The following information was sent to me by Connie Vadheim. I want to thank her for the following information... All towns mentioned are in Southern California.

Hi Gordon:
I'm assuming that your target audience includes folks who live at lower elevations in western Los Angeles & Orange Counties.   There are additional hummingbird plants that are native to coastal southern California and are available as seed or plants.   I teach a native plant gardening class at Madrona Marsh (Torrance) and always include at least one class each year devoted to bird (including hummingbird) and pollinator habitat plants.   I also actively garden for hummingbirds in my own garden (Redondo) and on the CSUDH campus.

I've attached my 'Hummingbird List' as well as a list of local seed and plant sources (referenced by number on the plant list).   Hope this will be useful information for your viewers - these plants will do better than some of the other western natives in our local area.

--Connie Vadheim, Prof. of Biology, CSU Dominguez Hills

^I	Scientific Name	Common Name	Size⁺⁺	Flower/ season	Light^**	Soil	Summer water⁺	Availability	Notes
Trees and Large Shrubs
	*Chilopsis Linearis SSP. arcuata	Desert Willow	4-21 ft	Lavender/Su	FS	sandy	no	3, 10, 13, 14, 16	Not a willow at all; fragrant
	Comarostaphylis diversifolia	Summer Holly	To 10 ft	White/Sp-Su	FS/PS	Sandy, rocky	+/-	3, 10, 14, 16	Endangered species
+	Heteromeles arbutifolia	Toyon	6-10 (to 30) ft	White/Su	FS to FSH	Well- drained	+/-	1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 18
+	Lavatera assurgentiflora SSP. glabrata & assugentiflora	Rose (Tree) Mallow	10-15 ft	Magenta/W-F	FS/PS	any	+/-	1, 13	Alkali soil fine
	Prunus ilicifolia SSP. ilicifolia & lyonii	Holly-leafed Cherry	10-40 ft	White/Spr	FS to FSH	Clay, rocky	+/-	1, 7, 9, 12, 13, 14, 19	Edible fruit
+	Sambucus nigra SSP. cerulea	Blue Elderberry	To 24 ft	Cream/Spr-F	FS best	Well- drained	+/- to +	1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 19	Good for nesting
Smaller Shrubs
	Arctostaphylos catalinae	Catalina Manzanita	2 ft	White-pink/W-Spr	FS/PS	Any	+	1, 13, 14	Berries also provide bird food
	* Calliandra californica	Baja Fairy Duster	2-5 ft	Red/Spr-Su	FS	Sandy, any	See note	1, 13	Periodic deep water
+	Ceanothus arboreus	Catalina Ceanothus	To 20 ft	Blue/Spr	FS/PS	Well-drained	no	1, 3, 7, 9, 14, 19	Good for nesting
	Ceanothus SSP. & hybrids	Ceanothus	varies	Blue/Spr	FS/PS	any	See note	many	Depends on individual hybrid
+	Cleome isomeris/ Isomeris arborea	Bladderpod	2-10 ft	Yellow/W-Spr	FS	Well-drained	No	3, 7, 10, 12, 13, 16
+	Epilobium canum (Zauschneria californica)	CA Fuschia	1-3 ft	Orange/Fa	FS/PS	any	+/- to +	1, 3, 9, 12, 13, 14, 19	Tolerates winter flooding
