Easy garden design: Dry Clay

(In coastal areas, not Barstow, for inland areas try mynativeplants.com.)

You are looking good! There are lots of neat plants for these criteria! One last question to narrow it down.

Are you planting these in sun or shade?

1. Sun: Out in the open or it may have a little shade part of the day

Native Plant Suggestions

Genus	Species	Variety	Cultivar	Common Name
Abronia	villosa	aurita		Sand Verbena
Adenostoma	sparsifolium			Red Shanks
Allium	crispum			Wild Onion
Anaphalis	margaritacea			Pearly Everlasting
Arctostaphylos	densiflora		Sentinel Manzanita	Sentinel Manzanita
Arctostaphylos	glauca			Big Berry Manzanita
Arctostaphylos	glauca	Dwaine's Dwarf		Dwaine's Dwarf
Arctostaphylos	luciana		Adelaide Manzanita	Santa Lucia Manzanita
Arctostaphylos	manzanita		Dr. Hurd Manzanita Tree	Northern California Manzanita
Arctostaphylos	manzanita_x_densiflora		Austin Griffiths Manzanita	Austin Griifith's Manzanita
Arctostaphylos	pringlei	drupacea	Idyllwild Manzanita	Pinkbract Manzanita
Arctostaphylos	pungens			Mexican Manzanita
Artemisia	californica			California Sagebrush
Artemisia	californica	Canyon Gray	Canyon Grey	Trailing Sagebrush
Asclepias	eriocarpa			Monarch Milkweed
Baccharis	pilularis	consanguinea		Bush Baccharis
Baeria	chrysostoma			Coast Goldfields
Bloomeria	crocea	aurea		Golden Stars
Bothriochloa	barbinodis			Cane Bluestem
Brodiaea	pulchella			Wild Hyacinth
Calochortus	species			Mariposa Lilly
Calochortus	weedii			Weeds Mariposa
Ceanothus			Concha	California Mountain Lilac
Ceanothus			Ray Hartman	Mountain Lilac
Ceanothus			Remote Blue Ceanothus	Bush Lilac
Ceanothus	arboreus			Island Mt. Lilac
Ceanothus	crassifolius			Hoary-leaved Ceanothus
Ceanothus	cuneatus			Buckbrush
Ceanothus	megacarpusX		Tranquil Margarita	Big Pod California Lilac
Ceanothus	purpureus			Hollyleaf Ceanothus
Ceanothus	sorediatus			Jim Bush
Cercocarpus	alnifolius			Island Mountain Mahogany
Chlorogalum	pomeridianum			Soap Plant
Corethrogyne	filaginifolia		Silver carpet	California Aster
Cupressus	forbesii			Tecate Cypress
Cupressus	macnabiana
Cupressus	nevadensis			Piute Cypress
Dendromecon	rigida			Bush Poppy
Deschampsia	elongata
Diplacus	rutilus			Santa Susana Monkey Flower
Dudleya	edulis
Emmenanthe	penduliflora			Whispering Bells
Ephedra	californica
Ephedra	viridis			Green Mormon Tea
Eriodictyon	crassifolium
Eriodictyon	tomentosum			Woolly Yerba Santa
Eriogonum	arborescens			Santa Cruz Island Buckwheat
Eriogonum	cinereum
Eriogonum	fasciculatum	foliolosum		California Buckwheat
Eriogonum	giganteum			St. Catherine's Lace
Eriogonum	parvifolium			Cliff Buckwheat
Eschscholzia	caespitosa
Eschscholzia	californica			California Poppy
Eschscholzia	californica	maritima		California Poppy
Eschscholzia	californica	peninsularis
Gilia	tricolor
Gnaphalium	californicum			California Pearly Everlasting
Haplopappus	squarrosus			Yellow Squirrel Cover
Iva	hayesiana			Hayes iva
Keckiella	cordifolia			Climbing Penstemon
Lotus	purshianus			Lotus
Lotus	scoparius			California Broom
Lupinus	albifrons			Silver Bush Lupine
Lupinus	ludovicianus
Lupinus	succulentus			Arroyo Lupine
Lupinus	truncatus
Lycium	californicum			California Desert Thorn
Malacothamnus	clementinus			San Clemente Bush Mallow
Malacothamnus	marrubioides
Malacothamnus	niveus			Jones Bush Mallow
Monardella	villosa			Coyote Mint
Oenothera	californica			California Evening primrose
Orthocarpus	densiflorus			Owl's Clover
Orthocarpus	exserta			Owl's Clover
Oryzopsis	hymenoides			Indian Rice grass
Paeonia	californica			California Peony
Penstemon	clevelandii
Penstemon	heterophyllus	heterophyllus		Foothill Penstemon
Penstemon	parishii
Penstemon	spectabilis			Showy Penstemon
Pickeringia	montana
Pinus	edulis			Pinyon Pine
Pinus	quadrifolia			Parry Pinyon
Pinus	sabiniana			Digger Pine
Platystemon	californicus			Cream Cups
Prunus	ilicifolia			Hollyleaf Cherry
Prunus	lyonii			Catalina Cherry
Quercus	acutidens x			Scrub Oak
Rhus	ovata			Sugar Bush
Rhus	trilobata			Squaw Bush Sumac
Ribes	indecorum			White Chaparral Currant
Ribes	speciosum			Fuchsia-Flowering Gooseberry
Salvia			Daras Choice
Salvia			Pozo Blue	Grey Musk Sage
Salvia	apiana			White Sage
Salvia	apianaXclevelandii		Vicki Romo	Vicki Romo white sage
Salvia	brandegei			Brandegees Sage
Salvia	clevelandii		Winifred Gilman Cleveland Sage	Musk Sage
Salvia	leucophylla			Purple Sage
Salvia	mellifera			Black Sage
Senecio	douglasii			Butterweed
Simmondsia	chinensis			Jojoba
Solanum	umbelliferum	incanum		Bluewitch
Sphaeralcea	ambigua			Desert Mallow
Stipa	comata			Needle and thread grass
Stipa	coronata
Stipa	lepida			Foothill Stipa
Stipa	pulchra			Purple Stipa
Stipa	speciosa			Desert needle grass
Thermopsis	macrophylla	macrophylla
Trichostema	lanatum			Woolly Blue Curls
Trichostema	parishii			Mountain Blue Curls
Viola	pedunculata			Violet
Yucca	whipplei	percusa
Zigadenus	fremontii			Death Camas

