Qm eriodictyon californicum
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California yerba santa is a woody evergreen shrub native to coastal ranges and sierras in California. It grows 3-5 feet tall and 3-6 feet wide, with leathery dark green leaves and a balsamic aroma. In spring, it produces showy white or lavender tubular flowers that attract butterflies. It is drought tolerant and spreads via rhizomes, making it suitable for stabilizing slopes or natural gardens. Traditionally, Native Americans used its leaves to make tea and poultices for various medical purposes.
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![*California yerba santa / Palo santo – Eriodictyon californicum
(air-ee-oh-DICK-tee-on cal-ee-FOR-ni-cum)
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage Family) [formerly in Hydrophyllaceae]
Native to: Coastal Ranges and Sierras from Kern Co. to OR; on hillsides, ridges and canyons in
Chaparral, Foothill and N. Oak Woodlands, Yellow Pine, Mixed Evergreen and Redwood Forests.
Often found in disturbed areas.
Growth characteristics: woody shrub mature height: 3-5 ft. mature width: 3-6+ ft.
Evergreen woody shrub with leathery, resinous leaves. Leaves are oblong, dark green above; lighter
below. Leaf margins can be smooth or saw-toothed. Plants have balsamic aroma, especially on
warm days. Bark shreddy; old leaves retained (may be covered in black fungi). Shallow roots;
spreads via rhizomes.
Blooms/fruits: Blooms in spring – April to July. White or pale lavender, tubular flowers in
branched clusters at the ends of branches. Very showy in bloom; butterfly pollinated. Fruits are
small capsules with small, dark seeds.
Uses in the garden: Most often used in natural gardens or herb/medicinal gardens. Good choice for
stabilizing slopes. Good all-round habitat plant, but might be best contained (large container).
Leaves used for tea or as flavoring agent. This plant was used as a cure-all in traditional medicine.
Leaves were used as tea, infusions, poultices for wide range of aches and pains, coughs and colds.
Sensible substitute for: Non-native herbs.
Attracts: Excellent habitat plant. Nectar attracts bees, butterflies; birds eat seeds.
Requirements:
Element Requirement
Sun Full sun.
Soil Pretty tolerant, but best in well-drained; pH 5.0-8.0 (best slightly acidic)
Water Low water needs – Water Zone 1-2 for best appearance.
Fertilizer Not needed, but light fertilizer if grown in container.
Other Light mulch only.
Management: Prune only in spring/early summer. Plant will spread, particularly with water.
Propagation: from seed: fairly easy with fresh seed; heat stored seed by cuttings: ?summer
Plant/seed sources (see list for source numbers): 10, 13 4/29/17
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Pollinators - 2013 - gardening sheets
This document provides information on the Hooker's Evening Primrose plant, including its native range in California and the southwest U.S., its growth characteristics as a perennial subshrub reaching 2-5 feet tall and wide, and its white flowers that bloom from late spring through summer. The document notes that the plant is suitable for meadow and prairie gardens due to its attractive flowers and ability to tolerate some drought once established. It attracts butterflies and moths with its nectar and provides habitat for other pollinators and insects.
Gardening sheets dragonflies
This document provides information on the Northern water plantain plant. It is a herbaceous perennial that grows 1-3 feet tall and spreads via rhizomes, forming dense colonies. It has large green basal leaves and small white flowers in clusters above the foliage in June or July. It can be grown in or near water and provides good habitat for birds and pollinators.
Gardening sheets silvery foliage
Plant information sheets for plants covered in talk on gardening with silver foliage plants, Features California native plants.
Gardening sheets espalier 2017
This document provides information on the Canyon Silktassel plant (Garrya veatchii). It is a native evergreen woody shrub or small tree found in chaparral and oak woodlands in southwestern California. It has catkins that bloom in spring and produce purple-brown berries. It is suitable for use as a garden ornamental, hedge, or specimen tree and provides habitat for birds. It requires full sun to light shade and little water once established.
Aesculus californica
The California buckeye is a woody tree or shrub native to California foothills from Los Angeles County to Oregon. It has large, palmately compound leaves and produces showy white or pink flowers in spring, followed by pear-shaped capsules containing hard seeds. While the plant is very showy when in bloom, all parts are toxic if ingested. It grows well in full sun or partial shade and requires little summer water once established. The California buckeye makes a good accent or hedge plant and provides habitat for hummingbirds and butterflies.
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The document provides information on the Bladderpod plant, including that it is a woody shrub native to coastal and desert areas in California and Baja California. It has attractive yellow flowers and inflated seedpods that give it its common name. It is drought tolerant once established and can be used as a specimen plant, hedge, or screen in dry gardens. It requires full sun and well-drained soil and attracts hummingbirds to its flowers.
