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Plant List, alphabetized by Botanical Name.
| Botanical Name | Common Name |
Brief Garden Usage |
| Acer macrophyllum | Big-Leaf Maple | 60 foot deciduous tree, moist areas, greenish flowers March-April |
| Achillea millefolium | Yarrow | 1 foot herb with 3 foot flower stocks, good drainage, some water and shade, white flowers March-June |
| Adenostoma fasciculatum | Chamise | 6 foot shrub, evergreen, dry areas, good drainage, white flowers April-June |
| Anemopsis californica | Yerba Mansa | 2 foot herb, moist areas, white flowers March-September |
| Arctostaphylos glauca | Bigberry Manzanita | 15 foot shrub, dry areas, good drainage, sun, white/pink flowers December-March |
| Artemisia californica | California Sagebrush | 5 foot shrub, dry areas, good drainage, whitish purple flowers, September-Novermber |
| Artemisia douglasiana | Mugwort | 7 foot herb, moist areas, whitish flowers June-October |
| Atriplex lentiforma | Quail Bush | 3 foot herb, Monarch Butterfly plant |
| Bacharris pilularis | Coyote Brush | 8 foot shrub, evergreen, dry areas, tawny flowers August-December |
| Bacharris salicifolia | Mule Fat | 10 foot shrub, moist areas, whitish flowers April-October |
| Boykinia rotundifolia | Round-leaved Boykinia | 3 foot herb, moist rocky areas, white flowers June-July |
| Brickellia californica | California Brickellbush | 5 foot shrub, dry areas, white flowers August- October |
| Brickellia nevinii | Nevin's Brickellbush | 2 foot shrub, dry areas, white flowers August-October |
| Bromus carinatus | California Brome | 2 foot perennial, sandy to gravelly areas, dry to moist, flowers April-August |
| Ceanothus oliganthus | Hairy Leaved Ceanothus | 8 foot shrub, evergreen, dry slopes, good drainage, blue/purple flowers March-April |
| Cercocarpus betuloides | Mountain Mahogany | 4 foot shrub, evergreen, dry areas, good drainage, whitish flowers March-May |
| Chlorogalum pomeridianum | Soap Plant | 3 foot perennial, dry open areas, white flowers May-August |
| Coreopsis gigantes | Giant Coreopsis | 3 foot shrub, dry hillsides, costal areas, yellow flowers February-May |
| Datura wrightii | Datura | 3 foot annual, dry open areas, sandy or clay soil, white flowers April-October |
| Dudleya lanceolata | Lance-Leaved Live-Forever | 2 foot herb (succulent), evergreen, dry rocky areas, green with red flowers May-July |
| Epilobium canum | California Fuchsia | 1 foot perennial, evergreen, dry or rocky areas, scarlet flowers July -November |
| Eriodictyon crassifolium | Yerba Santa | 8 foot shrub, most areas, lavendar April-June |
| Eriogonum crocatum | Conejo Buckwheat | 2 foot shrub, dry areas, good drainage, yellow flowers April-July |
| Eriogonum elongatum | Wand Buckwheat | 4 foot herb |
| Eriogonum fasiculatum | California Buckwheat | 4 foot shrub, dry areas, pink flowers May-November |
| Eschscholzia californica | California Poppy | 3 foot annual, open areas, orange /yellow ffowers Ferbruary-September |
| Galium angustifolium | Narrow-Leafed Bedstraw | 3 foot perennial, protected areas, greenish white flowers March-September |
| Gnaphalium bicolor | Two-Tone Everlasting | 3 foot herb, dry open areas, white flowers January-April |
| Grindelia camporum | Gumplant | 4 foot herb, dry open areas, yellow flowers May-June |
| Hazardia squarrosa var. grindelia | Saw-Tooth Goldenbush | 5 foot shrub, dry areas, good drainage, yellow flowers July-October |
| Hemizonia minthornii | Santa Susana Tarweed | 3 foot rare shrub, dry areas, good drainage, yellow flowers July-October |
| Hetromeleos arbutifolia | Toyon | 12 foot large shrub, evergreen, dry areas, good drainage. white flowers June-July |
| Isocoma menziesii var. vernonides | Coast Goldenbush | 5 foot shrub, good areas, good drainage, yellow flowers April-December |
| Isomeris arborea | Bladderpod | 6 foot shrub, dry sunny areas, yellow flowers January-December |
| Juglans californica | California Black Walnut | 50 foot tree, deciduous, slopes, catkins/walnuts March-April |
| Juncus patens | Spreading Rush | 3 foot perennial grass, moist areas, green flowers April June |
| Keckiella cordifolia | Heart Leaved Penstemon | 6 foot perennail, dry, semi shade, good drainage, scarlet flowers March-August |
| Lepechinia fragrans | White (Fragrant) Pitcher Sage | 8 foot shrub, good drainage, some shade, white/rose tint flowers April-June |
| Lessingia filaginofolia | California Aster | 2 foot shrub, all areas, lavender flowers June-December |
| Leymus condensatus | Giant Wild Rye | 5 foot perennial bunch grass, sandy to gravelly areas, dry to moist, flowers April-August |
| Lonicera subspicata var denudata | Chapparal Honeysuckle | 5 foot shrub/vine, evergreen, shaded slopes, cream yellow flowers April-June |
| Lupinus longifolius | Bush Lupine | 5 foot shrub, dry sunny areas, blue violet flowers April-June |
| Malacothamnus fasiculatum | Chapparal Mallow | 10 foot shrub, dry areas, good drainage, lavendar flowers April-September |
| Malosma laurina | Laurel Sumac | 15 foot large shrub, evergreen, dry areas, white flowers June-July |
| Melica imperfecta incorrect | Chapparal Oniongrass | |
