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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

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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Poisonous Plants: Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)

Karen March 9, 2023 0 Comments

Also known as Canada puccoon, bloodwort, redroot, red puccoon, Indian paint, and black paste, bloodroot is a member of the poppy family, Papaveraceae, that also includes bleeding heart, greater celandine,…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

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: Bluff Lettuce (Dudleya farinosa)

Karen March 6, 2023 0 Comments

Also known as powdery liveforever, and powdery dudleya, north coast dudleya, and sea lettuce, this evergreen succulent is native to the coastlines of northern California and Oregon where is grows…

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

Plants for a Plant Zoo: Buffalo Grass (Buchloe dactyloides)

Karen February 28, 2023 0 Comments

How about a plant zoo turf that does not need fertilizer, pesticides, or frequent mowing? Buffalo grass might be the answer and it has the additional benefits of being attractive,…

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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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…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

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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