Thai Silk Apricot California Poppy

Eschscholzia californica 'Thai Silk Apricot'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 6 - 12 in wide
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Orange
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Thai Silk Fire Bush Ca Poppy

Eschscholzia californica 'Thai Silk Fire Bush'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 6 - 12 in wide
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Red, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Thai Silk Rose California Poppy

Eschscholzia californica 'Thai Silk Rose'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 6 - 12 in wide
Form: Clumping
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Pink
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

White Linen California Poppy

Eschscholzia californica 'White Linen'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 6 - 12 in wide
Form: Clumping
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Lemmon's Poppy

Eschscholzia lemmonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Orange
Wildlife supported:
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Lemmon's Poppy

Eschscholzia lemmonii ssp. lemmonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Flower Color: Yellow, Orange
Wildlife supported:
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly

Fryingpans

Eschscholzia lobbii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 6 in tall , 6 in wide
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

California Sun Cup

Eulobus californicus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 0.8 - 59 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Red
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Chinese Caps

Euphorbia crenulata

Calscape.org

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

Contura Creek Sandmat

Euphorbia ocellata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Succulent
Size: 3 ft tall
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Warty Spurge

Euphorbia spathulata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Succulent
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Green
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Western Goldenrod

Euthamia occidentalis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 6 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Winter Deciduous
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow, Standing

San Diego Barrelcactus

Ferocactus viridescens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Size: 1 ft tall , 2 ft wide
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Red, Yellow, Green, Pink
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low, Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Idaho Fescue

Festuca idahoensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall , 6 in wide
Form: Upright, Fountain
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow, Cream
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Clearwater Blue Idaho Fescue

Festuca idahoensis 'Clearwater Blue'

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Emerald Isle Idaho Fescue

Festuca idahoensis 'Emerald Isle'

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Moody Blue Idaho Fescue

Festuca idahoensis 'Moody Blue'

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Muse Meadow Idaho Fescue

Festuca idahoensis 'Muse Meadow'

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Stony Creek Idaho Fescue

Festuca idahoensis 'Stony Creek'

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Tomales Bay Idaho Fescue

Festuca idahoensis 'Tomales Bay'

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Warren Peak Idaho Fescue

Festuca idahoensis 'Warren Peak'

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Pacific Fescue

Festuca microstachys

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Six Weeks Fescue

Festuca octoflora

Calscape.org

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'

Calscape.org

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'

Calscape.org

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'

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

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

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

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

Chocolate Lily

Fritillaria biflora

Calscape.org

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

Full Sun

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Fragrant Fritillary

Fritillaria liliacea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb,Geophyte
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Green
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Moderate, High

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

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

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

Carolina Crane's-bill

Geranium carolinianum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: White, Lavender
Wildlife supported:
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Moderate

Blue Field Gilia

Gilia capitata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 36 in tall
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Pink, White
Flowering season: Winter, Spring
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Purplespot Gilia

Gilia clivorum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, Purple
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Hollyleaf Gilia

Gilia latiflora

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Lavender
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Little Gilia

Gilia minor

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 8 in tall
Flower Color: Pink, White, Lavender
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Nevin's Gilia

Gilia nevinii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 16 in tall
Flower Color: Lavender, Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Greater Yellowthroat Gilia

Gilia tenuiflora

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Flower Color: Lavender
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Tricolor Gilia

Gilia tricolor

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 14 in tall , 6 in wide
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, White
Flowering season: Summer, Spring
Wildlife supported:
Bats
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Common Bluecup

Githopsis specularioides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Flower Color: White, Purple, Blue
Wildlife supported:

Wild Licorice

Glycyrrhiza lepidota

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 4 ft tall
Form: Spreading, Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Summer, Spring
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Western Marsh Cudweed

Gnaphalium palustre

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 12 in tall
Flower Color: Brown
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Bractless Hedge-hyssop

Gratiola ebracteata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 8 in tall
Wildlife supported:

Great Valley Gumweed

Grindelia camporum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 7 ft tall , 3 ft wide
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Summer, Spring, Fall
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low, Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

California Matchweed

Gutierrezia californica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub,Annual herb,Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 3 ft wide
Flower Color: Yellow, Red
Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Matchweed

Gutierrezia sarothrae

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 ft tall
Form: Upright
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Yellow, Brown
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Sneezeweed

Helenium puberulum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 5 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Cream
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

High, Moderate

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Standing

California Helianthella

Helianthella californica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Diablo Helianthella

Helianthella castanea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Green
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

California Sunflower

Helianthus californicus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 11 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Moderate, High

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow, Standing

Seaside Heliotrope

Heliotropium curassavicum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, White
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Moderate, High

Heliotrope

Heliotropium curassavicum var. occulatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Hayfield Tarweed

Hemizonia congesta

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 31 in tall
Flower Color: White, Yellow
Flowering season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low

Hayfield Tarweed

Hemizonia congesta ssp. clevelandii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Flower Color: White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly