Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Horticultural selection from Aesculus californica.

Plant type

Tree

Dormancy

Summer Deciduous

Special uses

Hedge

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Ease of care

Easy

Soil description

. Tolerates serpentine soil..
Soil PH: 4.0 - 8.0

Sunset Zones

3*, 4*, 5*, 6*, 7, 8, 9, 10*, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

Western Serviceberry (Amelanchier pallida or utahensis), Manzanita (Arctostaphylos spp.), Milkweed (Asclepias spp.), Spicebush (Calycanthus occidentalis), Ceanothus spp., Larkspur (Delphinium spp.), Buckwheat (Erogonum spp.), Coffeeberry (Frangula californica), White Pitchersage (Lepechinia calycina), Sticky Monkeyflower (Diplacus aurantiacus), Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana), Oak (Quercus spp.), Redberry (Rhamnus crocea), Currant (Ribes spp.), Hummingbird Sage (Salvia spathacea), Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium bellum), as well as numerous annual wildflowers.

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