1. CA Native Plants for Attracting Hummingbirds - Western L.A. County
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Scientific Name
Common Name
Trees and Tree-like Large Shrubs
Size
Flower/
season
Light**
Soil
Water
Zone+
Availability
X * Aesculus californica
CA Buckeye
12-30+ ft
tall & w
White/
Sp-Su
FS/PS
Any welldrained
X * Arctostaphylos glauca
Big-berry
Manzanita
7-10 ft tall
& wide
White/ Sp
FS/PS
Welldrained
‘Dr. Hurd’
Manzanita
To 15 ft t
10 ft wide
Pink/W-Sp
FS
X Atriplex lentiformis ssp.
Coast Quailbush/
Big Saltbush
To 8 ft tall
To 20 ft w
Green/Su
FS
X Baccharis salicifolia
Mule Fat
To 10 ft
Pink-white/
all year
FS/PS
Any
X Ceanothus arboreus
Catalina
Ceanothus
<20 ft. t
8-10 ft w
Blue/Sp
FS/PS
Any welldrained
X * Cercis occidentalis
Western Redbud
6-20 ft tall
10-15 ft w
Magenta/
Sp
FS/PS
Any incl
clay
Desert Willow
5-25 ft tall
and wide
Pink/ Sp-F
FS/PS
Any welldrained
1 to 1-2
Summer Holly
< 18 ft tall
White/Sp
FS/PS
Any welldrained
1
White/Sp
FS/PS/ FSH
Clay best
2-3
1, 13
White/Su
FS/PS/FSH
1-2
1, 3, 7, 9, 10,
13, 14, 16, 18
Notes
** Arctostaphylos
manzanita ‘Dr Hurd’
breweri
* Chilopsis linearis ssp.
arcuata
Comarostaphylis
X diversifolia ssp.
planifolia
X
X Cornus glabrata
Brown Dogwood
X Heteromeles arbutifolia
Toyon
X * Holodiscus discolor
Creambush; Ocean
Spray
< 18 ft tall
to 10 ft w
6-10 ft +
4-6 ft w
10-20 ft
tall
Island (Rose)
Mallow
Lavatera
X assurgentiflora ssp.
glabrata & assurgentiflora
X
Prunus ilicifolia ssp.
ilicifolia & lyonii
X
Sambucus nigra ssp.
cerulea
Holly-leaf and
Catalina Island
Cherries
Blue (Mexican)
Elderberry
White/Su-Fa
FS/PS
8-12 ft tall
& wide
Magenta/
yr round
FS/PS
< 50 ft
White/Su
PS
8-25+ ft
White/Sp-Su
FS/PS
Welldrained
Any incl.
alkali,
salty
Any welldrained
Any, incl.
clays
Welldrained
1
1, 3, 7, 8, 13,
14
1-2
1, 3, 8, 12-14
20, 24
Blue-green
foliage; ‘Canyon
Blush’ is 4 ft. tall
13
Evergreen;
good in gardens
1, 2, 16
Maintain size
through pruning
1 to 1-2
1-2
1-2 to 2-3
1
1-2 to 2-3
1-2 to 2-3
1
1, 2
1, 3, 7, 9, 14,
19
1, 3, 5, 6, 8,
10, 13, 14, 16,
19
1, 7, 10, 13,
14, 16, 18
Fall color (red,
orange); edible
fruit, flowers
Showy flowers;
winter decid.
10, 14, 16
1, 5, 13, 14
Berries toxic in
lg. amounts
Fragrant at a
distance
1, 2, 13
any
1-2
1, 7, 9, 12, 13,
14, 19
Welldrained
1-2
1, 2, 3, 7, 10,
12-14, 16, 19
Edible berries
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Scientific Name
Common Name
Size
Flower/
season
Large Shrubs (> 6 ft tall; including those for screens and hedges)
** Arctostaphylos
‘Louis Edmunds’
5-8 ft tall
Pink/Sp
bakeri ssp. bakeri
(Sepentine)
8 ft wide
'Louis Edmunds'
Manzanita
Arctostaphylos
6-18 ft tall
Pink/W-Sp
X
Catalina Manzanita
5-8 ft wide
catalinae
** Arctostaphylos
‘Sentinel’ (Vine
4-8 ft tall
Pink/W-Sp
X densiflora 'Howard
6-10 ft w
Hill) Manzanita
McMinn'
** Arctostaphylos
‘Sentinel’ (Vine
5-8 ft tall
Pink/W-Sp
X densiflora
3-7 ft wide
Hill) Manzanita
'Sentinel'
‘Baby Bear’ &
** Arctostaphylos
5-8 ft tall
3-8 ft wide
Pink/W-Sp
X densiflora x bakeri 'Baby
‘Mama Bear’
Manzanitas
Bear' & 'Mama Bear'
** Arctostaphylos
'Austin Griffith'
Light**
Soil
Notes
Clay fine
1-2 to 2
6, 13, 24
Nice flowers;
maroon
branches
FS/PS
Any welldrained
1-2 to 2-3
1, 13, 14
Well-drained
soil
FS/PS
Any, incl.
clays
2 to 2-3
FS/PS
Welldrained
incl sand
1-2
1, 3, 13, 14
6, 8, 13,
Good for birds,
butterflies;
open growth
FS
Welldrained
1-2 to 2
6
Showy flowers,
foliage
Welldrained;
sandy
1-2 to 2
6, 13,
Relatively fastgrowing; open
habit
6-10 ft tall
4-8 ft wide
Pink/W-Sp
FS/PS
X Baccharis pilularis
Coyote Bush
To 8 ft
Cream/F
FS/PS
any
X Baccharis emoryi
Emory Baccharis
6-12 ft T
to 10 ft W
Buff-Wht/
Su-F
FS/PS
any
Baccharis plummerae
subsp. plummerae
Plummer's
Baccharis
< 7 ft tall
Buff-Wht/
Su-F
FS/PS
any
** Ceanothus cyanus
‘Sierra Blue’
* Ceanothus
X
integerrimus
* Ceanothus
X
leucodermis
Sierra Blue
Ceanothus
To 15 ft t.
