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| Botanical Name: |
Abronia latifolia |
| Botanical Pronunciation: |
Ah-BRONE-ee-ah la-eh-foal-ee-ah |
| Common Name: |
Yellow Sand Verbena |
| Family Name: |
Nyctaginaceae |
| Diseases: |
None. |
| Flower: |
Pink and yellow umbel, funnel shape 1/8 |
| Growth: |
2-6" x 12" |
| Landscape Use: |
Can be used as a bank cover, erosion control, fire retardant, ground cover, seacoast and in a rock garden. |
| Light: |
Sun on the coast and inland dry/full sun. |
| Location: |
Sunset State Beach Fore dunes |
| Pest: |
Snails and slugs. |
| Problems: |
Crown rot in dense soils. |
| Propagation: |
Division, rhizomes and seeds. |
| Pruning: |
To control. |
| Tolerance: |
Drought, neglect, seacoast and winds. |
| Type: |
Herbaceous perennial ground cover that is semi-open, mat forming, and spreading. |
| Water: |
Monthly. |
| California Native: |
Yes |
| Description: |
Low, succulent dune stabilizer ewith fragrant flowers.
Hardy to 25 degrees.
Sunset zones 17, 24
Prefers sandy well drained soil. |
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| Botanical Name: |
Artemisia pycnocephala |
| Botanical Pronunciation: |
Are-teh-meez-ah pick-knowcef-eh-la |
| Common Name: |
Beach Sagewort |
| Family Name: |
Asteraceae |
| Diseases: |
Crown rot is soil is dense. |
| Flower: |
Green-yellow spikes in July - August. |
| Growth: |
1-2' x 1-2' average growth. |
| Landscape Use: |
As a bank cover, ground cover, in a rock garden and spilling over a wall. |
| Light: |
Sun on the coast and inland. |
| Location: |
Hort Center Entry, Sunset State Breach |
| Pest: |
None |
| Problems: |
Short lived and crown rot in dense soil. |
| Propagation: |
By cuttings, division and seeds. |
| Pruning: |
Plant maintains neater habit if flowers are cut off. |
| Tolerance: |
Deer, drought, insect/disease resistant, neglect, seacoast and winds. |
| Type: |
Herbaceous perennial that is dense, mat forming, and spreading. |
| Water: |
Dry between to none in summer. |
| California Native: |
Yes |
| Description: |
Low, soft, silvery ground cover for excellent drainage.
Hardy to 15-20 degrees.
Sunset zones: 4-6, 15-17, 22-24. |
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| Botanical Name: |
Dudleya caesepitosa |
| Botanical Pronunciation: |
DUD-lee-ah CESS-pit-oss-ah |
| Common Name: |
Bluff lettuce |
| Family Name: |
Crassulaceae |
| Diseases: |
None. |
| Flower: |
Cupped yellow on a vertical 1/2" dia. x 6-12" stalk in April-July. Leaves are edible. |
| Growth: |
6" x 6-12" spread. average growth. |
| Landscape Use: |
Can be used as a border/edging, is deer proof, fire retardant, a ground cover, spillig over a rock wall and in a rock garden. |
| Light: |
Sun on the coast and inland. |
| Location: |
Campus Hort. Center entry rd near Redwoods and Entry court |
| Pest: |
None. |
| Problems: |
Crown rot in dense soils. |
| Propagation: |
By seed and divisions. |
| Pruning: |
Dead head flowers. |
| Tolerance: |
Drought, heat, insect, neglect, seacoast and winds. |
| Type: |
Succulent that is clumping, dense and round. |
| Water: |
Dry between and none in summer. |
| California Native: |
Yes |
| Description: |
Hardy to 20 degrees.
Sunset zones 9, 14-17, 19-24
Prefers sandy well drained soil but will tolerate clay. |
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| Botanical Name: |
Ericameria ericoides |
| Botanical Pronunciation: |
Air-ick-ah-MARE-ee-ah |
| Common Name: |
Mock Heather |
| Family Name: |
Asteraceae |
| Diseases: |
Root rot in wet soils. |
| Flower: |
Yellow small daisy 1/8 |
| Growth: |
1-5' x 1-5' average growth. |
| Landscape Use: |
Can be a bank cover, erosion control, low hedge, and shrub mass. |
| Light: |
Full sun on the coast. |
| Location: |
Sunset State Beach, Fore Dune. |
| Pest: |
Snails. |
| Problems: |
Short lived. |
| Propagation: |
By seeds and cuttings. |
| Pruning: |
Can be pruned to be a low hedge. |
| Tolerance: |
Deer, drought, neglect, seacoast and winds. |
| Type: |
Broadleaf evergreen shrub or subshrub that is spreading, upright and globular. |
| Water: |
None in summer. |
| California Native: |
Yes |
| Description: |
Mounded shrub of fine texture and yellow flowers.
