Six Weeks Fescue

Festuca octoflora

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Plant type: Grass
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Red Fescue

Festuca rubra

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall
Form: Upright, Fountain
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water
Water

High, Low, Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

Jughandle Creeping Red Fescue

Festuca rubra 'Jughandle'

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Plant type: Grass
Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 2 - 3 ft wide
Form: spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow, Brown
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water
Water

High, Low, Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Molate Blue Fescue

Festuca rubra 'Molate Blue'

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Plant type: Grass
Form: spreading
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water
Water

High, Low, Moderate

Molate Creeping Red Fescue

Festuca rubra 'Molate'

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Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 2 - 3 ft wide
Form: spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow, Brown
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water
Water

High, Low, Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Patrick's Point Creeping Red Fescue

Festuca rubra 'Patrick's Point'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 2 - 3 ft wide
Form: spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow, Brown
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water
Water

High, Low, Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Desert Olive

Forestiera pubescens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 8 ft tall , 5 - 8 ft wide
Form: Upright
Flower Color: Green, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Woodland Strawberry

Fragaria vesca

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 12 in tall , 3 ft wide
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 3x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Slow, Medium

Montana de Oro Wood Strawberry

Fragaria vesca 'Montana de Oro'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 6 in tall , 6 - 8 ft wide
Form: Prostrate, spreading
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Summer, Spring, Winter
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Coffeeberry

Frangula californica

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 6 - 15 ft tall , 5 - 15 ft wide
Form: Mounding, Rounded, Spreading
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Green, Cream, White
Flowering season: Summer, Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low, Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Bonita Linda Coffeeberry

Frangula californica 'Bonita Linda'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 8 - 10 ft tall , 8 - 10 ft wide
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: slow
Flower Color: Cream
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Ed Holm California Coffeeberry

Frangula californica 'Ed Holm'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 3 - 6 ft wide
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: slow
Flower Color: Cream
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Eve Case Coffeeberry

Frangula californica 'Eve Case'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 6 ft tall , 4 - 6 ft wide
Form: Rounded
Growth rate: slow
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low, Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Leatherleaf California Coffeeberry

Frangula californica 'Leatherleaf'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 6 - 8 ft tall , 6 - 8 ft wide
Form: Rounded
Growth rate: slow
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Mound San Bruno California Coffeeberry

Frangula californica 'Mound San Bruno'

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 4 ft tall , 4 - 6 ft wide
Form: Rounded
Growth rate: slow
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low, Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Sea View California Coffeeberry

Frangula californica 'Sea View'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 4 ft tall , 3 - 4 ft wide
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: slow
Flower Color: Cream
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

California Coffeeberry

Frangula californica ssp. californica

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 5 - 16 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Serpentine Hoary Coffeeberry

Frangula californica ssp. crassifolia

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 20 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Western California Coffeeberry

Frangula californica ssp. occidentalis

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 10 - 20 ft tall
Flower Color: Green
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Hoary Coffeeberry

Frangula californica ssp. tomentella

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 20 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, Brown
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium

Desert Hoary Coffeeberry

Frangula californica ssp. ursina

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 20 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Cascara Sagrada

Frangula purshiana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 20 - 49 ft tall , 12 ft wide
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: White, Green, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 3x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow, Standing

Whitestem Frasera

Frasera albicaulis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 28 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Parry's Green Gentian

Frasera parryi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 5 ft tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

California Ash

Fraxinus dipetala

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 23 ft tall , 15 ft wide
Flower Color: Yellow, White
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Oregon Ash

Fraxinus latifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 35 - 82 ft tall , 30 ft wide
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Green
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Slow

Velvet Ash

Fraxinus velutina

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree
Size: 30 - 40 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow, Green
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Flannel Bush

Fremontodendron californicum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 6 - 20 ft tall , 20 ft wide
Form: Upright, Mounding, Rounded, Spreading, Upright Columnar
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow, Orange
Flowering season: Summer, Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Pacific Sunset Flannelbush

Fremontodendron californicum 'Pacific Sunset'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Flower Color: Yellow, Orange
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Pine Hill Flannelbush

Fremontodendron decumbens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Mexican Flannelbush

Fremontodendron mexicanum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 6 - 25 ft tall , 25 ft wide
Form: Rounded
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow, Orange
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Checker Lily

Fritillaria affinis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 4 - 47 in tall , 6 in wide
Flower Color: Yellow, Green, Purple, Cream, Brown
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Summer Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Stinkbells

Fritillaria agrestis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Slow

Butte County Fritillary

Fritillaria eastwoodiae

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 8 - 31 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Orange, Green, Red
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Talus Fritillary

Fritillaria falcata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 4 - 8 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Purple, Brown
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Ojai Fritillary

Fritillaria ojaiensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Green, Purple
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Adobe Lily

Fritillaria pluriflora

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 4 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, Yellow
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Watering
Soil drainage

Slow

Purdy's Fritillary

Fritillaria purdyi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 4 - 16 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, White, Purple, Brown
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Scarlet Fritillary

Fritillaria recurva

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Flower Color: Orange, Red, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Climbing Milkweed

Funastrum cynanchoides var. hartwegii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Phlox Leaved Bedstraw

Galium andrewsii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 9 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Serpentine Bedstraw

Galium andrewsii ssp. gatense

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 in tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Phloxleaf Bedstraw

Galium andrewsii ssp. intermedium

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Narrowleaf Bedstraw

Galium angustifolium ssp. nudicaule

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Bolander's Bedstraw

Galium bolanderi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Climbing Bedstraw

Galium nuttallii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 5 ft tall
Flower Color: Red
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Nuttall's Bedstraw

Galium porrigens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Vine
Size: 5 ft tall
Flower Color: Purple
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Threepetal Bedstraw

Galium trifidum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 10 - 19 in tall
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White, Pink
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Bedstraw

Galium triflorum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade

Boxleaf Silk Tassel

Garrya buxifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 10 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Cream, Green
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Interior Silktassel

Garrya congdonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 10 - 13 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Cream, Green
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Coast Silktassel

Garrya elliptica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 6 - 16 ft tall , 6 - 10 ft wide
Form: Rounded
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Green, Cream, White
Flowering season: Winter
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 3x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Evie Silktassel

Garrya elliptica 'Evie'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 10 - 15 ft tall , 10 - 15 ft wide
Form: Rounded
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Winter
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

James Roof Silktassel

Garrya elliptica 'James Roof'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 8 - 12 ft tall , 6 - 10 ft wide
Form: Rounded
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Winter
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Ashy Silktassel

Garrya flavescens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 10 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Bearbrush

Garrya fremontii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 10 - 13 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink, Yellow, Green, Purple
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Canyon Silktassel

Garrya veatchii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 4 - 7 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Zigzag Groundsmoke

Gayophytum heterozygum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Pleated Gentian

Gentiana affinis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Pleated Gentian

Gentiana affinis var. ovata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Deep Shade