& wide
Dk blue /Sp
Deerbrush
3-6+ ft t
White/Sp
Chaparral
Whitethorn
X Ceanothus megacarpus
Big-pod Ceanothus
8-12 ft t
10 ft wide
To 12 ft
tall
Lt. bluewhite/Sp
Whitelavender/ Sp
‘Concha’
Ceanothus
4-6 ft. tall
& wide
Dark Blue/
Sp
‘Dark Star’
Ceanothus
6-8 ft high
5-8 ft wide
Dk blue/ WSp
** Ceanothus ‘Concha’
Ceanothus papillosus var.
roweanus X C. impressus
**Ceanothus impressus
x papillosus ‘Dark Star’
Availability
FS
‘Austin Griffith’
Manzanita
X
Water
Zone+
FS
FS/PS
FS
FS/PS
Any welldrained
Any
Sandy/
rocky
Any welldrained
1-2
1 to 1-2
Winter
flooding
1 to 1-2
Winter
flooding
1-2 to 2
1 to 2
1 to 1-2
1
FS/PS
Most
1-2 to 2
FS
Any
1-2
1, 2, 3, 5, 10,
13, 14, 16, 18
1, 7, 10, 13,
14, 16
Salt tolerant
?
3, 6, 8
Fast; easy;
showy
3, 13, 16
Drought decid;
glossy leaves
1, 3, 8, 10, 13,
14, 20
1, 3, 10, 13,
14, 16
Very showy;
open growth
3, 6, 8, 9, 14,
24,
Alkali & garden
tolerant
1, 3, 9, 13, 14,
24
Hedge; best
nearer coast
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Scientific Name
** Ceanothus
thyrsiflorus ‘Skylark’
** Ceanothus
X thyrsiflorus 'Snow
Flurry'
* Ceanothus
tomentosus var.
olivaceus
X
** Ceanothus arboreus
x thrysiflorus ‘Frosty Blue’
* Ceanothus verrucosus
** Ceanothus ‘Blue
Window’
** Ceanothus
‘Tassajara Blue’
Common Name
Size
Flower/
season
‘Skylark’
Ceanothus
3-6 ft t
Lt blue/Sp
FS/PS
Any incl
clay
2
1, 3, 6, 13
‘Snowflurry’
Ceanothus
6-10 ft t
10 ft w
White/Sp
FS/PS
Any welldrained
2
1, 3, 6, 9, 13,
14
Wooly-leaf
Ceanothus
6-12 ft t
4-8 ft w
Blues/Sp
FS
Sandy or
rocky
1-2
‘Frosty Blue’
Ceanothus
6-10 ft t
8 ft wide
Med blue/
W-Sp
FS/PS
Welldrained,
sandy
2
White Coast (Wartstemmed) Ceanothus
‘Blue Window’
Ceanothus
‘Tassajara’
Ceanothus
5-8 ft tall
4-6 ft wide
White/
FS
10-15 ft t
8-10 ft w
Med Blue/
FS
To 8 ft t
5-8 ft w
Lt. blue/ Sp
Light**
Soil
Water
Zone+
Availability
1, 13, 14
1, 3, 6, 13
Notes
Dense;
shrubby; fast
Upright;
evergreen;
heavy bloomer
Dense;
evergreen;
prune or hedge
1-2
Sandy
best
3, 6, 14, 20
Dense foliage
1-2
1, 13
Dense;
evergreen
1, 13
Can be hedged
FS/PS
Welldrained
1-2 to 2
FS
Welldrained
1
Unusual scent;
attractive
branch
Edible berries;
good bird
habitat
X
Cleome isomeris
(Isomeris arborea)
Bladderpod
2-6+ ft
Yellow/
Sp +
X
Mahonia (Berberis)
nevinii
Nevin’s Barberry
3-8+ ft tall
6-12 ft w
Yellow/Sp
FS/PS
Welldrained
1-2
1, 7, 13, 14
X * Philadelphus lewisii
CA Mock Orange
White/
Sp-Su
FS/PS
Any, incl
clays
2-3
1, 7, 13, 14,
19
Very fragrant
X * Rhamnus californica
California
Coffeeberry
Buff/Sp
FS/PS
Any
1-2 to 2-3
1, 5, 7, 9, 10,
13, 14, 16, 18
'Eve Case',
'Mound San
Bruno' smaller
X * Rhamnus ilicifolia
Holly-leaf Redberry
Yellow/Sp
FS/PS/ FSH
Any
1-2 to 2
1, 10, 12-14,
20, 21
Nice hedge plant’
holly-like leaves
FS/PS/ FSH
Any
1-2 to 2-3
7, 12, 14
any
1-2; winter
flooding
1, 2, 3, 14
X
Ribes aureum var.
gracillimum
X Salix exigua
4-10 ft tall
& wide
6-12 ft t &
wide; short
cultivars
12 ft tall
5-6 ft w
Golden Currant
To 10 ft
Yellow/
W-Sp
Narrow-leaf Willow
6-15 ft
12-15 ft.w.