+	Gambelia (Galvezia) speciosa	Catalina Snapdragon	2-4 ft	Red/Spr	FS/PS	Well-drained	No to +/-	1, 3, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14
+	Lepechinia fragrans	Fragrant Pitcher Sage	4-6 ft	Lavender/Sp	FS/PS	any	+/- to +	1, 3, 8, 12-14
	* Mahonia aquifolium	Oregon Grape	5-8 ft	Yellow/Spr	FS/PS	Any; acidic	+/-	1, 7, 9, 13, 14	Birds eat berries
+	Ribes aureum var. gracillimum	Golden Currant	To 10 ft	Yellow/W-Spr	FS/PS/FSH	Any	+/- to +	7, 12, 14	Any well-drained; Birds eat berries
	Ribes californicum var. hesperium	Hillside Gooseberry	To 3 ft	Red-white/W-Spr	PS/FSH	See note	+/- to +	10, 12, 13 (var. californicum)	Any well-drained; Birds eat berries
	Ribes indecorum	White Currant	To 6 ft	White/W-Spr	FS/PS	See note	++/-	1, 3, 12, 14	Any well-drained; Birds eat berries
	Ribes malvaceum	Chaparral Currant	5-8 ft	Pink/W-Spr	FS/PS	See note	+/-	3, 13, 14, 19	Any well-drained; Birds eat berries
+	* Ribes sanguineum var. glutinosum	Pink Currant	6-12 ft (sprawls)	Bright pink/W-Spr	PS	See note	+	1, 3, 5, 13, 14, 19	Any well-drained; Birds eat berries
	Ribes speciosum	Fuchsia Flowering Gooseberry	10 ft (sprawls)	Red/W-Spr	PS/FSH	See note	+/-	1, 3, 10, 12, 13, 14, 19	Nectar has high sugar content; Birds eat berries
	* Ribes thacherianum	Santa Cruz Is. Gooseberry	5-9 ft	Pink/W-Spr	PS	See note	no	13, 14	Any well-drained; Birds eat berries
	Ribes viburnifolium	Catalina Perfume/ Island Gooseberry	3 ft	Dark Pink/W-Spr	PS/FSH	See note	no	1, 3, 9, 13, 14, 20	Any well-drained; Birds eat berries
+	Salvia apiana	White Sage	3 ft	Pale lavnder/Spr-Su	FS/PS	Sandy fine	no	1, 3, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 19
+	* Salvia brandegeei	Santa Rosa Island Sage	To 3-4 ft; often sprawling	Pale lavender/ Spr-Su	FS	Well-drained	-	1, 6, 8, 14, 19	Dark-green foliage
+	Salvia clevelandii	Cleveland’s Sage	3 ft	Purple/Spr-Su	FS/PS	any	+/-	1, 3, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 19	Many hybrids
+	Salvia leucophylla	Purple Sage	3-6 FT	Pink lavender/Spr-Su	FS		no	1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16,18, 19
+	Salvia mellifera	Black Sage	3-8 ft	Lavender/ Sp-Su	FS	Sandy best	no	1, 18	Monty scent; good bee plant
+	Salvia spathacea	Hummingbird Sage	1-3 ft	Magenta/Spr	FS/PS/FSH	Well- drained	+	1, 3, 8, 9, 12, 13, 19
+	Symphoricarpos mollis	Snowberry	2-4 ft	Pink-white/Spr-Su	PS/FSH	Any	+/++	13, 14
	Trichostema lanatum	Wooly Blue Curls	3-4 ft	Purple/Sp	FS/PS	Rocky	no	1, 3, 7-10, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19	Difficult; needs well-drained soil
Perennial Vines
+	Keckiella cordifolia	Climbing Penstemon	3-4 ft	Red-Or/Spr-Su	PS/PS/FSH	any	+/-	1, 3, 7, 10, 12, 13, 14
