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