Gardening sheets edibles in containers
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Anderson's Wolfberry is a woody perennial shrub native to desert areas of southern California and northern Mexico. It grows 4-8 feet tall and wide, with thick fleshy leaves and white-lavender flowers in spring followed by edible orange berries. It is drought tolerant once established and provides good habitat for birds and other wildlife.
Gardening sheets parish
The document provides information on four California native plant species:
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
Gardening sheets birds 2017
This document provides information on the Southern Honeysuckle vine native to southern California. It is an evergreen vine or shrub that climbs on other plants with paired, leathery leaves. It blooms in spring with cream-white flowers and produces edible red or yellow berries in fall. It prefers partial shade and moderate summer water, and provides habitat for birds and pollinators.
Calliandra eriophylla
Pink Fairyduster is a perennial shrub native to the Sonoran Desert of Baja California and parts of California, Arizona, and Texas. It grows 2-5 feet tall and 3-6 feet wide, with bright to blue-green compound leaves. In spring, it produces light pink to reddish-purple flower clusters that attract hummingbirds and butterflies. It is drought deciduous but can be evergreen in gardens. Pink Fairyduster is low maintenance and drought tolerant, making it suitable for informal hedges, erosion control, and water-wise gardens. It provides habitat and foraging for birds and butterflies.
Gardening Sheet - Eriogonum umbellatum.pdf
Sulfur-flowered buckwheat is a perennial sub-shrub native to western North America. It has rounded evergreen leaves and produces bright sulfur yellow flowers from late spring to summer that attract pollinators. It is drought tolerant and well-suited for hot, dry conditions in gardens, making it a sensible substitute for non-native water-wise plants. As a habitat plant, it provides food and cover for birds and small animals. Sulfur-flowered buckwheat requires full sun, rocky soil, very occasional water, and little other maintenance once established.
Forestiera pubescens
This document summarizes information about the Desert Olive plant, including that it is native to southwestern North America from Texas to California. It is a large, winter-deciduous shrub or small tree that has spiny branches and provides bright green leaves in spring and yellow fall color. It blooms in early spring with small yellow flowers and produces small, showy blue-black olive fruits. The Desert Olive is very adaptable and can be used in gardens as a screen, hedge, or small tree. It is drought tolerant, tolerates harsh winds, and provides habitat and food for birds and pollinators.
Gardening sheet eriogonum umbellatum
Sulfur-flowered buckwheat is a perennial sub-shrub native to western North America from British Columbia to California. It grows 1-3 feet tall and wide, with rounded evergreen leaves and bright sulfur yellow flowers that bloom from late spring to summer. It is drought tolerant and suitable for hot, dry conditions, requiring little water or fertilizer once established. Sulfur-flowered buckwheat attracts pollinators and provides habitat and food for birds and small animals.
Lomatium utriculatum
Common Lomatium is a perennial herb native to coastal regions of North America from British Columbia to Baja California. It grows up to 2 feet tall with finely dissected, feathery leaves and produces bright yellow flowers in spring. Common Lomatium is drought deciduous and provides habitat and food for various insects and the Anise Swallowtail butterfly. It is easy to grow in full sun or part shade in most soil types with adequate winter/spring moisture and makes a good choice for natural gardens, rock gardens, and vegetable gardens.
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This document provides information on the Common Madia plant, including that it is a summer blooming annual sunflower native to western North America. It has bright golden yellow ray flowers with possible maroon blotches, and its seeds are edible. As a garden plant, it is showy in mixed beds and good for areas needing bright flowers, and it attracts many bird species through its seeds.
Tellima grandiflora
Fringe cups (Tellima grandiflora) is a spreading herbaceous perennial native to forests in northern California and northwest regions. It forms a basal rosette of dark green, hairy leaves that are round or heart-shaped. Small, cup-shaped white or pink flowers bloom in spring along stalks above the foliage. Fringe cups is used in shady perennial beds, woodland gardens, and stream banks where it provides a showy groundcover and attracts hummingbirds. It requires partial shade and well-drained, moist soil.
Mahonia repens
This document summarizes information about Creeping Barberry (Mahonia repens), a woody shrub native to western North America. It grows less than 2 feet tall and spreads slowly as a groundcover. It has holly-like evergreen foliage that may turn red in winter. Small yellow flowers in spring are followed by dark blue berries in fall. It is well-suited as a low-maintenance, drought-tolerant groundcover under trees or in rock gardens.
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Gardening sheet epilobium canum
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Gardening sheet mentha arvensis
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