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Foothill Needlegrass is a graceful, bunching perennial grass native to California and Baja California. It grows 1-3 feet tall with arching leaves and flower stalks. Its seeds and stems are a distinctive red-purple color. Foothill Needlegrass is drought tolerant and thrives in full sun to partial shade in well-drained soil with little water needs once established. It is an excellent choice for native plantings, erosion control, and as an ornamental grass substitute.
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Foothill needlegrass is a graceful, bunching perennial grass native to California and Baja California. It grows 1-3 feet tall with arching leaves and flower stalks. The seeds and stems are red-purple. It is drought tolerant and thrives in full sun to partial shade in well-drained soil. Foothill needlegrass provides erosion control on slopes, attracts birds and small mammals, and is a sensible substitute for non-native ornamental grasses.
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Foothill Needlegrass is a graceful, cool-season perennial bunchgrass native to California and Baja California. It grows 1-3 feet tall with arching leaves and flower stalks. The seeds and stems are red-purple or light purple. It is drought resistant and tolerant of sandy or well-drained soils in full sun to partial shade. Foothill Needlegrass makes an excellent choice for native plantings, accent plants, erosion control, and attracting birds and small mammals. It requires little water once established and can be propagated from seed or divisions.
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Gardening sheets parish
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1) Burrobush/White bursage - A drought-deciduous subshrub common in desert scrub habitats. It has silvery foliage and produces sharp-spined burrs.
2) Parry's nolina - A yucca-like perennial with unusual feathery white blooms in spring, used as an accent plant in desert gardens.
3) California milkweed - A clumping perennial with showy pink-maroon flowers in spring, providing habitat for monarch and queen butterflies.
4) Parish's bluecurls - An evergreen shrub with blue-magenta flowers in spring and
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Diplacus longiflorus
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Gardening sheet pinus sabiniana
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Gardening sheet trifolium ciliolatum
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Gardening sheet prunus fasciculata
Desert almond is a hardy, drought-resistant shrub native to desert regions of western North America. It grows 3-9 feet tall and blooms white to yellow flowers in spring. Its small, fuzzy fruits were eaten by Native Americans. Desert almond is well-suited for desert gardens and difficult landscapes, requiring little water once established. It provides habitat for birds and pollinators. The shrub is very low maintenance and drought tolerant.
Gardening sheet trichostema parishii
Parish's bluecurls is a small woody shrub native to inland mountain ranges of Southern California between 2000-6000 feet in elevation. It has rounded or irregular shape, grows up to 2-3 feet tall and 2-4 feet wide, and has medium to dark green, linear leaves in clusters. From spring to summer it produces blue-magenta flowers in loose clusters along the stems that are attractive to pollinators like bees and hummingbirds. Parish's bluecurls is a drought tolerant, low water use plant suitable for pollinator gardens, herb gardens, or mixed beds in full sun or afternoon shade.
Plant sheets jan2013
Creeping Rye Grass is a cool season, sod-forming native grass that forms large clonal clumps through spreading rhizomes, with upright hollow stems reaching 1-3 feet tall; it is well-suited for seasonally wet areas, makes a fine mowed lawn, and cultivars like 'Rio' and 'Yolo' are suited for Southern California.
Gardening sheet collinsia heterphylla
Collinsia heterophylla, also known as Chinese houses, is an annual wildflower native to California and northern Baja California. It grows 1-3 feet tall with hairy stems bearing oblong leaves and clusters of lavender or pink snapdragon-like flowers. Chinese houses thrive in part-sun to full shade and are well-suited for gardens under trees or in borders, containers, and as ground cover. They provide nectar for bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. Chinese houses self-seed readily and require little care beyond regular water and amended soil.
Gardening sheets heucheras
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Gardening sheets aug 2013
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