Yellow/Sp
FS/PS
Yellow to
Or/Sp-Su
FS
Pink/W-Sp
FS/PS
Smaller Shrubs ( < 6 ft. tall) ; includes woody sub-shrubs
X * Abutilon palmeri
X
* Arctostaphylos
edmundsii
Indian Mallow
Little Sur
Manzanita
2-6 ft tall &
wide
2-5 ft tall
4-6 ft w
Welldrained
welldrained
1-2
1-2 to 2
1, 3, 7, 10, 12,
13, 16
Any welldrained; Birds
eat berries
Spreading via
roots
1, 8, 13, 14
1, 3, 8, 13, 14
Cultivars:
‘Greensphere’
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4. Common Name
Size
Flower/
season
Hooker’s
Manzanita
2-5 ft tall
4-6 ft w
Pink/W-Sp
* Arctostaphylos
tomentosa ssp.
tomentosa
X
Scientific Name
* Arctostaphylos
hookeri
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Wooly-leaf
Manzanita
3-8 ft tall
4-5 ft wide
* Berberis (Mahonia)
aquifolium
Oregon Grape
X Diplacus aurantiacus
X Diplacus linearis
Bush
Monkeyflower
Chaparral Bush
Monkey Flower
Light**
Soil
Water
Zone+
FS
welldrained
1-2 to 2
White/Sp
FS/PS
Welldrained
1-2
< 6 ft
Yellow/Sp
PS
2-3 ft
Orange/
W-Sp
FS/PS
Sandy
2-3 ft tall
1-2 ft wide
Yellow/W-Sp
FS/PS
Welldrained
1 to 1-2
any
Availability
Notes
1, 3, 13
Cultivars ‘Sunset’,
‘Wayside’, ‘Ken
Taylor’
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Large shrub;
silvery blue
foliage
2-3 to 3
1, 7, 9, 13, 14
1-2
1, 3, 5, 10, 12,
13, 14, 16,
1, 3, 10, 13,
18
1, 3, 6-8, 1014, 16, 17, 20,
21, 24, 25, 28
3, 7, 8, 11-14,
16, 20-24, 26,
28
3, 7, 8, 10-14,
16, 20, 21, 24,
26, 28
X * Diplacus longiflorus
Southern Bush
Monkeyflower
2-3 ft &
wide
Yellow to
white/ W-Sp
PS (morning
sun OK)
Welldrained
1-2 to 2
X Diplacus parviflorus
Island Bush
Monkeyflower
2-3 ft &
wide
Red /W-Sp
PS (morning
sun OK)
Welldrained
1-2 to 2
X Diplacus puniceus
Red Bush
Monkeyflower
2-3 ft &
wide
Darker
orange/Sp
PS (morning
sun OK)
Welldrained
1-2 to 2
Epilobium canum
X (Zauschneria
californica)
CA Fuschia
1-3 ft
Orange/F
FS/PS
any
Catalina
Snapdragon
2-4 ft tall
Red/Sp +
FS/PS
Welldrained
1 to 1-2
1, 3, 7, 8, 9,
13, 14
Red/Sp-F
FS/PS
Sandy
best
1 to 1-2
1, 7, 8, 14
Yellow/Sp
FS/PS
Any
1-2
1, 8, 10, 13,
14, 16, 22, 24
3-6 ft tall &
wide
Lavender/Sp
FS/PS
any
1 to 1-2
1, 3, 8, 12, 13,
14
3-5 ft
Yellow-red/
Sp-Su
Any welldrained
1 to 1-2
1, 2, 3, 10, 13,
14, 16, 18
Silver Bush Lupine
3-4 ft tall &
wide
Purple/Sp
FS/PS
Welldrained
1-2
1, 3, 7, 8, 10,
13, 16, 19 ? var
Long-leaf Bush
Lupine
To 5 ft tall
& wide
Purple/Sp
FS/PS
Welldrained
1 to 1-2
3, 10, 12, 13,
16
X
Gambelia (Galvezia)
speciosa
X * Justicia californica
X
* Keckiella
antirrhinoides
X Lepechinia fragrans
Lotus scoparius var.
scoparius
Lupinus albifrons var.
X
albifrons
X
X Lupinus longifolius
Chuparosa
Yellow Bush
Snapdragon
Fragrant Pitcher
Sage
Deer Vetch/ Deer
Broom
4-6 ft tall
to 12 ft w
2-4 ft tall &
wide
FS
1-2 to 2-3
1, 3, 9, 12, 13,
14, 19
San Gabriels
S. Islands
S. Islands; Riv.
& San Diego Co.
Tolerates winter
flooding
‘El Tigre’
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5. Common Name
Size
Flower/
season
Basket Bush; Sour
Berry; Skunkbrush
2-6 ft
Yellowgreen/Sp
Hillside Gooseberry
To 3 ft
Red-white/
W-Sp
PS/FSH
Welldrained
1-2 to 2-3
X Ribes indecorum
White Currant
To 6 ft
White/W-Sp
FS/PS
Welldrained
1-2 to 2
X Ribes malvaceum
Chaparral Currant
5-8 ft
Pink/W-Sp
FS/PS
Welldrained
Fuschia-flowered
Gooseberry
Red-flowering
Currant
3-6+ ft tall
and wide
dark pink/
W-Sp
FS/PS/FSH
4-10 ft
Pink/Sp
PS/FSH
X Rosa californica
California Wild
Rose
3-4 ft tall
3-10 ft w
Pink/
Sp-Su
X Salvia apiana
White Sage
3-5 ft
X * Salvia brandegeei
Santa Rosa Island
Sage
To 3-4 ft;
often
sprawling
X * Salvia clevelandii
Fragrant
(Chaparral) Sage
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Scientific Name
X Rhus trilobata
X
Ribes californicum var.