Anaphalis margaritacea, Pearly Everlasting in the Sierras at about 7000 ft. - grid24_12

Arctostaphylos densiflora Sentinel manzanita with California Tortoise Shell butterfly, Nymphalis californica - grid24_12

Anna Hummingbird working the flowers of Dr. Hurd manzanita - grid24_12

Baccharis pilularis consanguinea, Coyote Brush flowers with a Western Pygmy Blue and an American Snout Butterfly. - grid24_12

Owlswood Blue can make a good hedge. - grid24_12

Ceanothus Mills Glory has beautiful purple flowers. - grid24_12

Corethrogyne filaginifolia, Silver carpet, Common Corethrogyne has pink flowers and gray foliage. - grid24_12

Santa Susana Monkey Flower, Diplacus rutilus - grid24_12

California Buckwheat as a ground cover. No extra water. Native plants are beautiful. What would a non-native plant look like with no water in midsummer? - grid24_12

Climbing Penstemon, Heart leaved Keckiella, or Heartleaf Keckiella, Keckiella cordifolia is hanging over our driveway and is native from about Santa Margarita south to San Diego. This Native Penstemon was all over the north and east slopes of Los Angeles and parts of Southern California. A great addition to a native garden. - grid24_12

Malacothamnus jonesii, San Luis Obispo Bush Mallow, is one of the grayest bush mallows I have seen, and makes a great contrast to the darker Adenostoma fasciculatum. - grid24_12

Penstemon heterophyllus heterophyllus is a Foothill Penstemon. It's grows in slightly less rainfall the Penstemon heterophyllus australis and is not as cold hardy. Flowers are deeper blue. - grid24_12

A few plants of the Penstemon clevelandii var connatus, San Jacinto beardtongue - grid24_12

Ripe fruit on the Hollyleaf Cherry, Prunus ilicifolia - grid24_12

Salvia Pozo Blue flowers are a perfect setup for butterflies, native bees, bumblebees, hummingbirds and moths. The seeds are loved by quail and does well in most California gardens with no extra water. - grid24_12

Woolly Blue Curls, Romero and Blue Curls, Trichostema lanatum - grid24_12

Genus	Species	Variety	Cultivar	Common Name
Arctostaphylos			La Panza	Grey manzanita
Arctostaphylos	hookeri	franciscana	Franciscana Manzanita	Franciscan Manzanita
Arctostaphylos	pechoensis			Pecho Manzanita
Chenopodium	californicum			Indian lettuce
Diplacus	aurantiacus			Orange Bush Monkey Flower
Diplacus	longiflorus		Agoura Spunky Monkey	Agoura Spunky Monkey Flower
Eriophyllum	lanatum	grandiflorum
Heteromeles	arbutifolia			Toyon
Keckiella	antirrhinoides			Yellow Bush Snapdragon
Lathyrus	vestitus			Wild Pea
Lonicera	subspicata	denudata		San Diego Honeysuckle
Marah	fabaceus	fabaceus		Wild Cucumber
Montia	perifoliata			Miner's Lettuce
Pellaea	andromedaefolia			Coffee Fern
Ribes	speciosum			Fuchsia-Flowering Gooseberry
Ribes	viburnifolium			Evergreen Currant
Salvia	spathacea		Las Pilitas	Las Pilitas Hummingbird Sage
Salvia	spathacea		Topanga	Los Angeles Hummingbird Sage

Easy garden design: Dry Clay

Are you planting these in sun or shade?

1. Sun: Out in the open or it may have a little shade part of the day

Native Plant Suggestions

2. Shade: Coastal sun or Under oaks or other large trees, or on the north side of a building.

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