An Illustrated Guide to Plants for Water Conservation. San Dimas, CA: Land Design Publishing. • Sawyer, John and Todd Keeler-Wolf. 1995. A Manual of California Vegetation. Sacramento, CA: CNPS. • Schmidt, Marjorie G. 1980. Growing California Native Plants. Berkeley, CA: UC Press. • Tallamy, Douglas. 2009. Bringing Nature Home. Portland, OR: Timber Press. • Tree of Life. “Plants of the El Camino Real.”
Slide #87 WEBWEB REFERENCESREFERENCES ONON GARDENINGGARDENING WITHWITH CACA NATIVENATIVE PLANTSPLANTS
Nurseries and Gardens with plant databases, lists of plants for native gardens, most with photos (some are not exclusively devoted to CA native plants) • El Nativo, http://www.elnativogrowers.com/Natives.htm • Las Pilitas Nursery, http://www.mynativeplants.com/ • Mountain States Wholesale Nursery, http://www.mswn.com/ • Native Sons, http://www.nativeson.com/plants.htm • Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, http://www.rsabg.org/ (no photos) • San Marcos Growers, http://www.smgrowers.com/ • Suncrest Nurseries, http://www.suncrestnurseries.com/ (no photos) • Theodore Payne Foundation, http://www.theodorepayne.org/ • Tree of Life Nursery, http://www.californianativeplants.com/
Photo collections/databases • CalFlora, database of native plant photos, http://www.calflora.org • California Native Plant Link Exchange, database with links to photos, info, http://www.cnplx.info/index.html • California Native Plant Society, http://calscape.org/ • Cal Photos, database of native plant photos, http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/flora/ • Jepson Floral Project, Jepson Online Interchange, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/interchange.html • LA Dept. of Public Works, Los Angeles River Master Plan Landscaping Guidelines and Plant Palettes, (plant lists start on pg. 124) http://ladpw.org/wmd/watershed/LA/LAR_planting_guidelines_webversion.pdf • Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Photo Gallery, http://www.sbbgphotos.org/ • Southern California Wildflowers and Other Plants, http://www.calflora.net/bloomingplants/index.html
Google image search of plant
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