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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Bigelow Sneezeweed (Helenium bigelovii)

Karen August 28, 2023 0 Comments

Native to moist mediows, streamsides, and marshes of California and Oregon this herbaceous perennial is a member of the aster family, Asteraceae, that also includes daisy, yarrow and lettuce. It…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Common Sand Aster (Corethrogyne filaginifolia aka Lessingia filaginifolia)

Karen July 31, 2023 0 Comments

Also known as California aster, this herbaceous perennial or subshrub is native to western North America from the southwestern corner of Oregon through California to Baja California where is grows…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Coyotillo (Karwinskia humboldtiana)

Karen May 29, 2023 0 Comments

Native to the prairies, plains, meadows, pastures, and savannas of southern and western Texas as well as much of Mexico, this evergreen shrub or small tree is a member of…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: California Goldfields (Lasthenia californica)

Karen May 22, 2023 0 Comments

Native to a variety of habitats in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, and Baja California, this herbaceous annual is a member of the aster family, Asteraceae, that also includes sunflower,…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Stinging Lupine (Lupinus hirsutissimus)

Karen May 15, 2023 0 Comments

Native to dry rocky slopes of the coastal mountains of California and Baja California, this herbaceous annual is a member of the legume family, Fabaceae, that also includes beans, mimosa,…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Sky Lupine (Lupinus nanus)

Karen May 8, 2023 0 Comments

Also known as field lupine, dwarf lupine, ocean-blue lupine and Douglas’ annual lupine, this native of western US grows on slopes and open or disturbed areas of California, Nevada, and…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Peyote (Lophophora williamsii)

Karen May 3, 2023 0 Comments

Also called mescal button, this spineless cactus is native to southern Texas and northern Mexico, and is a member of the cactus family, Cactaceae, that also includes prickly pear and…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

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…

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,…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Sticky Phacelia (Phacelia viscida)

Karen April 24, 2023 0 Comments

Also known as tacky phacelia and scorpion weed, this annual is native to the coastal hills and mountains of central and southern California and northern Baja California where it grows…

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