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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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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: 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…

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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.…

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Plant Profile: California Coffee Berry (Frangula californica aka Rhamnus californica)

Karen January 23, 2023 0 Comments

Native to California, southwestern Oregon, Arizona and Baja California, this large evergreen shrub grows in open woodland, brush canyon sides, and chaparral. It is a member of the buckthorn family,…

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Plant Profile: Hollyleaf Redberry (Rhamnus ilicifolia)

Karen January 18, 2023 0 Comments

This evergreen shrub is native to western North American where it grows in chaparral and wooded areas in Oregon, California, Baja California and Arizona. It is a member of the…

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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: Black Sage (Salvia mellifera)

Karen January 11, 2023 0 Comments

Native to California, Baja, and Mexico, this semi-deciduous shrub is common in the coastal sage scrub and chaparral of Southern California. It is a member of the deadnettle family, Lamiaceae,…

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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…

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