Before: A lifeless strip on the side of the house!
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After: Lots of CA Natives in the mix and BUZZING with LIFE!
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Closeups and Plant Lists:
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Strawberry Seduction Yarrow; along with some Rosa Maria Yarrow, Desert Sunrise Agastache, Black and Blue Salvia.
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- Woolly BlueCurls (Personal Favorite; smells great – hates summer water)
- Orange Monkey Flower (Jelly Bean)
- Howard McMinn Manzanita
- Penstemon davidsonii
- Red Buckwheat
- Ceanothus Centennial
- Little Moonshine Yarrow
- Uvas Canyon Fuchsia
- Sonoma Coast Yarrow (behind the BlueCurls)
- CA Native Rock (placed on south side of Woolly BlueCurls to help cool the roots)
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- Lester Rowntree Manzanita
- Coneflowers (Red & White; need some tall purple ones behind these)
- Pozo Blue Sage (rescued from 4″ nursery pot getting watered daily; poor thing!)
- Ray Hartman Ceanothus (pruning for desired tree form)
- Monkey Flower “Jelly Bean Lemon” (cut back as is was looking sad..needs mulch!)
- Amante Salvia (cut back as it was a 6′ monster)
- Margarita BOP Penstemon (just finished blooming)
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- Veronica longifolia
- CA Goldenrod
- Globe Thistle
- Monkey Flower “Jelly Bean Lemon” (cut back as is was looking sad..needs mulch!)
- Bougainvillea TIKI – Tropical Swizzle (Needs to be moved)
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- Russian Sage (Not the full sized variety – maybe Denim and Lace?)
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- Butterfly Bush (Dwarf – Pugster Blue)
- Ceanothus Centennial
- Seaside Buckwheat
- Verbena bonariensis (Dwarf – Lollipop)
- Presidio manzanita
- Epilobium canum ‘Calistoga’ Fuchsia
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- Eriogonum nudum (Ella Nelson’s Yellow)
- Sphaeralcea ‘Newleaze Coral’ (crushed between Russian Sage and Pugster)
- Scarlet Bugler (Penstemon centranthifolius)
- “All My Loving” Hybrid Tea Rose (completely misplaced; but we will see how it goes)
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- Salvia Amante (Spreads like mad via underground runners)
- Monkey Flower (Jelly Bean Lemon)
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- Margarita BOP Closeup
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- Woolly Blue Curls
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Howard McMinn “Hulking Out” and showing it’s lime greed bark; which later becomes red!
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Tree in the backyard is not looking too good. Might need a replacement before too long. Maybe a Western RedBud would be a good fix for this poor fellow!
Links:
- Linda Vista Natives: https://www.lindavistanatives.com/
- Annies Annuals: https://www.anniesannuals.com/
- Summer Winds Nursery: https://www.summerwindsnursery.com
- Las Pilitas Nursery: https://www.laspilitas.com/
- San Marco Growers: https://www.smgrowers.com/
- Cal Flora Nursery: https://www.calfloranursery.com/