hesperium
X Ribes speciosum
X
* Ribes sanguineum
var. glutinosum
PS
FS/PS/FSH
Soil
any
Water
Zone+
1-2
Availability
10, 13, 14, 16,
19
10, 12, 13
(var.
californicum)
Notes
Birds eat berries
1, 3, 12, 14
Birds eat berries
1-2
3, 13, 14, 19
Birds eat berries
Welldrained
2-3;
3 in sun
1, 3, 10, 1214, 19
Welldrained
2-3
3, 5, 13, 14,
19
any
1-2;
3 (sun)
1, 2, 3, 7, 10,
12, 13, 14, 16
Tolerates
seasonal
flooding
FS
Welldrained
1
1, 3, 5, 9, 10,
13, 14, 16, 19
FS
Welldrained
1
1, 6, 8, 14, 19
2-5 ft
Purple/lav.
Sp-Su
FS
Welldrained
1 to 1-2
1, 3, 8, 9, 10,
13, 14, 16, 19
‘Vicki Romo’ Sage
3-4 ft tall &
wide
Lavender/Sp
FS
Most
1-2 to 2
6, 8
Silver-white
foliage; fragrant
Fragrant
(Chaparral) Sage
2-4 ft tall &
wide
Light blue/
Sp-Su
FS
Welldrained
1 to 1-2
1, 3, 13, 14
Silvery foliage;
prune back by
1/3 in fall
X Salvia leucophylla
Purple Sage
3- 5 ft
Lavender/Sp
FS/PS
Welldrained
1-2
X Salvia mellifera
Black Sage
3-5 ft
Light
purple/Sp
FS
Welldrained
1-2
San Diego Sage
2-3 ft tall
3-4 ft w
FS
Welldrained
** Salvia apiana X S.
clevelandii ‘Vicki Romo’
** Salvia clevelandii X
X S. leucophylla ‘Allen
Chickering’
X * Salvia munzii
White/
Sp-Su
Pale
lavender/
Sp-Su
Light**
Dark-green
foliage
Cultivars: ‘Betsy
Blue/Su
1-2 to 2-3
1, 3, 5, 8, 9,
10, 12, 13, 14,
16,18, 19
1, 3, 8, 10, 13,
14, 16, 18, 19
1, 3, 6, 8, 13,
14, 16, 17
Clebsch’,
‘Compacta’,
‘Winifred Gilman’,
Nice scent
Fragrant like
Black Sage;
‘Baja Blue’,
‘Emerald Cascade’
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6. Scientific Name
Common Name
Size
Symphoricarpos albus
var. laevigatus
Common
Snowberry
X Symphoricarpos mollis
Snowberry
3-5 ft,
spreading
2-4 ft tall &
wide
X Trichostema lanatum
Wooly Bluecurls
X * Verbena lilacina
Cedros Island
Verbena
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X
Flower/
season
White/Sp
Light**
PS
Soil
Clays,
loams
Water
Zone+
2-3
Availability
Notes
7, 9, 13, 19
Fruit may be
toxic to humans
13, 14
mulch
Pink/W-Sp
PS/FSH
any
2-4 ft
Purple/
W-Sp
FS/PS
Welldrained
1
1, 3, 7, 8, 9,
10, 13, 14, 16,
18, 19
difficult
2-4 ft tall
3-5 ft wide
Lilac/Sp-F
FS/PS
Welldrained
1-2 to 2-3
1, 3, 8, 9, 13,
14
Lovely yearround; showy
flowers
1, 6, 8, 13
Winter decid.;
tolerates
flooding
2-3 to 3
Perennial Vines
X * Clematis lasiantha
Chaparral Clematis
8-20 ft
vine
White/SpSu; sep. m/f
plants
FS (top)
PS (roots)
any
1-2 to 2
X Clematis ligusticifolia
Virgin’s Bower
To 15 ft
White/Su
PS/FSH
Any
2-3 to 3
X Keckiella cordifolia
Climbing
Penstemon
3-4 ft
Red-Or/
Sp-Su
PS/PS/
FSH
any
1-2
Western
Honeysuckle
5-18 ft
Pink/Sp-Su
PS/FSH
clay
2-3
1, 5, 13, 14,
19
3-5 ft
Yellow/Su
PS/FSH
any
1-2 to 2-3
3, 7, 13, 19
3-8 ft
Cream/
Sp-Su
PS/PS/
FSH
any
1 to 1-2
Pink/Sp
PS best
Welldrained
Pink/W-Sp
PS best
X
Lonicera hispidula var.
vacillans
X * Lonicera involucrata
Twinberry
Santa Barbara &
Southern Honeysuckles
Lonicera subspicata var.
denudate & subspicata
Perennial Groundcover Plants
Little Sur
* Arctostaphylos
X
Manzanita
edmundsii ‘Parvifolia’
X
X
* Arctostaphylos
edmundsii
** Arctostaphylos
X edmundsii ‘Bert
Johnson’
** Arctostaphylos
X
edmundsii ‘Big Sur’
X
** Arctostaphylos
edmundsii ‘Carmel Sur’
3, 5, 13, 14,
19
1, 3, 7, 10, 12,
13, 14
Tolerates
seasonal
flooding
1, 3, 8, 12, 13,
14
Edible fruit
1-2 to 2-3
1, 3,
Red berries in
summer
Any incl.