+	Lonicera hispidula var. vacillans	Western Honeysuckle	5-18 ft	Pink/Spr-Su	PS/FSH	clay	+	1, 5, 13, 14, 19	Tolerates seasonal flooding
	*Lonicera involucrata	Twinberry	3-5 ft	Yellow/Su	PS/FSH	any	+/- to +	3, 7, 13, 19
+	Lonicera subspicata var. denudate & subspicata	Santa Barbara & Southern Honeysuckles	3-8 ft	Cream/Spr-Su	PS/PS/FSH	any	No to +/-	1, 3, 8, 12, 13, 14	Edible fruit
Perennial Groundcover Plants
+	Clinopodium (Satureja) douglasii	Yerba buena	< 6 in	White/	PS/FSH	See note	++	1, 3, 7, 13, 14	Well-drained soil
	* Clinopodium (Satureja) mimuloides	Monkeyflower Savory	1 ft tall 2-4+ ft w	Red-Or/Su-Fa	FS/PS	Well-drained	++	3, 8	hummingbird plant
	Stachys albens	Whitestem Woodmint (Hedgenettle)	1-3 ft	White/Spr-Su	FS/PS	Any	+/- to +	1, 3, 6, 12
+	Stachys bullata	California Woodmint (Hedgenettle)	1-4 ft	Pink/Spr-Su	PS	Well- drained	+	1, 3, 7, 12, 14	Tolerates seasonal flooding
	Stachys rigida var. rigida (Stachys ajugoides)	Rigid Woodmint (Hedgenettle)	1-2 ft	Pink/Spr-Su	FS/PS	Clay	++	1, 13
Herbaceous Perennials
	* Aquilegia formosa	Western Columbine	2 ft	Red-Yellow/Spr	FS/PS	Sandy loam	++	1, 3, 5, 8, 13, 14, 16, 19
+	Asclepias fascicularis	Narrow-leaf Milkweed	2-3 ft	Cream-pink/Su	FS/PS	Sandy	+/-	1, 3, 10, 14	Needs seasonal flooding
	Castilleja affinis subsp. affinis	Indian Paintbrush	1-2 ft	Red/Spr	FS	Well- drained	See note	10, 13	Summer drought for seeds
	Delphinium parryi SSP. maritimum & parryi	Parry’s Blue Larkspur	1-5 ft	Blue-purple/Spr	FS/?PS	any	No to +/-	1, 8
	* Delphinium cardinale	Scarlet Larkspur	To 6 ft	Red/Spr-Su	FS	Well- drained	No to +/-	10, 16, 19
+	Diplacus aurantiacus SSP. aurantiacus	Bush Monkeyflower	2-3 ft	Orange/W-Spr	FS/PS	Sandy	+/-	1, 3, 5, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16,
	Diplacus (Mimulus) linearis	Chaparral Bush Monkey Flower	2-3 ft tall 1-2 ft wide	Yellow/W-Spr	FS/PS	Well-drained	- to +/-	3, 10, 13
+	Erysimum insulare SSP. suffrutescens	Dune Wallflower	1-3 ft	Yellow/W-Spr	FS/PS	Sandy	+/- to +	1, 2, 10
+	* Heuchera maxima	Island Alumroot	1- 3 ft	White/Spr	PS/PS/FSH	See note	+/- to +	1, 3, 7, 13, 14	Well-drained soil
	* Heuchera micrantha	Crevice Alumroot	1-3 ft	Pink/Spr	PS/PS/FSH	See note	+/++	1, 3, 8	Well-drained soil
	* Lobelia cardinalis	Cardinal Flower	1-2 ft tall 1 ft wide	Red/Spr-Su	FS/PS/FSH	any	++	3, 8, 13, 19	Toxic
+	Mimulus cardinalis	Scarlet Monkeyflower	To 3 ft	Red/Spr-Fa	FS/PS	any	+/++	3, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 19	easy
	Penstemon heterophyllus	Foothill Penstemon	1-2 ft	Purple/Spr-Su	FS/PS	sandy	No to +/-	14	Many blooms
	* Penstemon laetus	Gay Penstemon	1-3 ft	Lavender/Spr-Su	FS/PS		No to +/-	1, 13
