San Diego Native Landscaping
Camissonia bistorta - Foothill Suncup
Submitted by Scott on Sun, 05/20/2012 - 10:44pm(Click on underlined title to see more) Camissonia bistorta, blooms year-round in typical yard space that has some ambient ground moisture to tap into. Lives about a year or two; readily reseeds and sprouts new plants with rains or occasional irrigation. An all-star performer. Makes masses of plants if you allow it, serving as an informal 12 to 18 inch tall and how ever wide groundcover.
San Diego Natural History Museum article on regional native succulents
Submitted by Scott on Sun, 12/19/2010 - 1:58pmCheck out this very interesting article about 'Native Succulent Diversity and Gardening' from the San Diego Natural History Museum conservation botanist John Rebman:
www.sdnhm.org/science/botany/resources/general-information/native-succulent-diversity-and-gardening/
Regional Native Plants of Particular Interest: Cryptantha clevelandii - annual, Encelia californica - shrub
Submitted by Scott on Sun, 11/14/2010 - 1:09pm
Cryptantha clevelandii, white flowers, aka popcorn flower, and Encelia californica, yellow flowers, in early Spring, Pt. Loma.
Regional Natives of particular interest: Mirabilis laevis(californica) - subshrub, occasionally shrubby/bushy.
Submitted by Scott on Wed, 10/20/2010 - 7:59pmRegional Native Plants of Particular Interest: Foothill Shrub Scrub, same as Coastal
Submitted by Scott on Wed, 10/06/2010 - 10:08pmMid-Summer by Mt. Miguel. Eriogonum fasciculatum - white flowers at front left, Artemisia californica - khaki colored stringy foliage(dry season semi-dormant) in multiple positions, Baccharis sarothroides - bright green lowbush in foreground and further in background, before white flowered Toyon(Heteromeles arbutifolia) which is in far background down road, and, Malosma laurina which is the main big bush in bloom in the center are of the photo.
Regional Native Plants of Particular Interest: Coreopsis maritima - Sea Dahlia
Submitted by Scott on Wed, 10/06/2010 - 11:34am(Click on underlined title to see more) Yellow flowers, lacy foliage. Grows only during rainy season/cool half of year. Blooms late Winter through Spring. Dry season dormant perennial. Growing with Dudleya edulis on cliff edge. All photos early Spring.
Opuntia littoralis in foreground, - Coast Prickly Pear.
Regional Native Plants of Particular Interest: Quercus dumosa - Scrub Oak
Submitted by Scott on Wed, 10/06/2010 - 10:54am
(Click on underlined title to see more) Interesting and endearing cluster of Quercus dumosa in center area of photograph, apparently about 10 to 12 feet tall. Potentially gets to 6 to 18 feet all around, typically, potentially much larger in shady north facing sites with adequate moisture,.. and time; slow to moderate growth rate, depending on water availability. Photo above in Torrey Pines, as seen from the highway 1.
Regional Native Plants of Particular Interest: Isocoma menziesii, Baccharis pilularis, Artemisia californica,...
Submitted by Scott on Tue, 10/05/2010 - 3:23pm (Click on underlined title to see more) Isocoma in foreground, Baccharis pilularis(bush form) in middle background. Photo in early Autumn, Del Mar. Brownish dry-dormant Artemisia californica in mid-background. Torrey Pine, center background. Atriplex lentiformis left background, light grey foliage.
Regional Native Plants of Particular Interest: Eriophyllum confertiflorum and some Coastal and Foothill Shrub Scrub
Submitted by Scott on Tue, 10/05/2010 - 3:16pm(Click on underlined title to see more) Gets about 2 feet all around, loose. Blooms Spring to Summer. Top Photo in Pt. Loma, with Torrey Pines, Adenostoma fasciculata, Artemisia californica, Lemonade Berry, and Rhamnus crocea(left front corner) being the most prominent other plants. Weed non-native iceplant in foreground. Bottom photo at Mt.
Regional Native Plants of Particular Interest: Flowers of: Lemonade Berry, and, Ceanothus verrucosus
Submitted by Scott on Tue, 10/05/2010 - 8:57am Top photo of white flowered Lemonade Berry at left, and the usual pink flowered at right. Bottom photo of the pink flowered LB at left, and white flowered Ceanothus verrucosus at right.

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