clays
1-2 to 2-3
1, 3, 6, 8, 13,
16
Red berries in
summer
Little Sur
Manzanita
1-3 ft tall
3-6 ft wide
1-3 ft tall
6-20 ft
wide
Bert Johnson
Manzanita
< 1 ft tall
6 ft wide
Pink/W-Sp
FS/PS
Any incl.
clays
1-2 to 2-3
19
Better further
inland
Big Sur Manzanita
< 4 ft tall
4-6 ft wide
White/W-Sp
FS/PS
Any;
sandy ok
1-2 to 2-3
19,
Open growth
Carmel Sur
Manzanita
1 ft tall
to 20 ft w
Pink/Sp
FS/PS
Any incl.
clays
1-2 to 2-3
3, 6, 13, 19
Good for
Coastal areas;
fast growth
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7. I
Scientific Name
** Arctostaphylos
edmundsii ‘Danville’
** Arctostaphylos
X
edmundsii ‘Sandsprite’
* Arctostaphylos
glandulosa var. adamsii
X
Common Name
Size
Flower/
season
Danville Manzanita
1-2 ft tall
4-6 ft wide
Pink/W
FS/PS
Any incl.
clays
1-2 to 2-3
6,
Pink/W
FS/PS
Any incl.
clays
1-2 to 2-3
8, 13
Sandsprite
Manzanita
Light**
Soil
Water
Zone+
Availability
Notes
Laguna Manzanita
3-5 ft tall &
wide
Pink/Sp
PS best
Welldrained
1-2
3, 8, 14
Blue-gray foliage
* Arctostaphylos
glandulosa var. crassifolia
Del Mar Manzanita
2-8 ft tall &
wide
Pink/Sp
PS best
Most
soils
1-2
14
** Arctostaphylos
hookeri ‘Monterey Carpet’
Monterey Carpet
Manzanita
White-blue
foliage; very
hardy coastal
1, 3, 6, 13
* Arctostaphylos pumila
Dune Manzanita
X
* Arctostaphylos uvaursi
Bearberry;
Kinnickinnick
1 ft high
5+ ft wide
2-4 ft tall
3-6 ft wide
1 ft tall
spreading
X
** Arctostaphylos uvaursi ‘Pacific Mist’
Pacific Mist
Manzanita
White/Sp
PS
Sandy
best
1-2
White/ Sp
FS/PS
sandy
1 to 1-2
8
Pink/Sp
FS/PS
Welldrained
2-3
1,
1 ft tall
6-8 ft wide
White/Sp
FS/PS
sandy
Point Reyes
Manzanita
<1 ft tall
to 10 ft
Pink/Sp
PS
Welldrained
2-3
Radiant Manzanita
<1 ft tall
8-10 ft w
Pink/W-Sp
PS
Welldrained
1-2 to 2-3
1, 8, 13, 19
** Arctostaphylos
’Emerald Carpet’
Emerald Carpet
Manzanita
< 1 ft tall
3-6 ft wide
White/W-Sp
FS/PS
Rich, sl.
acid
1-2 to 2-3
1, 3, 8, 13
A. uva-ursi X A.
nummularia
hybrid
** Arctostaphylos
‘Wood’s Compact’
Wood’s Compact
Manzanita
< 1 ft tall
to 6 ft w.
Pink/Sp
PS
Needs
rich soil
1-2 to 2-3
1, 8, 13
John Dourly
Manzanita
Arctostaphylos
uva-ursi X A.
nummularia
2-3 ft tall
to 8 ft wide
1-2 ft tall
2-3 ft wide
< 6 in
spreading
Pink/Sp
FS/PS
White/Sp
PS/FSH
White/Sp-Su
PS/FSH
** Arctostaphylos uvaursi ‘Point Reyes’
** Arctostaphylos uvaX
ursi ‘Radiant’
X
** Arctostaphylos ‘John
Dourley’
* Clinopodium (Satureja)
X
chandleri
Clinopodium (Satureja)
X
douglasii
* Clinopodium
(Satureja) mimuloides
Epilobium canum
X (Zauschneria
californica)
San Miguel Savory
Yerba buena
Any
Welldrained
Welldrained
1-2 to 2-3
1-2
1-2 to 2-3
1, 3, 6, 8, 13
Monterey Bay
dunes plant
Best along
coast; needs
pruning
1, 3, 8, 13, 16,
19
1, 3, 6, 8, 9,
11, 16, 19
3, 14
2-3 to 3
minty
1, 3, 7, 13, 14
Monkeyflower
Savory
1 ft tall
2-4+ ft w
Red-Or/
Su-Fa
FS/PS
Welldrained
2-3 to 3
3, 8
hummingbird
plant
CA Fuschia
1-3 ft
3-5 ft wide
Orange/F
FS/PS
Any
1-2 to 2-3
1, 3, 9, 12, 13,
14, 19
Tolerates winter
flooding
7
8. I
Scientific Name
** Epilobium canum
X (Zauschneria californica)
‘Catalina’
** Epilobium canum
X (Zauschneria californica)
‘Everett’s Choice’
X ** Epilobium canum
‘Hurricane Point’
** Epilobium
septentrionalis ‘Select
Mattole’
* Heuchera maxima
X (incl. many cultivars &
hybrids)
Common Name
Size
Flower/
season
Island CA Fuschia
2-3 ft tall
3-5 ft wide
Red/all year
(S/F/W most)
FS/PS
Any
Everett’s Choice
CA Fuschia
1 ft tall
3 ft wide
Dark Orred/ Spr-Su
FS/PS
Hurricane Point CA
Fuschia
1 ft tall
2 ft wide
Or-red/Su-F
Humbolt County
Fuschia
1 ft tall
4-5 ft wide
Or-red/Su-F
Island Alumroot
1- 3 ft
White/Spr
Light**
Water
Zone+
Availability
Notes
1-2 to 2-3
1, 3, 13, 19
Gray foliage;
upright, shrublike
Any
1-2 to 2-3
3, 11, 16
Low-growing
FS/PS
Any
1-2 to 2-3
8, 19
Low-growing
FS/PS
Prefers
rocky
19
Low mat-like;
silvery foliage;
winter dormant
PS/PS/ FSH
Soil
Any, incl.