	* Penstemon centranthifolius	Scarlet Bugler	1-3 ft	OR-Red/Spr-Su	FS	Well- drained	No	1, 3, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14	May be difficult
+	Penstemon spectabilis SSP. subviscosus	Showy Penstemon	3-4 ft	Lavender-pink/Spr-Su	FS	Sandy or rocky	no	1, 3, 6, 10, 13, 14, 16
	Scrophularia californica SSP. floribunda	Bee Plant	1-2 ft	Maroon/Spr	FS/PS/FSH	Sandy or rocky	+/- to ++	1, 5, 8, 10, 12, 13, 16
+	Sidalcea malviflora SSP. malviflora	Dwarf Checker Mallow	To 1 ½ ft	Pink-lavender/	FS/PS	Any	+/++	1, 8, 13, 19
	Silene laciniata	Indian Pink	1-3 ft	Red/Spr-Su	FS/PS	Sandy or rocky	+/- to ++	12
	Verbena bracteata	Big Bract Verbena	½ - 2 ft	Lavender/SU-Fa	FS	?any	+/++	10
+	Verbena lasiostachys	California Verbena	1-4 ft	Lavender/Spr-Fa	FS/PS	Any	See note	1, 10, 13, 16	None after flowering
Herbaceous Annuals and Biennnials
+	Castilleja exserta SSP. exserta	Purple Owl’s Clover	1-2 ft	Magenta/Spr	FS	Well- drained	See note	5, 16 (our SSP)	Regular moisture in growth, then dry
	Cirsium occidentale var. californicum	Cobwebby (California) Thistle	3-4 ft	Purple/Spr-Su	FS	Sandy or rocky	+/-	13	Not invasive
+	Clarkia purpurea	Purple Clarkia	2-3 ft	Lavender/Spr-Su	FS/PS	any	+/-	1, 2, 10, 13, 16
+	Lupinus succulentus	Arroyo (Succulent) Lupine	1-3 ft	Blue-purple/Spr	FS/PS	any	No to +/-	1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 13, 16, 18	Easy
	Mimulus brevipes	Widethroat Yellow Monkeyflower	2-3 ft	Yellow/W-Spr	FS/PS	Sandy or rocky	+/- to +	10, 13	Many blooms
	Mimulus guttatus	Seep Monkeyflower	1-5 ft	Yellow/W-Spr	FS	Any	++	1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16
	Mimulus floribundus	Many-flowered Monkeyflower	1-2 ft	Yellow-Red/W-Spr	FS	Well-drained	+	?
	Salvia carduacea	Thistle Sage	1-2 ft	Lavender/Spr	FS	Sandy or rocky	no	10, 13, 16
	Salvia columbariae var. columbariae	Chia Sage	1-2 ft	Blue-purple/Spr	FS	Sandy or rocky	No to +/-	5, 10, 13, 16
	Silene antirrhina	Sleepy Catchfly	1-2 ft	Magenta/Spr-Su	PS	Sandy		?
Cacti and Succulents
	Dudleya species	Dudleys/ Live Forevers	1-2 ft	Red, Pink, OR/W-Spr	FS/PS	Well- drained	No to +/-	1, 8, 13, 14, 19
	Opuntia littoralis	Coastal Prickly Pear	To 3 ft	Yellow/W-Spr	FS	Well- drained	No	1, 3, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14
	Opuntia oricola	Chaparral Pricklypear	To 3 ft	Gold/W-Spr	FS	Well- drained	No	1,
	Opuntia prolifera	Coastal Cholla	3-9 ft	Dark Pink/W-Spr	FS	Well- drained	No	1, 3, 12, 13, 14
	Yucca whipplei	Our Lord’s Candle/ Chaparral Yucca	1-3 ft (flower to 10 ft	Cream/Spr	FS		no	1, 18
Bulbs and Corms
+	Sisyrinchium bellum	Western Blue-eyed Grass	1-2 ft	Purple-yellow/Spr	FS/PS	any	+/- to +	1, 3, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 18

