Habitat Restoration Part 1

Before: A lifeless strip on the side of the house!

After: Lots of CA Natives in the mix and BUZZING with LIFE!

Closeups and Plant Lists:

Strawberry Seduction Yarrow; along with some Rosa Maria Yarrow, Desert Sunrise Agastache, Black and Blue Salvia.

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• Russian Sage (Not the full sized variety – maybe Denim and Lace?)

• Butterfly Bush (Dwarf – Pugster Blue)
• Ceanothus Centennial
• Seaside Buckwheat
• Verbena bonariensis (Dwarf – Lollipop)
• Presidio manzanita
• Epilobium canum ‘Calistoga’ Fuchsia

• 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)

• Salvia Amante (Spreads like mad via underground runners)
• Monkey Flower (Jelly Bean Lemon)

• Margarita BOP Penstemon

• Margarita BOP Closeup

• Woolly Blue Curls

Howard McMinn “Hulking Out” and showing it’s lime greed bark; which later becomes red!

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/