clays
2-3
1-2 to
2-3
1, 3, 7, 8, 13,
14
X * Heuchera micrantha
Crevice Alumroot
1-3 ft
Pink/Spr
X Ribes viburnifolium
Catalina Perfume
1-3 ft
Pink/
PS/FSH
X Salvia spathacea
Hummingbird Sage
1-3 ft
Magenta/Spr
PS/FSH
1-3 ft
White/SprSu
FS/PS
1-4 ft
Pink/Spr-Su
PS
1-2 ft
Pink/Spr-Su
FS/PS
Clay
2-3 to 3
2-3 ft tall &
wide
Pink/Sp-Su
FS/PS
Any
1-2 to
2-3
10, 13
1-2 ft
Redyellow/Su
PS/FSH
Welldrained
2 to 3
1, 3, 5, 13, 14,
16, 19, 20
2-3 ft
Creampink/Su
FS/PS
Sandy
1-2
1, 3, 10, 14
1-2 ft
Red/Spr
FS
Welldrained
1-2
10, 13
X Stachys albens
X Stachys bullata
Stachys rigida var.
rigida (Stachys ajugoides)
Herbaceous Perennials
* Antirrhinum
X
multiflorum
X
X * Aquilegia formosa
X Asclepias fascicularis
Castilleja affinis subsp.
affinis
Whitestem
Woodmint
(Hedgenettle)
California
Woodmint
(Hedgenettle)
Rigid Woodmint
(Hedgenettle)
Rose Snapdragon
Western
Columbine
Narrow-leaf
Milkweed
Indian Paintbrush
PS/PS/ FSH
See note
See note
2-3 to 3
2 to 2-3
1-2
Any
Welldrained
1-2 to 2-3
2-3
1, 3, 8
1, 3, 9, 13, 14,
20
1, 3, 8, 9, 12,
13, 19
Well-drained
soil
Well-drained
soil
Cut back yearly
1, 3, 6, 12
1, 3, 7, 12, 14
Tolerates
seasonal
flooding
1, 13
Showy flowers
Needs seasonal
flooding
Summer
drought for
seeds
8
9. X
Scientific Name
Common Name
Size
Flower/
season
Castilleja foliolosa
I
Wooly Indian
Paintbrush
1-2 ft
Red-Or/SprSu
Delphinium parryi ssp.
maritimum & parryi
Parry’s Blue
Larkspur
1-5 ft
Bluepurple/Spr
FS/?PS
Scarlet Larkspur
To 6 ft
Red/Spr-Su
FS
Western Wallflower
1-3 ft
1-2 ft wide
Yellow-Or/
W-Sp
FS
X * Delphinium cardinale
Erysimum capitatum
var. capitatum
Erysimum insulare ssp.
X
suffrutescens
X
*Justicia californica
X * Linum lewisii
X
*Lobelia dunnii var.
serrata
X *Lobelia cardinalis
X Mimulus cardinalis
X Mimulus guttatus
Mimulus moschatus
(var. moniliformis)
Mirabilis laevis var.
X
crassifolia
X
X
* Monardella
macrantha
* Monardella villosa
(ssp. subserrata)
* Penstemon
centranthifolius
X * Penstemon grinnellii
X
Penstemon
heterophyllus
Dune Wallflower
1-3 ft tall
1-2 ft wide
3-5 ft tall
4-6+ ft w.
Light**
FS
Soil
Welldrained
Welldrained
Welldrained
Welldrained
Water
Zone+
Availability
1
?
1
8, 20
1 to 1-2
Notes
Summer
drought for
seeds; difficult
Good under
oaks
10, 16, 19
1-2 to 2
13
1-2 to 2-3
1, 2, 10
Yellow/W-Sp
FS/PS
Sandy
Red/ Sp
FS/PS
Welldrained
1-2 to 2
1, 3, 8, 13, 14,
21
Blue/Sp-Su
FS/PS
Welldrained
2 to 2-3
1, 3, 5, 8, 10,
13, 14, 16, 19
Blue/Su-Fa
PS
Welldrained
2-3 to 3
1, 6, 8, 13
Toxic
Red/Sp-Su
FS/PS/ FSH
any
2-3 to 3
3, 8, 13, 19
Toxic
To 3 ft
Red/Sp-Fa
FS/PS
any
2-3 to 3
3, 8, 10, 12,
13, 14, 16, 19
easy
1-5 ft
Yellow/W-Sp
FS
Any
2-3 to 3
1, 3, 5, 8, 10,
12, 13, 14, 16
1 ft tall &
wide
Yellow/
Sp-Su
FS/PS
any
2-3 to 3
8
leaves: boiled
as greens
1-3 ft tall &
wide
Pink/Sp
FS/PS
Welldrained
1
1, 10, 13, 14,
16
reseeds
Red Monardella
1-2 ft tall &
wide
Red/Su-F
PS best
Any; no
alkali
2-3
1, 6, 8, 13, 14,
19
Coyote Mint
1 ft
Pink/Sp-Su
PS
See note
1-2
1, 3, 8, 13, 14,
19
Scarlet Bugler
1-3 ft
OR-Red/
Sp-Su
FS
Welldrained
1
1, 3, 8, 10, 12,
13, 14
Grinnell’s
Penstemon
1-2 ft
Purple/Su
FS
Welldrained
1
1, 6, 8, 10,
13, 14
Foothill Penstemon
1-2 ft
Purple/
Sp-Su
Chuparose
Blue Flax
Dunn’s Lobelia
Cardinal Flower
Scarlet
Monkeyflower
Seep
Monkeyflower
Musk
Monkeyflower
Wishbone Plant;
CA Four O’Clock
1-3 ft tall
1-3 ft wide
1 ft
1-3
1-2
1 ft
tall
ft wide
ft tall
wide
FS/PS
sandy
1 to 1-2
14
Hummingbird
magnet!
Parched seeds
have a pleasant
flavor
scented;
‘Marion
Sampson’
Well-drained
soil best
May be difficult
Many blooms
9
10. Scientific Name
Common Name
Size
Flower/
season
* Penstemon newberryi
var. sonomensis
Sonoma
Penstemon
1-2 ft tall
2-4 ft wide
Magenta/
FS/PS
Welldrained
Pink Wild
Snapdragon
4-5 ft tall
1-2 ft wide
Lavender/
Sp-Su
FS/PS
Welldrained
Showy Penstemon
3-4 ft
Lavenderpink/Sp-Su
FS
CA Bee Plant
2-3 ft
Red/Spr
PS
Dwarf Checker
Mallow
To 1 ½ ft
Pinklavender/
FS/PS
Indian Pink
1-2 ft tall
2-4 ft wide
Red/Su
PS/FS
X Silene laciniata
Indian Pink
1-3 ft
Red/Sp-Su
FS/PS
X Solanum xanti
Purple (Chaparral)
Nightshade
2-4 ft tall
Purple/SpSu
FS/PS
Any
1-2 to 2-3
1, 7, 13
X Solidago californica
California
Goldenrod
2-4 ft tall
spreading
Yellow/Su-F
FS/PS
Any
1-2 to 2-3
7, 10, 14
Solidago spectabilis
var. confinis
Southern
Goldenrod
3-6 ft tall
spreading
Yellow/Su-F
FS/PS
Any
2-3
10
Verbena bracteata
Big Bract Verbena
½ - 2 ft
FS
?any
2-3 to 3
10
+ Verbena lasiostachys
California Verbena
1-4 ft
FS/PS
Any
See note
I
X * Penstemon palmeri
Penstemon spectabilis
ssp. subviscosus
Scrophularia californica
X
ssp. floribunda
Sidalcea malviflora ssp.
X
malviflora
X
* Silene californica
X
Lavender/
Su-Fa
Lavender/
Sp-Fa
Light**
Herbaceous Annuals & Biennials (also short-lived perennials usually grown as annuals)
Castilleja exserta ssp.
X
exserta
Cirsium occidentale var.
X
californicum & occidentale
Purple Owl’s
Clover
1-2 ft tall
Magenta/Sp
FS
Cobwebby Thistle
4-6 ft tall
1-2 ft w.
Pink/Sp-Su
FS
X Clarkia purpurea
Purple Clarkia
2-3 ft tall
Lavender/
Sp-Su
X Clarkia unguiculata
Elegant Clarkia
2-5 ft tall
Chinese Houses
1-2 ft tall
X
Collinsia heterophylla
var. heterphylla
Soil
Sandy or
rocky
Water
Zone+
Availability
Notes
1-2 to 2
8, 13
Blue-green
foliage; difficult;
‘St. Helena’
1 to 1-2
1, 14
Welldrained
Sandy or
rocky
–
1, 3, 6, 10, 13,
14, 16
2-3 to 3
Any
1
1, 5, 8, 10, 12,
13, 16
2-3 to 3
1, 8, 13, 19
2-3
19
1-2 to
2-3
Afternoon shade
12
1, 10, 13, 16
difficult
Berries very
poisonous
Tolerates
seasonal
flooding
Tolerates
seasonal
flooding
None after
flowering
no water after flowering
Welldrained
Welldrained
1-2
13, 19, 21
FS/PS
any
1-2
1, 2, 10, 13,
16
Pink-purple/
Sp-Su
FS/PS
any
1 to 2-3
2, 5, 10, 13,
16
Needs drought
for seeds
Purple-white
Sp-Su
PS/FSH
any
1-2
1, 5, 10, 13,
16
Well-drained
soil
1
2, 5, 16 (our
ssp)
May survive
several seasons
10
11. Scientific Name
Common Name
Size
Gilia capitata ssp.
abrotanifolia
Globe Gilia
1-2+ ft
X Gilia nevinii
Nevin’s Gilia
1-2 ft tall
X Gilia tricolor
Bird’s Eye Gilia
1-2 ft tall
Sky Lupine
1-2 ft tall
X Lupinus succulentus
Arroyo (Succulent)
Lupine
1-3 ft tall
X Lupinus truncatus
Dwarf Lupine
1-2 ft tall
X Mimulus brevipes
Widethroat Yellow
Monkeyflower
2-3 ft tall
X Mimulus guttatus
Seep
Monkeyflower
Mimulus floribundus
Oenothera elata ssp.
hirsutissima & hookeri
I
X
X
X
* Lupinus nanus ssp.
latifolius
X Salvia carduacea
X
Salvia columbariae var.