Scientific Name

Common Name

Size⁺⁺

Flower/ season

Light^**

Soil

Summer water⁺

Availability

Notes

Trees and Large Shrubs

*Chilopsis Linearis SSP. arcuata

Desert Willow

4-21 ft

Lavender/Su

sandy

3, 10, 13, 14, 16

Not a willow at all; fragrant

Comarostaphylis diversifolia

Summer Holly

To 10 ft

White/Sp-Su

FS/PS

Sandy, rocky

+/-

3, 10, 14, 16

Endangered species

Heteromeles arbutifolia

Toyon

6-10 (to 30) ft

White/Su

FS to FSH

Well- drained

+/-

1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 18

Lavatera assurgentiflora SSP. glabrata & assugentiflora

Rose (Tree) Mallow

10-15 ft

Magenta/W-F

FS/PS

any

+/-

1, 13

Alkali soil fine

Prunus ilicifolia SSP. ilicifolia & lyonii

Holly-leafed Cherry

10-40 ft

White/Spr

FS to FSH

Clay, rocky

+/-

1, 7, 9, 12, 13, 14, 19

Edible fruit

Sambucus nigra SSP. cerulea

Blue Elderberry

To 24 ft

Cream/Spr-F

FS best

Well- drained

+/- to +

1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 19

Good for nesting

Smaller Shrubs

Arctostaphylos catalinae

Catalina Manzanita

2 ft

White-pink/W-Spr

FS/PS

Any

1, 13, 14

Berries also provide bird food

* Calliandra californica

Baja Fairy Duster

2-5 ft

Red/Spr-Su

Sandy, any

See note

1, 13

Periodic deep water

Ceanothus arboreus

Catalina Ceanothus

To 20 ft

Blue/Spr

FS/PS

Well-drained

1, 3, 7, 9, 14, 19

Good for nesting

Ceanothus SSP. & hybrids

Ceanothus

varies

Blue/Spr

FS/PS

any

See note

many

Depends on individual hybrid

Cleome isomeris/ Isomeris arborea

Bladderpod

2-10 ft

Yellow/W-Spr

Well-drained

3, 7, 10, 12, 13, 16

Epilobium canum (Zauschneria californica)

CA Fuschia

1-3 ft

Orange/Fa

FS/PS

any

+/- to +

1, 3, 9, 12, 13, 14, 19

Tolerates winter flooding

Gambelia (Galvezia) speciosa

Catalina Snapdragon

2-4 ft

Red/Spr

FS/PS

Well-drained

No to +/-

1, 3, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14

Lepechinia fragrans

Fragrant Pitcher Sage

4-6 ft

Lavender/Sp

FS/PS

any

+/- to +

1, 3, 8, 12-14

* Mahonia aquifolium

Oregon Grape

5-8 ft

Yellow/Spr

FS/PS

Any; acidic

+/-

1, 7, 9, 13, 14

Birds eat berries

Ribes aureum var. gracillimum

Golden Currant

To 10 ft

Yellow/W-Spr

FS/PS/FSH

Any

+/- to +

7, 12, 14

Any well-drained; Birds eat berries

Ribes californicum var. hesperium

Hillside Gooseberry

To 3 ft

Red-white/W-Spr

PS/FSH

See note

+/- to +

10, 12, 13 (var. californicum)

Any well-drained; Birds eat berries

Ribes indecorum

White Currant

To 6 ft

White/W-Spr

FS/PS

See note

++/-

1, 3, 12, 14

Any well-drained; Birds eat berries

Ribes malvaceum

Chaparral Currant

5-8 ft

Pink/W-Spr

FS/PS

See note

+/-

3, 13, 14, 19

Any well-drained; Birds eat berries

* Ribes sanguineum var. glutinosum

Pink Currant

6-12 ft (sprawls)

Bright pink/W-Spr

See note

1, 3, 5, 13, 14, 19

Any well-drained; Birds eat berries

Ribes speciosum

Fuchsia Flowering Gooseberry

10 ft (sprawls)

