All About Pelargoniums

All About Pelargoniums – (Common name: Geranium) WHAT IS A PELARGONIUM? Often called by the common name of geranium, the genus Pelargonium is a wide range of species, selections, and hybrids, which are wood-based perennials, some of them shrubby,...

Native Grasses & Succulents Suitable For Planting Near A Coastal Lagoon

Grasses Not listing any grasses due to invasive qualities. Succulents Agave shawii—Shaw agave***  Excellent barrier plant with clean appearance, bold, architectural  shape and ferocious spines. Uniquely-shaped bloom spike is   attractive to...

Native Annuals Suitable For Planting Near A Coastal Lagoon

 Abronia umbellate ssp. umbellate—Sand verbena  Prostrate and spreading with purple flowers in spring and summer   common in sandy coastal clearings. Camissonia bistorta—Calfornia sun cup  One of the more easily identified yellow spring wildflowers...

Native Perennials Suitable For Planting Near A Coastal Lagoon

Achillea millefolium—Yarrow**  Frequent member of our coastal plant community Aster chilensis ‘Point Saint George’—Point Saint George aster**  Improved selection of a similar aster species to the species of aster  found growing in coastal...

Native Shrubs Suitable For Planting Near A Coastal Lagoon

SHRUBS Adenostoma fasciculatum—Chamise  Most abundant shrub in some local coastal chaparral, often called “Chamise  chaparral”. Known for spring bloom but often flowers in fall. Arctostaphylos glandulosa, ssp. crassifolia—Del Mar manzanita  Coastal...

Plant Clivia beneath Wisteria

When choosing a wisteria, insist on a grafted specimen. Grafted wisterias bloom the first year after planting, but seed-grown plants may not bloom for 12 years after planting. Japanese wisterias (Wisteria floribunda) twine clockwise and have long flowers...