Flowering Times of Some Local Native Garden Plants in Ukiah Gardens Flower & Common Name Botanical Name Jan Feb March April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Foliage Annuals (many unlisted) B, O, F, H Blue elderberry Sambucus mexicana B, O Bush monkeyflower Mimulus aranticus B, O, H Ca bay tree Umbellularia californica B, F, O Ca buckeye Aescules californica **B, O Ca buckwheat Eriogonum californica B, O Ca coffee berry Frangula californica B, O Ca flannel bush Fremontodendron spp. + B, O Ca Poppy Eschscholzia californica B, O California fuchsia Epilobium cana B, O, H California lilac Ceanothus spp. B, O Californica Rose Rosa californica B, O Chapparal yucca Yucca whippeli * B, O, F, H Cleveland sage Salvia clevlendii B, F, O, H Coyote bush Baccharis pilularis B Coyote mint Mornardella spp. B, F, O, H Creeping sage Salvia sonomaensis B, F, O, H Foothill Penstemon Penstemon heterophyllus B, O, H Goldenrod Solidago spp. B, O Gooseberries & Currants Ribes spp. B, (F), O, H Gooseberries/currants Ribes spp. B, O, H Gum Plant Grindella spp. B, O Madrone Arbutus mensezii B, O, H Manzanitas Arctostaphylos spp. B, O, H Mock orange Philadelphus lewisii B, O, F Mountain mohogany Cercocarpus betuloides B, O Mulefat Baccharis salicifolia B, O Native cherries Prunus spp. B, F, O Oaks Quercus spp. B, O Oregon grape Berberis/Mahonia aquifolium B, O Flowering Times of Local Native Garden Plants in Ukiah Gardens Flower & Common Name Botanical Name Jan Feb March April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Foliage Pacific Coast Native Irises Iris spp. O Pacific dogwood Cornus nuttallii O Pitcher sage Lepechinia calycina B, F, O, H Seaside Daisy Erigeron glaucus B, O Silk tassels Garrya spp. B, O Skunkbush Rhus trilobata B Snowdrop bush Styrax officinalis B, O Tarweed Madia spp., others B, F, O Toyon Heteromeles arbutifolia B, O Western redbud Cercis occidentalis B, O Western Spicebush Calycanthus occidentalis O Willows Salix spp. B, O Woody penstemons Keckiella corymbosa / cordifolia B, O, H Common yarrow Achillea millefolium B, F, O

B = Butterflies, Bees or Flies F = Fragrant Foliage = Flowering without any irrigation O = Ornamental Flowers H = Hummingbirds + Flowering with supplemental irrigation

* blooms after several years and then dies ** toxic to honey bees

Created for the Agriculture classes at Mendocino College JXerogeanes4/2012