About California native plants, a more detailed approach.

The garden design section is as easy and simple as possible. This section attempts to explain, with present scientific knowledge, problems in an extreme garden, landscape or restoration.
California has yearly rainfalls from nearly 0(Death Valley) to above 80 (Eureka coastal hills.) Nearly frost free(Barstow to San Diego), nearly frostless, Northeast California mountains.
A meadow with Western Blue Flag - grid24_12
California is very diverse. From a mountain meadow with Western Blue Flag, Iris missouriensis.
Encelia farinosa, Brittlebush, Goldenhills, Incienso - grid24_6
To Creosote Bush Scrub Plant Community with plants like Brittlebush.
Wildflowers along hwy 58 at Shell Creek back in the 1970's - grid24_6
No weeds, no seeding, an old photo along hwy. 58 in the 1970's.
We've really lost something.
Coastal redwood forest - grid24_6
Redwood foresthas Redwoods

Amendments and Mulch in a landscape
California Plant Ecology
California Soils
California's Climate and Such
Cold in California?
Companion Plantings and Native Plant Communities
Definitions
Diseases and native plants
Drainage in the garden
Ecosystems, Introduction to California native plant communities
Fertilizer and native plants
Herbicides are your friends- sometimes
Jobs we've worked on. Not all, just some with pictures.
mynativeplants to help in selecting site-specific plants
Reference Section(read all these)
Restoration of a native ecosystem
Restoration, How to do a simple native planting
Roots of native plants
Weeds and the Effects on the Native Ecosystem
When To Plant native plants

Ceanothus Ray Hartman used as street trees in San Francisco. - grid24_6
We also list the plant community for most California zipcodes.. There are also pages about plant types like Ceanothus.

Last edited on 2012-01-08 18:09:28.

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