Red/W-Spr

PS/FSH

See note

+/-

1, 3, 10, 12, 13, 14, 19

Nectar has high sugar content; Birds eat berries

* Ribes thacherianum

Santa Cruz Is. Gooseberry

5-9 ft

Pink/W-Spr

See note

13, 14

Any well-drained; Birds eat berries

Ribes viburnifolium

Catalina Perfume/ Island Gooseberry

3 ft

Dark Pink/W-Spr

PS/FSH

See note

1, 3, 9, 13, 14, 20

Any well-drained; Birds eat berries

Salvia apiana

White Sage

3 ft

Pale lavnder/Spr-Su

FS/PS

Sandy fine

1, 3, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 19

* Salvia brandegeei

Santa Rosa Island Sage

To 3-4 ft; often sprawling

Pale lavender/

Spr-Su

Well-drained

1, 6, 8, 14, 19

Dark-green foliage

Salvia clevelandii

Cleveland’s Sage

3 ft

Purple/Spr-Su

FS/PS

any

+/-

1, 3, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 19

Many hybrids

Salvia leucophylla

Purple Sage

3-6 FT

Pink lavender/Spr-Su

1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16,18, 19

Salvia mellifera

Black Sage

3-8 ft

Lavender/

Sp-Su

Sandy best

1, 18

Monty scent; good bee plant

Salvia spathacea

Hummingbird Sage

1-3 ft

Magenta/Spr

FS/PS/FSH

Well- drained

1, 3, 8, 9, 12, 13, 19

Symphoricarpos mollis

Snowberry

2-4 ft

Pink-white/Spr-Su

PS/FSH

Any

+/++

13, 14

Trichostema lanatum

Wooly Blue Curls

3-4 ft

Purple/Sp

FS/PS

Rocky

1, 3, 7-10, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19

Difficult; needs well-drained soil

Perennial Vines

Keckiella cordifolia

Climbing Penstemon

3-4 ft

Red-Or/Spr-Su

PS/PS/FSH

any

+/-

1, 3, 7, 10, 12, 13, 14

Lonicera hispidula var. vacillans

Western Honeysuckle

5-18 ft

Pink/Spr-Su

PS/FSH

clay

1, 5, 13, 14, 19

Tolerates seasonal flooding

*Lonicera involucrata

Twinberry

3-5 ft

Yellow/Su

PS/FSH

any

+/- to +

3, 7, 13, 19

Lonicera subspicata var. denudate & subspicata

Santa Barbara & Southern Honeysuckles

3-8 ft

Cream/Spr-Su

PS/PS/FSH

any

No to +/-

1, 3, 8, 12, 13, 14

Edible fruit

Perennial Groundcover Plants

Clinopodium (Satureja) douglasii

Yerba buena

< 6 in

White/

PS/FSH

See note

1, 3, 7, 13, 14

Well-drained soil

* Clinopodium (Satureja) mimuloides

Monkeyflower Savory

1 ft tall

2-4+ ft w

Red-Or/Su-Fa

FS/PS

Well-drained

3, 8

hummingbird plant

Stachys albens

Whitestem Woodmint (Hedgenettle)

1-3 ft

White/Spr-Su

FS/PS

Any

+/- to +

1, 3, 6, 12

Stachys bullata

California Woodmint (Hedgenettle)

1-4 ft

Pink/Spr-Su

Well- drained

1, 3, 7, 12, 14

Tolerates seasonal flooding

Stachys rigida var. rigida (Stachys ajugoides)

Rigid Woodmint (Hedgenettle)

