Sustainable Landscape Transformation

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Sustainable Landscape Transformation

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Festuca californica | California Fescue

2. Achillea ‘Moonshine’ | Moonshine Yarrow 3. Salvia clevelandii | Cleveland Blue Sage 4. Clarkia unguiculata | Mountain Garland, Clarkia 5. Cercis occidentalis | Western Redbud 6. Parkinsonia aculeata | Mexican Palo Verde

7. Penstemon heterophyllus ‘Margarita Bop’ Margarita Bop Penstemon 8. Verbena lilacina ‘De La Mina’ Cedros Island Verbena 9. Chilopsis linearis | Desert Willow 10. Eschscholzia californica | California Poppy Rain Garden | Sustainable Water Feature

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AVERAGE COST

$10

1 GALLON

CONTAINER

Festuca californica California Fescue

The California Fescue is a cool season bunchgrass with blue-green blades that reach 2’ high. The violet colored flower stalks are 5’ tall, appearing in spring and summer, creating fountain-like clumps. This grass is drought tolerant for sun and shade although it looks better with additional summer water. ANATOMY

CULTURE & DESIGN

PLANT TYPE

LEAF COLOR

SUN

ADVERSE FACTORS

Perennial/Grass

Blue Green

Full, Half

n/a ACCENTING FEATURES

HEIGHT RANGE

BARK COLOR

WATER

Showy Flowers,

3-6’

n/a

Very Low

Unusual Foliage

WIDTH RANGE

FRUIT COLOR

GROWTH RATE

SEASONAL INTEREST

1-3’

n/a

Moderate

Spring, Summer

FRUIT SEASON

SOIL TYPE

n/a

Sandy, Loam

FLOWER COLOR Violet FLOWER SEASON Spring, Summer

AVERAGE COST

$10 1 GALLON

CONTAINER

Achillea ‘Moonshine’ Moonshine Yarrow

Long, straight stems with pale yellow flowers are striking on the mats of green to gray-green leaves of this plant, which are flatter and less divided than those of the Achillea millefolium. This Yarrow propagates easily from rooted cuttings or divisions which should be performed in the early spring or fall. ANATOMY

CULTURE & DESIGN

PLANT TYPE

LEAF COLOR

SUN

ADVERSE FACTORS

Perennial

Green, Gray Green

Full

n/a

HEIGHT RANGE

BARK COLOR

WATER

ACCENTING FEATURES

1-3’

n/a

Very Low, Low

Showy Flowers

WIDTH RANGE

FRUIT COLOR

GROWTH RATE

SEASONAL INTEREST

1-3’

n/a

Moderate

Spring, Summer

FRUIT SEASON

SOIL TYPE

n/a

Sandy, Loam

FLOWER COLOR Yellow FLOWER SEASON Spring, Summer

JUNE SHOPPING LIST

AVERAGE COST

$29

5 GALLON CONTAINER

Salvia clevelandii Cleveland Blue Sage

The Cleveland Sage is a perennial shrub that grows 4’ tall and wide. It has fragrant gray foliage and blue, lavender or white flowers that bloom between May and August. This shrub needs full sun and prefers well drained soil..

ANATOMY

CULTURE & DESIGN

PLANT TYPE

LEAF COLOR

SUN

ADVERSE FACTORS

Shrub

Green

Full, Half

n/a

HEIGHT RANGE

BARK COLOR

WATER

ACCENTING FEATURES

3-6’

n/a

Very Low, Low

Fragrance, Showy Flowers

WIDTH RANGE

FRUIT COLOR

GROWTH RATE

SEASONAL INTEREST

3-6’

n/a

Fast

Spring, Summer

FRUIT SEASON

SOIL TYPE

n/a

Sandy, Loam, Rocky

FLOWER COLOR Blue, Lavender FLOWER SEASON Summer

AVERAGE COST

$10 1 GALLON

CONTAINER

Clarkia unguiculata Mountain Garland, Clarkia

This California native will grow 1-4’ high and has green foliage with pink flowers. It does well in full shade to part sun. Different varieties will bloom in red, orange, salmon, creamy yellow, and purple.

ANATOMY

CULTURE & DESIGN

PLANT TYPE

LEAF COLOR

SUN

ADVERSE FACTORS

Annual

Green

Full, Half

n/a

HEIGHT RANGE

BARK COLOR

WATER

ACCENTING FEATURES

1-3’

n/a

Medium

Showy Flowers

WIDTH RANGE

FRUIT COLOR

GROWTH RATE

SEASONAL INTEREST

3-6’

n/a

Moderate

Spring, Summer

FRUIT SEASON

SOIL TYPE

n/a

Sandy, Loam

FLOWER COLOR Pink FLOWER SEASON Spring, Summer

JUNE SHOPPING LIST

AVERAGE COST

$38 Cercis occidentalis

5 GALLON CONTAINER

Western Redbud This deciduous shrub or small tree reaches 15’ tall and 10’ wide. Beautiful magenta flowers appear in spring, before the leaves appear. Foliage is apple green, turning yellow to red in the fall. Seed pods dangle on this tree in winter.

