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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…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

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,…

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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…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: White Flowering Currant (Ribes indecorum)

Karen February 8, 2023 0 Comments

Also called white chaparral currant, this deciduous shrub is native to Baha California and coastal areas of California. It is a member of the currant family, Grossulariaceae, that consists of…

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Plant Profile: Bunchleaf Penstemon (Penstemon heterophyllus)

Karen January 16, 2023 0 Comments

Also known as foothills penstemon and foothills beardtongue, this evergreen herbaceous perennial is endemic to California where it grows in grassland, chaparral, and forests of all of the major coastal…

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Plant Profile: Woolly Bluecurls (Trichostema lanatum)

Karen January 9, 2023 0 Comments

Native to dry slopes of south coast ranges of California and northern Baja, this evergreen shrub is a member of the deadnettle family, Lamiaceae, that also includes mint, rosemary, and…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Spotted Emu Bush (Eremophila maculata)

Karen April 6, 2022 0 Comments

Also known as spotted fushia-bush, this evergreen shrub is endemic to southern Australia, and a member of the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae, that also includes mullein, butterfly–bush, and Diascia. The plants…

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Plants for a Plant Zoo: Cardinal Vine (Ipomoea multifida)

Karen January 25, 2022 0 Comments

If you like dainty red flowers on a lacy, fern-like vine, you will love cardinal vine. But watch out; if you plant it in a spot that it likes you…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Chilean Bellflower (Lapageria rosea)

Karen May 17, 2021 0 Comments

Native to damp coastal woodlands of Chile and Argentina, this twining evergreen vine is a member of the Philesiaceae, a small family endemic to Chile. The plants grow over 30′…

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