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Sea lettuce (Dudleya caespitosa) is a perennial succulent native to coastal California that forms dense clumping rosettes of pale green to blue-green leaves. In spring and summer it produces tall flowering stalks with yellow flowers and often bright pink bracts and stalks that tower above the foliage. It is drought tolerant and thrives in full sun and well-drained soil, making it suitable as a low-maintenance groundcover, especially on coastal bluffs, slopes, and in containers. Sea lettuce provides habitat for hummingbirds and seed-eating birds.
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The Chuparosa is used in desert gardens due to its drought tolerance and as a substitute for non-native hummingbird plants. It provides habitat and food for hummingbirds and other birds. It requires full sun, well-drained soil, and occasional summer water in USDA zones 1
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False indigo is a woody shrub native to coastal southern California and parts of the southwest. It grows 6-10 feet tall with multiple stems and bright green leaves concentrated at the top third. The shrub blooms from April to July with showy purple-blue flowers with orange anthers that are sweetly scented. It is drought tolerant once established and can be used for bank stabilization or as a hedge. The foliage and fruit can also be used for dye and food.
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Fingertips Live-forever (Dudleya edulis) is a succulent native to coastal southern California that grows in rocky slopes and hillsides below 4000 feet. It has cylindrical finger-like leaves that are blue-green to white-green and grows upright from a low stem. In late spring it produces pale pink flowers on slender branching stalks. It is often used as a ground cover or in pots and prefers light to part shade with occasional summer water but tolerates drought. It provides habitat for hummingbirds and other birds and small animals.
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Tanbark Oak, or Notholithocarpus densiflorus, is an evergreen tree native to coastal ranges in California and Oregon. It grows up to 75 feet tall and 40 feet wide, with thick, gray bark and leathery leaves. The tree blooms in spring and summer with male catkins and nearly inconspicuous female flowers that produce seeds resembling acorns. It prefers part shade and well-drained soil, and needs summer irrigation. Tanbark Oak provides habitat for wildlife and its seeds were used as a food source by Native Californians.
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Coastal Tidytips is a fast-growing annual wildflower native to coastal areas of California. It blooms from March to June with attractive yellow daisy-like flowers with white-tipped rays. The flowers are excellent for mass plantings and attract butterflies and birds. Coastal Tidytips grows well in full sun to light shade in most garden soils and makes a good substitute for non-native annual sunflowers or Gazanias. It is easy to grow from seed sown in fall or early spring.
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