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| This is a list I am developing in response to home owners wanting more guidance on what to plant in irrigated gardens around the home. I am listing native species that could be utilized in the Santa Cruz Mountains. These plants are suitable for irrigation once a week or less. Ideally keep all plants 5 ft or more from structures. These plants are a combination or delicate annuals which produce very little fuel and low growing easy to maintain perennials. Yarrow, CA Fuchsia, Wild Hollyhock/Checkerbloom, Chinese Houses, and Lupines can be cut to the ground in late summer/fall or whenever necessary and be unharmed. For more info on defensible space zones: https://www.firesafemarin.org/defensible-space For questions about this plant list, contact me at: Nikki@cal-sisters.com | ||||||
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Achillea millefolium Common yarrow
native
Perennial herb 
2022 Andy Ford
2020 Bob Sweatt
2018 Gary McDonald
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Aquilegia eximia Serpentine columbine, Sticky columbine, Van Houtte's columbine
native
Perennial herb 
2019 David Greenberger
2019 Ken Hickman
2021 Mike Russler
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Armeria maritima Thrift seapink
native
Perennial herb 
2016 Steve Matson
2013 James Gonsman
2021 Mary Sue Ittner
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Calandrinia ciliata red maids, Calandrinia
native
Annual herb 
2021 Mary Ann Machi
2019 Ron Vanderhoff
2019 Ron Vanderhoff
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Collinsia heterophylla Purple chinese houses
native
Annual herb 
2022 Mary Ann Machi
2019 David Greenberger
2019 Ron Vanderhoff
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Dudleya pulverulenta Chalk dudleya
native
Perennial herb 
2018 Ron Vanderhoff
2012 Ann Dalkey
2020 Julia Markey
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Epilobium canum California fuchsia, Hummingbird trumpet, zauschneria
native
Perennial herb 
2018 Ron Vanderhoff
2015 Gerald Carr
2015 Gerald Carr
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Eschscholzia californica California poppy
native
Annual, Perennial herb 
2019 Dee Shea Himes
2021 Ron Vanderhoff
2019 Amy Rapport
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Fragaria chiloensis Beach strawberry
native
Perennial herb 
2016 Teresa R Spade, AICP
2019 Patrick Furtado
2020 Carlos Davidson
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Limnanthes douglasii ssp. sulphurea Douglas' meadowfoam, Meadow foam, Point Reyes meadowfoam
• rare native
Annual herb 
2024 John Rawlings
2024 John Rawlings
2018 Ann Elliott
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Lupinus bicolor Annual lupine, Bicolored lupine, Miniature lupine
native
Annual, Perennial herb 
2021 Ken Lunders
2022 Mike Russler
2019 Gary McDonald
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Lupinus latifolius Bigleaf lupine, Broad leaf lupine, Broadleaf lupine
native
Perennial herb 
2017 Steve Matson
2017 Steve Matson
2008 Steve Matson
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Nemophila menziesii Baby blue eyes
native
Annual herb 
2019 Matt Berger
2019 Diane Etchison
2019 Ron Vanderhoff
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Ranunculus californicus California buttercup
native
Perennial herb 
2016 Steve Matson
2016 Steve Matson
2016 Steve Matson
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Sedum spathulifolium Broadleaf stonecrop, Pacific stonecrop, Stone crop
native
Perennial herb 
2021 Steve Matson
2021 Steve Matson
2023 R.A. Chasey
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Sesuvium verrucosum Verrucose seapurslane, Western sea purslane
native
Perennial herb 
2019 Ron Vanderhoff
2020 R.A. Chasey
2018 Ron Vanderhoff
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Sidalcea malviflora Checker bloom, Checker mallow, Dwarf checkerbloom
native
Perennial herb 
2022 David Strauch
2018 Sheila Lodge
2022 Suzanne L. Weakley
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Sisyrinchium bellum Western blue eyed grass
native
Perennial herb 
2020 Mary Conway
2024 Ron Vanderhoff
2019 Stacie Wolny
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