| Mimulus aurantiacus var rutilius | Maroon Monkey Flower | 4 foot shrub, dry areas, good drainage, dark velvet -red flowers March-July |
| Mimulus cardinalis | Scarlet Monkey Flower | 3 foot herb, moist shaded areas, orange-red flowers April-October |
| Mimulus guttatus | Stream Monkey | 4 foot herb, moist shaded areas, yellow flowers March-August |
| Muhlenbergia rigens | Deergrass | 2 foot perennial bunch grass, sandy to gravelly areas, dry to moist |
| Nasella pulchra | Foothill Needlegrass | 3 foot perennial bunch grass, dry areas |
| Oenothera elata | Evening Primrose | 3 foot herb, sunny moist areas, yellow flowers June-September |
| Opuntia littoralis | Coast Prickly Pear | 2 foot cactus, evergreen, dry areas, yellow flowers May-June |
| Opuntia prolifera | Coast Cholla | 10 foot cactus, evergreen, rose purple flowers April-June |
| Penstemon centranthifolius | Scarlet Bugler | 5 foot herb, dry areas, shade or sun, scarlet flowers April-July |
| Penstemon hetrophylus | Foothill Penstemon | 4 foot shrub, dry areas, good drainage, magenta blue flowers April-June |
| Penstemon spectabilis | Notable Penstemon | 4 foot herb, dry areas, blue purple flowers April-June |
| Phacelia imbricata | Mountain Phacelia | 3 foot herb, dry areas, shade or sun, white flowers April-June |
| Phacelia ramosissima | Branching Phacelia | 2 foot herb, dry or rocky areas, good drainage, white/bluish flowers May-July |
| Platanus racemosa | Western Sycamore | 60 foot tree |
| Potentilla glandulosa | Sticky Cinquefoil | 1 foot perennail, open areas, yellow-white flowers May-July |
| Prunus ilicifolia | Holly Leaved Cherry | 10 foot tree, evergreen, dry areas, good drainage, white flowers April-May |
| Quercus agrifolia | Coast Live Oak | 75 foot tree, evergreen, dry areas, good drainage, catkins February-April |
| Quercus berbidifolia | Scrub Oak | 10 foot shrub, evergreen, dry areas, good drainage, catkins |
| Quercus lobata | Valley Oak | 140 foot tree, deciduous, open areas, catkins March-April |
| Rhamnus californica | California Coffeeberry | 12 foot shrub, evergreen, dry shady areas, greenish flowers May-June |
| Rhamnus crocea | Spiny Redberry | 6 foot shrub, evergreen, open areas, greenish flowers January-April |
| Rhamnus ilicifolia | Holly Leaved Redberry | 12 foot shrub, dry areas, good drainage, greenish flowers January-June |
| Rhus integrifolia | Lemonadeberry | 8 foot shrub, evergreen, dry areas, good drainage, pinkish white flowers February-April |
| Rhus ovata | Sugar Bush | 8 foot shrub, dry areas, good drainage, pinkish white flowers January-May |
| Ribes aureum var gracillimum | Golden Currant | 8 foot shrub, shaded areas, yellow flowers February-April |
| Ribes californicum | Hillside Gooseberry | 8 foot shrub |
| Ribes indecorum | White Flowering Currant | 8 foot shrub, dry areas, white flowers November-March |
| Ribes speciosum | Fuchsia Flowered Goosberry | 5 foot shrub, evergreen, dry areas, good drainage, red flowers January-May |
| Rosa californica | California Wild Rose | 6 foot shrub, moist areas, rose/pink flowers, May-August |
| Rubus ursinus | California Blackberry | 1 foot shrub, moist areas, white flowers March-May |
| Salix lasiolepis | Arroyo Willow | 30 foot deciduous tree, moist areas, beige catkins January-March |
| Salvia leucophylla | Purple Sage | 5 foot shrub, dry areas, good drainage, rose pink flowers May-July |
| Salvia melifera | Black Sage | 5 foot shrub, good drainage, sun, blue/white flowers April-July |
| Salvia spathacea | Hummingbird Sage | 2 foot perennial, moist areas, crimson flowers March-May |
| Sambucus mexicanas | Mexican Elderberry | 15 foot tree, evergreen |
| Scrophularia californica | California Figwort | 3 foot herb, moist shady areas, brown/maroon flowers February-July |
| Silene laciniata ssp major | Indian Pink | 4 foot herb, shaded areas, scarlet flowers May-July |
| Solanum douglasii | White Nightshade | 5 foot perennial, dry shady areas, white flowers January-December |
| Solanum xanti | Purple Nightshade | 3 foot perennial, dry areas, blue lavendar flowers February-July |
| Stachys ajogoides ssp rigida | Rigid Hedge Nettle | 3 foot herb, moist shaded areas, pink magenta flowers March-August |
| Stachys albens | White Hedge Nettle | 4 foot perennial, moist areas, pink flowers March-September |
| Stachys bullata | Hedge Nettle | 2 foot perennial, partial shade, good drainage, pink flowers March September |
| Stephanomeria cichoriacea | Tejon Milk Aster | 2 foot herb, dry or rocky areas, good drainage, purplish pink flowers August-October |
| Symphoricarpus flacidus | Shrubby Bitterweeed | |
| Symphoricarpus mollis | Snowberry | 3 foot shrub, shady areas, pink flowers April-May |
| Thalictrum fendleri | Meadow Rue | 2 foot herb, moist shaded areas, white/purple flowers March-June |
| Umbellelaria californica | California Bay Laurel | 100 foot tree, evergreen, moist slopes, yellow/green flowers December-May |
| Yucca whipplei | Our Lord's Candle | 10 foot shrub, dry areas, good drainage, white flowers April-June |
| Yucca whipplei | Yucca | 10 foot shrub, dry areas, good drainage |