Landscape without water
Neil Bell, OSU Extension Service, Marion/Polk Counties
Oregon State University Extension Publications: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/
EC 628: Soil Sampling for Home Gardens and Small Acreages
EM 8677: Laboratories serving Oregon: soil, water, plant tissue and feed analysis.
EC 1561: Improving garden soils with organic matter
EC 1629-E: Mulching woody ornamentals with organic materials (March 2009)
Book resources:
Natural vegetation of Oregon and Washington, Franklin and Dyrness. OSU Press.
Gardening with native plants of the Pacific Northwest, Art Kruckeberg. U. Washington Press.
Plants of western Oregon, Washington and British Columbia, Eugene Kozloff. Timber Press.
Plant life in the world’s Mediterranean climates, Peter Dallman. UC Press.
Mediterranean gardening-a waterwise approach, Heidi Gildemeister. UC Press.
Make your own Mediterranean garden, Patty Barron. Aquamarine.
Garden plants for Mediterranean climates, Graham Payne. Crowood Press.
The dry gardening handbook: plants and practices for a changing climate, Olivier Filippi. Thames/ Hudson.
The new Sunset Western Garden Book, 9th edition. Sunset Press.
Planting the dry shade garden, Graham Rice. Timber Press.
Web resources:
Water-efficient plants for the WV. http://www.clackamasproviders.org/CCC-Plant-Guide/index.htm
Native Plant Society of Oregon. http://www.npsoregon.org/ Selected Plants by bloom time…
Silktassel (Garrya elliptica) Sunrose (Helianthemum nummularium)
Chaparral currant (Ribes malvaceum) Spanish Lavender (Lavandula stoechas)
Contorted Hazel (Corylus avellana ‘Contorta’) Buckbrush (Ceanothus cuneatus)
Winter Clematis (Clematis cirrhosa) Wild Lilac (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus ‘Victoria’)
Orchid Iris (Iris histioides) Point Reyes Ceanothus (C. gloriosus)
Sweetbox (Sarcococca confusa/S. hookeriana) C. ‘Tilden Park’, C. ‘Blue Jeans’, C. impressus
Corsican Hellebore (Helleborus argutifolius) C. x delilianus ‘Gloire de Versailles’
Manzanita (Arctostaphylos nummularia) Carpet Broom (Genista lydia and G. pilosa)
A. hookeri ‘Wayside’, ‘White Lanterns’ Jerusalem Sage (Phlomis fruticosa/P. purpurea)
A. ‘Sentinel’, A. ‘Austin Griffiths’ Hairy Canary Clover (Dorycnium hirsutum)
A. ‘Siskiyou Pink’, A. manzanita ‘Hood Lavender (Lavandula x intermedia) Mountain’ Oregano (Origanum laevigatum), O. ‘Kent Crocus (Crocus spp.) Beauty’, O. rotundifolium
Daffodils (Narcissus spp.) Rose (Rosa nutkana)
Oregon Grape (Mahonia aquifolium) R. ‘Ispahan’, R. ‘Eddie’s Jewel’
Oso Berry (Oemleria cerasiformis) Oceanspray (Holodiscus discolor)
Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) Sage (Salvia officinalis) Flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum) Lavender Cotton (Santolina chamaecyparrisus) Fuchsia-flower Gooseberry (R. speciosum) S. rosmarinifolius, S. pinnata ‘Edward Bowles’ Gummy Gooseberry (R. lobbii) Yucca (Yucca spp.) Camas (Camassia quamash) Chaste Tree (Vitex agnus-castus) Serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia) California Fuchsia (Epilobium canum) Thyme (Thymus spp.) Autumn daffodil (Sternbergia lutea) Rockrose (Cistus x hybridus) Bupleurum fruticosum C. x purpureus, C. x pulverulentus ‘Sunset’, Shrubby Hare’s Ear ( )
Halimium lasianthum ‘Sandling’ Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo)
C. x obtusifolius, C. x aguilarii ‘Maculatus’ Spider Flower (Grevillea victoriae)