columbariae
Flower/
season
Purple-blue/
Sp
Yellow/Blue
Sp
Yellow/Blue
Sp
Blue/white/
Sp
Light**
FS
FS/PS
Soil
Any welldrained
Welldrained
Water
Zone+
Availability
Notes
1 to 1-2
5, 13
easy
1 to 1-2
2, 19
FS/PS
any
1 to 1-2
2, 5, 10, 13
FS/PS
any
2-3
2, 5, 10, 13
FS/PS
any
1 to 1-2
FS/PS
any
1 to 2-3
10, 13,
Yellow/WSpr
FS/PS
Sandy or
rocky
1-2 to
2-3
10, 13
1-5 ft tall
Yellow/WSpr
FS
Any
2-3 to 3
1, 3, 5, 8, 10,
12, 13, 14, 16
Many-flowered
Monkeyflower
1-2 ft tall
YellowRed/W-Sp
FS
Welldrained
2-3
Hooker’s Evening
Primrose
5+ ft tall
Yellow/Su
FS
Welldrained
1-2 to 2-3
Thistle Sage
1-2 ft tall
Lavender/
Sp
FS
Sandy or
rocky
1
Chia Sage
1-2 ft
Blue-purple/
Sp
FS
Sandy or
rocky
1 to 1-2
5, 10, 13, 16
Bluepurple/Sp
Red-Purple/
Sp
1, 2, 5, 8, 10,
13, 16, 18
Easy; fragrant
Easy
Many blooms
?
10, 16
Abundant
reseeders
10, 13, 16
Cacti and Succulents
X Dudleya lanceolata
Lance-leaf Dudleya
1-2 ft tall
& wide
Yellow-Or/
Sp-Su
FS/PS
Welldrained
1 to 1-2
1, 7, 13-15
X
Dudleya pulverulenta
(ssp. pulverulenta)
CA Chalk Dudleya
< 2 ft &
wide
Pink-Yellow/
Sp-Su
FS/PS
Welldrained
1 to 1-2
1, 3, 14, 19
X
Dudleya virens ssp.
Hassei & insularis
Bright Green
Dudleya
1-2 ft tall
& wide
Orange/
Sp-Su
FS/PS
Welldrained
1 to 1-2
1, 7, 13, 14
X
* Hesperoyucca (Yucca)
whipplei
Our Lord’s Candle/
Chaparral Yucca
1-3 ft
(flower to
10 ft
Cream/Sp
FS
Welldrained
1
1, 3, 8, 9, 12,
13, 14, 16, 18
With good
drainage
Dramatic accent
plant; sharp
spines
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12. I
Scientific Name
Common Name
Flower/
season
Size
Light**
Soil
Water
Zone+
Availability
Notes
X Opuntia littoralis
Coastal Prickly Pear
To 3 ft
Yellow/W-Sp
FS
Welldrained
1 to 1-2
1, 3, 8, 10, 12,
13, 14
X Opuntia oricola
Chaparral Prickly
Pear
6-8 ft tall
spreading
Yellow-Or/
Sp
FS
Welldrained
1 to 1-2
1
X Opuntia prolifera
Coastal Cholla
3-9 ft
Dark
Pink/W-Sp
FS
Welldrained
1
1, 3, 12, 13,
14
FS/PS
Clays
best
1
1, 8, 13, 19,
20
FS
Clays
best
1
1, 8, 13, 20
Fine in grass
1
1, 8, 10, 18,
20
difficult
1
1, 8, 13, 20
1
1, 2, 10, 13,
14, 16, 18
Bulbs and Corms
White Fairy
Lantern
Catalina Mariposa
Lily
Splendid Mariposa
Lily
1 ft tall
<1 ft wide
White-pink/
Sp-Su
1 ft tall
<1 ft wide
Whitepurple/Sp
6-18 in.
Pink/Sp-Su
FS/PS
Calochortus venustus
Butterfly Mariposa
1-2 ft tall
Pink/Sp-Su
FS/PS
Dichelostemma
capitatum
Blue Dicks/Wild
Hyacinth
< 2 ft
Blue/Sp
FS/PS
Douglas iris
1-2 ft
Purple/Sp
PS
See note
< 2 ft
Yellow/
Sp-Su
PS
sandy
1-2 to 3
1, 13
1-2 ft
Purpleyellow/Sp
FS/PS
any
1-2 to 2-3
1, 3, 9, 10, 13,
14, 16, 18
1-2 ft tall
Pale blue/
Sp
FS/PS
Clefts in
rocks
X Calochortus albus
X Calochortus catalinae
X Calochortus splendens
X
X Iris douglasiana
X Ranunculus californicus
X Sisyrinchium bellum
Triteleia clementina
California
Buttercup
Western Blue-eyed
Grass
San Clemente
Tritelia
Welldrained
Welldrained
welldrained
1 to 2
1-2
1, 3, 5, 7, 10,
13, 14, 16
Drought
tolerant if
mulched
Very welldrained soils
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I : X = Gardening Information Sheet :(http://nativeplantscsudh.blogspot.com/p/gallery-of-native-plants.html) or at the Madrona Marsh Nature Center
* may not be immediately local, but is a CA native plant
++
+
** horticultural cultivar
light: FS=full sun; PS=part shade; FSH=full shade
Water Zones: 1 = no summer water; 1-2 = very occasional summer water (several times per summer); 2 = let soil dry out between waterings;
2-3 some regular summer water (about once a week); 3 = regular watering/moist soil (like a conventional lawn)
Availability: numbers correspond to the Plant and Seed Sources List at: http://nativeplantscsudh.blogspot.com/p/where-to-purchase-native-plants.html
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