1-2 ft

Pink/Spr-Su

FS/PS

Clay

1, 13

Herbaceous Perennials

* Aquilegia formosa

Western Columbine

2 ft

Red-Yellow/Spr

FS/PS

Sandy loam

1, 3, 5, 8, 13, 14, 16, 19

Asclepias fascicularis

Narrow-leaf Milkweed

2-3 ft

Cream-pink/Su

FS/PS

Sandy

+/-

1, 3, 10, 14

Needs seasonal flooding

Castilleja affinis subsp. affinis

Indian Paintbrush

1-2 ft

Red/Spr

Well-

drained

See note

10, 13

Summer drought for seeds

Delphinium parryi SSP. maritimum & parryi

Parry’s Blue Larkspur

1-5 ft

Blue-purple/Spr

FS/?PS

any

No to +/-

1, 8

* Delphinium cardinale

Scarlet Larkspur

To 6 ft

Red/Spr-Su

Well-

drained

No to +/-

10, 16, 19

Diplacus aurantiacus SSP. aurantiacus

Bush Monkeyflower

2-3 ft

Orange/W-Spr

FS/PS

Sandy

+/-

1, 3, 5, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16,

Diplacus (Mimulus) linearis

Chaparral Bush Monkey Flower

2-3 ft tall

1-2 ft wide

Yellow/W-Spr

FS/PS

Well-drained

- to +/-

3, 10, 13

Erysimum insulare SSP. suffrutescens

Dune Wallflower

1-3 ft

Yellow/W-Spr

FS/PS

Sandy

+/- to +

1, 2, 10

* Heuchera maxima

Island Alumroot

1- 3 ft

White/Spr

PS/PS/FSH

See note

+/- to +

1, 3, 7, 13, 14

Well-drained soil

* Heuchera micrantha

Crevice Alumroot

1-3 ft

Pink/Spr

PS/PS/FSH

See note

+/++

1, 3, 8

Well-drained soil

* Lobelia cardinalis

Cardinal Flower

1-2 ft tall

1 ft wide

Red/Spr-Su

FS/PS/FSH

any

3, 8, 13, 19

Toxic

Mimulus cardinalis

Scarlet Monkeyflower

To 3 ft

Red/Spr-Fa

FS/PS

any

+/++

3, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 19

easy

Penstemon heterophyllus

Foothill Penstemon

1-2 ft

Purple/Spr-Su

FS/PS

sandy

No to +/-

Many blooms

* Penstemon laetus

Gay Penstemon

1-3 ft

Lavender/Spr-Su

FS/PS

No to +/-

1, 13

* Penstemon centranthifolius

Scarlet Bugler

1-3 ft

OR-Red/Spr-Su

Well- drained

1, 3, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14

May be difficult

Penstemon spectabilis SSP. subviscosus

Showy Penstemon

3-4 ft

Lavender-pink/Spr-Su

Sandy or rocky

1, 3, 6, 10, 13, 14, 16

Scrophularia californica SSP. floribunda

Bee Plant

1-2 ft

Maroon/Spr

FS/PS/FSH

Sandy or rocky

+/- to ++

1, 5, 8, 10, 12, 13, 16

Sidalcea malviflora SSP. malviflora

Dwarf Checker Mallow

To 1 ½ ft

Pink-lavender/

FS/PS

Any

+/++

1, 8, 13, 19

Silene laciniata

Indian Pink

1-3 ft

Red/Spr-Su

FS/PS

Sandy or rocky

+/- to ++

Verbena bracteata

Big Bract Verbena

½ - 2 ft

Lavender/SU-Fa

?any

+/++

Verbena lasiostachys

California Verbena

1-4 ft

Lavender/Spr-Fa

FS/PS

Any

See note

1, 10, 13, 16

None after flowering

Herbaceous Annuals and Biennnials

Castilleja exserta SSP. exserta

Purple Owl’s Clover

1-2 ft

Magenta/Spr

Well- drained

See note

5, 16 (our SSP)

Regular moisture in growth, then dry

Cirsium occidentale var. californicum

Cobwebby (California) Thistle

3-4 ft

Purple/Spr-Su

Sandy or rocky

+/-

Not invasive

Clarkia purpurea

Purple Clarkia

2-3 ft

Lavender/Spr-Su

FS/PS

any

+/-

1, 2, 10, 13, 16

Lupinus succulentus

Arroyo (Succulent) Lupine

1-3 ft

Blue-purple/Spr

FS/PS

any

No to +/-

1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 13, 16, 18

Easy

Mimulus brevipes

Widethroat Yellow Monkeyflower

2-3 ft

Yellow/W-Spr

FS/PS

Sandy or rocky

+/- to +

10, 13

Many blooms

Mimulus guttatus

Seep Monkeyflower

1-5 ft

Yellow/W-Spr

Any

1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16

Mimulus floribundus

Many-flowered Monkeyflower

1-2 ft

Yellow-Red/W-Spr

Well-drained

Salvia carduacea

Thistle Sage

1-2 ft

Lavender/Spr

Sandy or rocky

10, 13, 16

Salvia columbariae var. columbariae

Chia Sage

1-2 ft

Blue-purple/Spr

Sandy or rocky

No to +/-

5, 10, 13, 16

Silene antirrhina

Sleepy Catchfly

1-2 ft

Magenta/Spr-Su

Sandy

Cacti and Succulents

Dudleya species

Dudleys/ Live Forevers

1-2 ft

Red, Pink, OR/W-Spr

FS/PS

Well- drained

No to +/-

1, 8, 13, 14, 19

Opuntia littoralis

Coastal Prickly Pear

To 3 ft

Yellow/W-Spr

Well- drained

1, 3, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14

Opuntia oricola

Chaparral Pricklypear

To 3 ft

Gold/W-Spr

Well- drained

Opuntia prolifera

Coastal Cholla

3-9 ft

Dark Pink/W-Spr

Well- drained

1, 3, 12, 13, 14

Yucca whipplei

Our Lord’s Candle/ Chaparral Yucca

1-3 ft (flower to 10 ft

Cream/Spr

1, 18

Bulbs and Corms

Sisyrinchium bellum

Western Blue-eyed Grass

1-2 ft

Purple-yellow/Spr

FS/PS

any

+/- to +

1, 3, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 18

I : + = Gardening Information Sheet available at the Madrona Marsh Nature Center

⁺ summer water: no = no summer water; +/- = occasional summer water ok; + needs some summer water; ++ needs regular summer water

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