ANATOMY

CULTURE & DESIGN

PLANT TYPE

LEAF COLOR

SUN

ADVERSE FACTORS

Tree, Shrub

Green, Yellow Green

Full, Half

Attracts Bees

HEIGHT RANGE

BARK COLOR

WATER

ACCENTING FEATURES

12-25’

Gray Brown

Very Low, Low

Fall Color, Multi-trunk Tree, Showy Flowers, Specimen

WIDTH RANGE

FRUIT COLOR

GROWTH RATE

6-12’

n/a

Moderate

SEASONAL INTEREST Year Round

FLOWER COLOR Pink

FRUIT SEASON

SOIL TYPE

n/a

Sandy, Loam, Rocky, Unparticular

FLOWER SEASON Spring

AVERAGE COST

$60 Parkinsonia aculeata

15 GALLON CONTAINER

Mexican Palo Verde The Mexican Palo Verde has prickly stems. This tree is very fast growing with sparse foliage and very long narrow leaves. Yellow flowers with orange red throats bloom sporadically. It is beautiful in form being light and airy.

ANATOMY

CULTURE & DESIGN

PLANT TYPE

LEAF COLOR

SUN

ADVERSE FACTORS

Tree

Green

Full

Thorns, Spines

HEIGHT RANGE

BARK COLOR

WATER

ACCENTING FEATURES

6-12, 12-25’

Green

Very Low

Showy Flowers, Specimen

WIDTH RANGE

FRUIT COLOR

GROWTH RATE

SEASONAL INTEREST

12-25’

n/a

Moderate

Winter, Spring, Summer

FRUIT SEASON

SOIL TYPE

FLOWER COLOR Yellow

n/a

Sandy, Rocky

FLOWER SEASON Spring, Summer

JUNE SHOPPING LIST

AVERAGE COST

$9

1 GALLON

CONTAINER

Penstemon heterophyllus ‘Margarita Bop’ Margarita Bop Penstemon The Cleveland Sage is a perennial shrub that grows 4’ tall and wide. It has fragrant gray foliage and blue, lavender or white flowers that bloom between May and August. This shrub needs full sun and prefers well drained soil.

ANATOMY

CULTURE & DESIGN

PLANT TYPE

LEAF COLOR

SUN

ADVERSE FACTORS

Perennial

Green, Blue Green

Full, Half

n/a

HEIGHT RANGE

BARK COLOR

WATER

ACCENTING FEATURES

1-3’

n/a

Low

Showy Flowers

WIDTH RANGE

FRUIT COLOR

GROWTH RATE

SEASONAL INTEREST

1-3’

n/a

Moderate

Spring, Summer

FRUIT SEASON

SOIL TYPE

n/a

Clay, Loam

FLOWER COLOR Blue FLOWER SEASON Spring, Summer

AVERAGE COST

$9

1 GALLON

CONTAINER

Verbena lilacina ‘De La Mina’ Cedros Island Verbena

This attractive perennial quickly reaches 2’ tall and 4’ wide. Foliage is bright green, dissected and fern-looking. During spring and summer, thin stalks rise above foliage, ending with fragran lavender blue clusters of flowers.

ANATOMY

CULTURE & DESIGN

PLANT TYPE

LEAF COLOR

SUN

ADVERSE FACTORS

Perennial

Green

Full, Half

Attracts Bees

HEIGHT RANGE

BARK COLOR

WATER

ACCENTING FEATURES

1-3’

n/a

Very Low

Showy Flower

WIDTH RANGE

FRUIT COLOR

GROWTH RATE

SEASONAL INTEREST

1-3’

n/a

Fast

Spring, Summer

FRUIT SEASON

SOIL TYPE

n/a

Sandy, Clay, Loam, Rocky,

FLOWER COLOR Blue, Lavendar FLOWER SEASON

Unparticular

Spring, Summer

JUNE SHOPPING LIST

AVERAGE COST

$29 5 GALLON CONTAINER

Chilopsis linearis Desert Willow

This Desert Willow is open and airy as a small tree, and with age, develops a shaggy bark and twisting trunks. The pink to lavender colored, fragrant flowers of the tree appear in spring and through the fall while the leaves will drop early.

ANATOMY

CULTURE & DESIGN

PLANT TYPE

LEAF COLOR

SUN

ADVERSE FACTORS

Tree

Green, Light Green

Full

n/a

HEIGHT RANGE

BARK COLOR

WATER

ACCENTING FEATURES

12-25’

Gray, Tan

Very Low, Low

Fall Color, Fragrance, Multi-trunk Tree,

WIDTH RANGE

FRUIT COLOR

GROWTH RATE

6-12’

n/a

Moderate

FLOWER COLOR Lavendar, Pink

Showy Flowers, Specimen SEASONAL INTEREST

FRUIT SEASON

SOIL TYPE

n/a

Sandy, Loam, Rocky

Spring, Summer, Fall

FLOWER SEASON Spring, Summer, Fall

AVERAGE COST

$10 1 GALLON

Eschscholzia californica

CONTAINER

California Poppy This small annual (sometimes acts as a perennial) plant will grow to less than 1’ tall and has light, small blue green leaves with gold and orange flowers that bloom in spring and summer.

ANATOMY

CULTURE & DESIGN

PLANT TYPE

LEAF COLOR

SUN

ADVERSE FACTORS

Annual

Gray Green

Full, Half

n/a

HEIGHT RANGE

BARK COLOR

WATER

ACCENTING FEATURES

Under 1’

n/a

Medium

Showy Flowers

WIDTH RANGE

FRUIT COLOR

GROWTH RATE

SEASONAL INTEREST

Under 1’

n/a

Fast

Spring, Summer

FRUIT SEASON

SOIL TYPE

n/a

Sandy, Loam, Rocky,

FLOWER COLOR Orange, Gold

Unparticular

FLOWER SEASON Spring, Summer

JUNE SHOPPING LIST

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