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Current Plant List December 2009

Apple Tree Bed

  • Malacothamnus fasciculatus chaparral mallow
  • Erigonum parvifolium
  • Verbena gooddingii Mojave verbena

Plum/nectarine Bed

  • Verbena lilacina
  • Diplacus aurantiacus australis ‘Ramona
  • Artemisia californica Calif Sagebrush
  • Erigonum giganteum St Cath Lace
  • Zauschneria californica ‘Catalina
  • Rosa minutifolia Baja mini Rose
  • Eriogonum grande rubescens San Miguel Island Buckwheat, Red Buckwheat

Shade Garden

  • Heuchera ‘Rosada’
  • Heuchera ‘Santa Ana Cardinal’
  • Heuchera ‘Wendy’
  • Lepechinia fragrans ‘El Tigre’ Haven’t grown this before really.  It looks like a neat plant.
  • Ribes sanguineum var. glutinosum Pretty pink flowers!
  • Ribes indecorum
  • Iris ‘Susie Knapp’
  • Other Iris
  • Iris ‘PCH’
  • Diplacus puniceus Otay Monkey Flower
  • Heteromeles arbutifolia x2
  • Ceanothus ‘Ray Hartman’x2
  • Ceanothus ‘Cynthia Postan’

Parking Space

  • Baccharis pilularis
  • Ceanothus ‘Frosty Blue’
  • Arctostaphylos hookeri x pajaroensis ‘Sunset’
  • Diplacus longiflorus Topanga monkey flower

Treeless Bed

  • Zauschneria californica ‘Catalina’ (or) Zauschneria californica ‘Ghostly Red
  • Rosa californica


Peach/Apricot Bed

  • Artemesia nesiotica Channel Island Sage
  • Sphaeralcea ambigua Apricot Mallow
  • Ceanothus ‘Joyce Coulter’
  • Zauschneria californica ‘Catalina
  • Zauschneria californica ‘Ghostly Red

Dry Wash

  • Fremontodendron ‘Ken Taylor’
  • Trichostema lanatum Wooly Blue Curls
  • Calliandra californica Baja Fairyduster x2
  • Abutilon palmeri Indian Mallow
  • Leptodactylon calif.
  • Manzanita Margarita’s Joy’
  • Arctostaphylos densiflora ‘Sentinel’ I didn’t realize how slowly manzanitas grew.  This one is supposed to be faster.
  • Arctostaphylos glandulosa ssp. crassifolia this one is endangered in its native habitat (native plant nurseries just as TPF and Las Pilitas have been growing these for habitat replacement as well as garden use).
  • Galvezia juncea ‘Punta Banda’ Galvezias are very pretty, very fast & very drought tolerant & easy — what’s not to love?  We have several different varieties in our yard now.  We also purchased one more Galvezia ‘Firecracker’ (which is the same variety as our original Galvezia)

Sunny Slope

  • Galvezia ‘Firecracker
  • Salvia apiana White Sage
  • Arctostaphylos silvicola Ghostly Manzanita
  • Penstemon spectabilis
  • Salvia brandegee

Flat by Window

  • Arctostaphylos la panza
  • Salvia ‘Pt. Sal’

Shadier (Less Sunny?) Slope

  • Salvia mellifera Black Sage
  • Salvia Celestial Blue
  • Atriplex canescens
  • Ceanothus ‘Yankee Point’
  • Baccharis ‘Twin Peaks’
  • Galvezia speciosa

Flat by Porch

  • Arctostaphylos manzanita_x_densiflora Austin Griffiths Manzanita
  • Calystegia macrostegia

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