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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: Buckbrush (Ceanothus cuneatus)

Karen February 15, 2023 0 Comments

Also known as wedgeleaf ceanothus, this evergreen shrub is native to Oregon, California, and northern Baja California, where it grows in several habitats, especially chaparral. It is a member of…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

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…

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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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Plants for a Plant Zoo: Partridge Pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata aka Cassia fasciculata aka Cassia chamaecrista)

Karen February 7, 2023 0 Comments

Also known as prairie senna, golden cassia, large-flowered sensitive pea, sleeping plant, and locust weed, this herbaceous annual is native to eastern North America and provides cover and food for…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Squaw Currant (Ribed cereum)

Karen February 6, 2023 0 Comments

Also known as white-flowered currant, wax currant, and western red currant, this deciduous spreading or erect shrub is native from British Columbia to northern California east to Montana, Nebraska, Colorado,…

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Plant Profile: Our Lord’s Candle (Hesperoyucca whipplei aka Yucca whipplei)

Karen February 1, 2023 0 Comments

Also known as chaparral yucca, foothill yucca, Spanish bayonet, and Quixote yucca, this evergreen shrub is native to Southern California and Baja California where it grows in chaparral, coastal sage…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Giant Wild Rye (Elymus condensatus aka Leymus condensatus)

Karen January 30, 2023 0 Comments

This evergreen perennial grass is native to eastern Oregon, California, and northern Mexico, where it grows in coastal sage scrub, chaparral, southern oak woodland, foothill woodland, and Joshua tree woodlands.…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Threenerve Goldenrod (Solidago veluntina)

Karen January 25, 2023 0 Comments

Native to western US and the northern half of Mexico, this herbaceous perennial is a member of the aster family, Asteraceae, that also includes sunflower, dandelion, and lettuce. With a…

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