Plant Signs

Purple Nightshade

Solanum xanti

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Plant type: Shrub,Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 4 ft tall , 2 - 4 ft wide

Form: Spreading

Flower Color: Blue, Purple

Flowering season: Winter, Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous, Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Mountain Pride Blue Witch

Solanum xanti 'Mountain Pride'

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Solanum xanti 'Mountain Pride' - Mountain Pride Blue Witch planted in a garden surrounded by gorilla hair redwood mulch. Partially in bloom. This plant is a prolific early season bloomer, as this photo is taken in February.

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 2 - 3 ft wide

Form: Rounded

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Purple

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Navajo Creek Blue Witch

Solanum xanti 'Navajo Creek'

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 2 - 3 ft wide

Form: Prostrate

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Purple

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Otay Mountain Blue Witch

Solanum xanti 'Otay Mountain'

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 2 - 3 ft wide

Form: Rounded

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Purple

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Ajuga Hedge Nettle

Stachys ajugoides

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

White Hedge Nettle

Stachys albens

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 4 ft tall , 2 - 6 ft wide

Form: Mounding, Spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: White

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

High, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

California Hedgenettle

Stachys bullata

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Lavender

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate, High

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Soil drainage

Slow, Standing

Rocky Point Hedge Nettle

Stachys bullata 'Rocky Point'

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall , 3 - 6 ft wide

Form: spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Pink

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate, High

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Coastal Hedgenettle

Stachys chamissonis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 - 8 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Marsh Hedgenettle

Stachys palustris

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Purple, Red

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Short Spike Hedge Nettle

Stachys pycnantha

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low

Rough Hedgenettle

Stachys rigida

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Rigid Hedge Nettle

Stachys rigida var. rigida

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Fragrant Snowberry

Symphoricarpos longiflorus

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Plant type: Shrub

Flower Color: Pink

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Creeping Snowberry

Symphoricarpos mollis

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 3 - 4 ft wide

Form: Spreading

Flower Color: Pink

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established, Never irrigate once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Roundleaf Snowberry

Symphoricarpos rotundifolius

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 4 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink, Green

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Mountain Snowberry

Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. rotundifolius

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 4 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

California Aster

Symphyotrichum chilense

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall , 3 ft wide

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Yellow

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established, Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium, Slow, Standing

Dwarf Coast Aster

Symphyotrichum chilense 'Dwarf'

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 3 - 6 ft wide

Form: spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Lavender, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Purple Haze Coast Aster

Symphyotrichum chilense 'Purple Haze'

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 3 - 6 ft wide

Form: spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Lavender

Flowering season: Summer, Spring, Fall

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low, Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

San Bernardino Aster

Symphyotrichum defoliatum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: White, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Henderson's Aster

Symphyotrichum hendersonii

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Douglas Aster

Symphyotrichum subspicatum

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Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Western Poison Oak

Toxicodendron diversilobum

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Plant type: Shrub,Vine

Size: 2 - 13 ft tall , 13 ft wide

Form: Mounding, Rounded, Upright Columnar, Weeping

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Woolly Bluecurls

Trichostema lanatum

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 5 ft tall , 10 ft wide

Form: Fountain

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Blue, Lavender, Pink

Flowering season: Fall, Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Canyon Sunflower

Venegasia carpesioides

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade, Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Vervain

Verbena lasiostachys

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 ft tall , 3 ft wide

Flower Color: Blue, Purple, Lavender

Flowering season: Summer, Spring, Fall

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow, Standing

Western Vervain

Verbena lasiostachys var. lasiostachys

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink

Flowering season: Summer, Spring, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Robust Vervain

Verbena lasiostachys var. scabrida

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Lilac Verbena

Verbena lilacina

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low, Low

Roger's Red Grape

Vitis 'Roger's Red'

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Plant type: Vine

Size: 20 - 40 ft tall , 20 - 40 ft wide

Form: Climbing

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

California Grape

Vitis californica

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Plant type: Shrub,Vine

Size: 10 - 40 ft tall , 1 - 2 ft wide

Form: Upright Columnar

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow, Green, Cream

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low, Low, Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow, Standing

Russian River Wild Grape

Vitis californica 'Russian River'

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Plant type: Vine

Size: 20 - 40 ft tall , 20 - 40 ft wide

Form: Climbing

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Walker Ridge California Grape

Vitis californica 'Walker Ridge'

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Plant type: Vine

Size: 6 - 10 ft tall , 6 - 10 ft wide

Form: Climbing

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Desert Wild Grape

Vitis girdiana

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Plant type: Shrub,Vine

Size: 10 - 50 ft tall

Form: Spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Green

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium

Fan Palm

Washingtonia filifera

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Plant type: Tree

Size: 49 - 66 ft tall , 10 - 15 ft wide

Form: Upright Columnar

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White, Yellow

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Mission Manzanita

Xylococcus bicolor

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 5 - 20 ft tall , 5 - 20 ft wide

Form: Rounded, Upright Columnar

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Pink, White

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen, Summer Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium