RE: Natives and exotics

The current issue (Vol. 68, No.2) of Pacific Horticulture has an article
that I wrote about our Master Gardener Demonstration Garden in Palo Alto.
Below is a rather long list of plants grown in our very gravelly soil, plus
one bed of adobe clay that has only native CA plants in it. 

Water-wise garden plant list: Plants for California's Climate
 
Welcome to the Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County's demonstration garden
at Eleanor Pardee Park. We developed this garden to promote the use of
plants well suited for California's summer-dry climate. These plants thrive
with a minimum of water and fertilizer. You will see plants from Australia,
South Africa, and the Mediterranean region mingling with our own California
natives. Please stroll through our garden. We hope that you will find
something that you would like to plant in your own garden.

Trees
Ficus caraica 'Panache'
Punica granatum

Shrubs
Abutilon palmeri*
Algyogyne huegelii
Arctostaphylos densiflora 'Howard McMinn'*
Arctostaphylos 'Emerald Carpet'*
Arctostaphylos hookeri 'Wayside'*
Berberis thunbergii
Callistemon 'Cane's Hybrid'
Carpenteria californica*
Ceanothus 'Concha'*
Ceanothus 'Dark Star*'
Ceanothus 'Joyce Coulter'*
Ceanothus griseus var. horizontalis 'Yankee Point'*
Ceanothus griseus 'Louis Edmonds'*
Cercocarpus montanus*
Cistus x pulverulentus 'Sunset'
Corokia x virgata 'Sunsplash'
Correa 'Carmine Bells'
Cynara cardunulus
Encilia californica*
Eriogonum arborescens*
Eriogonum giganteum*
Galvesia speciosa*
Galvesia speciosa 'Boca Rosa'*
Grevillea 'Moonlight'
Grevillea 'Pink Pearl'
Grevillea x 'Ruby Clusters'
Grevillea lanigera
Grevillea lavandulacea 'Penola'
Grevillea rogersii
Kunzia affinis
Lavatera assurgentiflora*
Lavatera thuringiaca
Lavandula hybrid 'Goodwin Creek'
Lavandula x intermedia 'Provence'
Lavandula x intermedia 'Grosso'
Lavandula augustiflora 'Munstead'
Lavandula stoechas
Leonotis leonurus
Leucadendron 'Jester'
Leucadendron 'Rising Sun'
Leucadendron 'Safari Sunshine'
Leucadendron discolor
Leucadendron meridianum 'More Silver'
Ozothamnus rosmarinifolius
Prunus ilicifolia*
Rhamnus californica 'Eve Case'*
Rhamnus californica 'Mound San Bruno'*
Rhus ovata*
Ribes sanguineum*
Ribes sanguineum var. glutinosum 'Claremont'*
Ribes speciosum*
Rosa 'Happenstance'
Rosa 'Mutabilis'
Rosmarinus officinalis 'Tuscan Blue'
Tagetes lemonii
Teucrium fruitcans 'Azureum'

Perennials
Achillea 'Moonshine'
Achillea tomentosa
Echinops ritro 'Taplow Blue'
Epilobium canum*
Epilobium septentrionale 'Mattole Select'*
Eschscholzia californica*
Euphorbia rigida
Euphorbia x martinii
Gaura lindheimeri 'Crimson Butterflies'
Geranium sp.
Kniphofia uvaria 'Malibu Yellow'
Lepechinia hastata
Origanum laevigatum 'Hopley's'
Pelargonium sidoides
Penstemon x gloxiniodes 'Garnet'
Penstemon x gloxiniodes 'Midnight'
Phlomis lanata
Phlomis fruiticosa
Phormium 'Amazing Red'
Salvia apiana*
Salvia chamaedryoides*
Salvia clevelandii*
Salvia clevelandii 'Whirly Blue'*
Salvia x leucophylla 'Bee's Bliss'*
Salvia microphylla'
Salvia spathacea*
Santolina rosmarinifolius
Scabiosa caucasica
Verbena bonariensis

Grasses
Carex tumulicola*
Chondropetalum tectorum
Festuca californica*
Fescue ovina
Helictotrichon sempervirens
Juncus patens*
Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus'
Miscanthus sinensis 'Variegatus'
Miscanthus sinensis 'Yaku Jima'
Muhlenbergia filipis
Nassella cernua*
Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum'

Ground Covers
Arctotis acaulis 'Purple Torch'
Artemesia 'Powis Castle'
Artemesia 'Silver Mound'
Ballota pseudodictamnus
Bulbine frutescens
Convulvulus mauritanicus
Erigeron glaucus 'Sea Breeze'*
Gazania 'Daybreak Mix'
Helianthemun 'Wisley Primrose'
Hypericum reptans
Lessingia filaginifolia*
Origanum 'Aureum'
Rubus pentalobus
Stachys byzantina 'Countess Helen von Stein'
Teucrium 'Crispum'
Thymus x citriodorus 'Argenteus'
Thymus x citriodorus 'Aureus'
Verbena lilacina 'De la Mina'*

Succulents
Agave americana
Aloe sp.
Aloe 'Black Aloe'
Aloe x spinosissima
Aloe nobilis
Echeveria sp.
Sedum sp.
Sedum 'Autumn Joy'

Bulbs
Chasmanthes aethiopica
Gladiolus communus byzantinus
Iris douglasiana
Median bearded Iris 
Ornithogalum
Scilla peruviana
Sisyrinchium bellum*
Sisyrinchium californicum*
Zephyranthus candida
Watsonia
* California native
Master Gardeners' website: www.mastergardeners.org/padg/padg2.html
Master Gardeners' Hot Line: 408-282-3105

March 31, 2006
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