Hardy to 15-20 degrees.
Sunset zones 17. |
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| Botanical Name: |
Eriophyllum staechadifolium |
| Botanical Pronunciation: |
Air-ee-OFF-eh-lum stay-cad-ee-FOAL-ee-uhm |
| Common Name: |
Lizard Tail |
| Family Name: |
Asteraceae |
| Diseases: |
None. |
| Flower: |
Yellow daisy in compound umbell 1/2 |
| Growth: |
2-3' x 8+' spread, fast growing. |
| Landscape Use: |
Attracts bees, erosion control and does well on the sea coast. |
| Light: |
Full sun on the coast and inland. |
| Location: |
Saymour Discovery Center, ocean side of building and Wilder Ranch |
| Pest: |
None. |
| Problems: |
Short lived. |
| Propagation: |
By cuttings and seeds. |
| Pruning: |
Remove spent flowers as desired. |
| Tolerance: |
Drought, deer, winds and seacoast. |
| Type: |
Broadleaf evergreen subshrub that is spreading,pright and globular. |
| Water: |
Monthly inland to none in summer on the coast. |
| California Native: |
Yes |
| Description: |
Hardy to 20-25 degrees.
Sunset zones 17, 24. |
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| Botanical Name: |
Eschscholzia californica |
| Botanical Pronunciation: |
Ess-SCOL-zee-ah Kal-eh-FOUR-neh-kah mah-RIT-eh-mah |
| Common Name: |
California Beach Poppy |
| Family Name: |
Papaveraceae |
| Diseases: |
None. |
| Flower: |
Cup like yellow or orange. |
| Growth: |
6-12" x 12-18" fast growth. |
| Landscape Use: |
They attract bird and bees, can be a bank cover, along boarders, in container planters, as erosion control, fire retardant, as a ground cover, in grassland, in rock gardens and on the sea coast. |
| Light: |
Sun on the coast and sun to part shade inland. |
| Location: |
Sunset State Beach, Wilder Ranch |
| Pest: |
Gophers and snails. |
| Problems: |
Reseeds itself. |
| Propagation: |
By direct seed and exploding seed pods. |
| Pruning: |
As desired. |
| Tolerance: |
Deer, heat, insect/diseas resistant, neglect, seaacoast and winds. |
| Type: |
Deciduous annual perennial. |
| Water: |
Monthly to none in summer. |
| California Native: |
Yes |
| Description: |
Low herbaceous variation of state flower of California- pruse bloomer.
Hardy to 15-20 degrees.
Sunset zones 15, 17, 24. |
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| Botanical Name: |
Lupinus arboreus |
| Botanical Pronunciation: |
Loop-in-uss are-boar-ee-us |
| Common Name: |
Tree Lupine |
| Family Name: |
Fabaceae |
| Flower: |
Yellow racemes 1/2 |
| Growth: |
5-8' x 5-8' fast growth. |
| Landscape Use: |
They attract birds and bees, can be a bank cover, in container planters, as erosion control, on the sea coast is best, and as shrub masses. |
| Light: |
Full sun on the coast and inland. |
| Location: |
Sunset State Beach rear dune. |
| Pest: |
Snails and slugs. |
| Problems: |
They are short lived. |
| Propagation: |
By seeds. |
| Pruning: |
Not recommened. |
| Type: |
Broarleaf evergreen shrub that is semi-open, spreading, upright and globular. |
| Water: |
Dry between. |
| California Native: |
Yes |
| Description: |
Short lived medium to large scale herbaceous shrub with profuse flowers. |
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| Botanical Name: |
Camissonia cheiranthifolia |
| Botanical Pronunciation: |
cam-eh-SEWN-e-ah chair-an-thah-FOAL-e-ah |
| Common Name: |
Beach Evening Primrose |
| Family Name: |
Onagraceae |
| Diseases: |
None. |
| Flower: |
Circular yellow when new, red when old in April-Aug. no fragrance and not edible |
| Growth: |
2" x 1' spread slow growing with a fine texture. |
| Landscape Use: |
Sand dune only. |
| Light: |
Sun on the coast. |
| Location: |
Sunset State Beach |
| Pest: |
None. |
| Problems: |
Short lived in gardens. |
| Propagation: |
By seeds. |
| Pruning: |
None required. |
| Tolerance: |
Drought, nerglect, seacoast and winds. |
| Type: |
Broadleaf evergreen groundcover, herbaceous perennial that is mat like, spreadingand trailing |
| California Native: |
Yes |
| Description: |
Hardy to 25 degrees.
Sunset zones 17
Prefers sandy soil. |
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