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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

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…

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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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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: 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…

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Plants for a Plant Zoo: Gopher Apple (Licania michauxii  aka Geobalanus oblongifolius)

Karen February 21, 2023 0 Comments

If you live along the southeast coastline and want to attract the gopher tortoise, this wiry evergreen shrub provides a fruit that is favored by this very special reptile. Why…

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