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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Chaparral Mallow (Malacothamnus fasciculatus)

Karen March 27, 2023 0 Comments

Also called Mendocino bushmallow, this evergreen shrub is native to Sonora, Mexico, northern Baja California, and California where it is associated with chaparral and sage scrub vegetation and is especially…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum)

Karen March 22, 2023 0 Comments

Also known as greasewood, this evergreen spreading or prostrate shrub is native to California and Baja California and is the most abundant species in the California chaparral. It is a…

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Plant Profile: Purple Sage (Salvia leucophylla)

Karen March 20, 2023 0 Comments

Also known as San Luis purple sage and gray sage, this semi-deciduous shrub is native to coastal Southern California and Baja California where it grows on dry open hillsides. It…

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Plant Profile: California Bush Sunflower (Encelia californica)

Karen March 13, 2023 0 Comments

Also called California brittlebush, this shrub is native to coastal southern California and Baja California, and is a member of the aster family, Asteraceae, that also includes daisy, yarrow and…

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Plant Profile: Cardinal Catchfly (Silene laciniata)

Karen March 8, 2023 0 Comments

Also known as fringed Indian pink and Mexican campion, this herbaceous perennial is native to northern Mexico and southwestern US from California to Texas and is a member of the…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: California Sagebrush (Artemisia californica)

Karen March 1, 2023 0 Comments

Also known as coastal sagebrush and California sagewort, this evergreen shrub is native to northern Baja California and much of central and southern California where it is often associated with…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Sticky Monkey Flower (Diplacus aurantiacus aka Mimulus aurantiacus)

Karen February 27, 2023 0 Comments

Native to southwestern North America from southwestern Oregon south through most of California, to Baja California, this evergreen subshrub is a member of the lopseed family, Phrymaceae, a small family…

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Plant Profile: Canyon Liveforever (Dudleya cymosa aka Echeveria cymosa)

Karen February 22, 2023 0 Comments

Native to rocky cliffs and steep slopes at low elevations in the mountains in southern Oregon and California, this evergreen succulent perennial is a member of the stonecrop family, Crassulaceae,…

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Plant Profile: Heartleaf Penstemon (Keckiella cordifolia aka Penstemon cordifolius)

Karen February 20, 2023 0 Comments

Native to chaparral and woodlands of the coast and coastal mountains of southern California and northern Baja California, this summer deciduous shrub is a member of the plantain family, Plantaginaceae,…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Fuchsia Flower Gooseberry (Ribes speciosum)

Karen February 13, 2023 0 Comments

This spiny, summer deciduous shrub is native from central California to Baja California where it grows in the scrub and chaparral of the coastal mountain ranges. It is a member…

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