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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus aka S. rivularis)

Karen October 16, 2023 0 Comments

Also known as waxberry, this deciduous flowering shrub is a member of the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae, that also includes weigelia, scabiosa, and abelia. It is native to North America where…

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Plant Profile: Western White Clematis (Clematis ligusticifolia)

Karen September 4, 2023 0 Comments

Also known by many other names including peppervine, old man’s beard, and creek clematis, this climbing woody or semi-woody vine is native to western US where it grows in streamside…

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Plant Profile: Russian Pea Shrub (Caragana frutex)

Karen August 23, 2023 0 Comments

Native to Turkestan and Siberia, this deciduous suckering shrub is a member of the pea family, Fabaceae, that also includes beans, lupines and mimosa. It grows 6-10′ tall and forms…

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Plant Profile: Greenbark Ceanothus (Ceanothus spinosus)

Karen May 1, 2023 0 Comments

Also known as redheart, this evergreen shrub is native to the scrub and chaparral of the coastal strip of southern California south of San Luis Obispo County to northern Baja…

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Plant Profile: California Juniper (Juniperus californica)

Karen April 26, 2023 0 Comments

Also known as California white cedar, sweetberry cedar, desert white cedar, and Cedros Island juniper this evergreen small tree is native to dry soils at moderate elevations in Arizona, California,…

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Plant Profile: Hollyleaf Cherry (Prunus ilicifolia)

Karen April 19, 2023 0 Comments

This evergreen shrub or small tree is native to the desert chaparral areas of the Mohave desert, coastal California, Baja California and Baja California Sur and is a member of…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Purple Needle Grass (Stipa pulchra aka Nassella pulchra)

Karen April 10, 2023 0 Comments

This perennial bunch grass is native to California where it grows in a variety of habitats including grassland, chaparral and oak woodland. It is a member of the grass family…

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Plant Profile: Spiny Redberry (Rhamnus crocea)

Karen March 29, 2023 0 Comments

Also called hollyleaf buckthorn, this evergreen shrub is native to Baja California, California and Arizona, where it grows in dry washes and canyons in coastal sage scrub, chaparral, and various…

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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…

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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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