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It started out as ten, but there are so many fun ones that need little care as long as you take care to put them in shade or sun and water them the first summer they are easy in Los Angeles, Pasadena or inner Santa Monica. (for more search the website for your city or look here or here .
A young Ramona form of Arctostaphylos glauca, Big Berry Manzanita. - grid24_12
California Sage brush, Artemesia californica - grid24_12
Asclepias fascicularis, Narrow-leaf milkweed with a Painted Lady. The narrow leaf milkweed used to be all over the Los Angeles basin, Malibu, Pasadena and Thousand Oaks down to San Diego. - grid24_12
Brickellia californica growing out of rocks along hwy 38 at about Angel Oaks. Brickellia used to be in most of the mountains around Los Angeles. If you planted a few 100,000 of these native plants back, Los Angeles might smell good again. - grid24_12
Cercocarpus betuloides in the wild. This Mountain Mahogany is about 30 years old. In most areas of California Mountain Mahogany makes a 5-6 ft. drought tolerant hedge. Useful in places like Los Angeles where green seems to be missing. - grid24_12
Clematis lasthania climbing on Ceanothus. In the coastal valleys of Santa Barbara and Los Angeles this vine can cover a hundred ft. of fences. - grid24_12
Eriophyllum confertiflorum, Golden yarrow or Yellow yarrow, is native all over Southern California and was an important nectar source for many native butterflies. - grid24_12
Garrya veatchii, Silk Tassel Bush used to live in the canyons and rocky north slope outcroppings around Los Angeles. - 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 fasciculatus, Bush mallow flowers are loved by the native bees and ranges from Malibu to the edge of the desert and through much of Southern California. - grid24_12
This monkey flower came from a roadside in Agoura, between Thousand Oaks and Los Angeles. You can put Los Angeles back into the wild. - grid24_12
Santa Susana Monkey Flower, Diplacus rutilus, has a BIG red flower and grows native in North Los Angeles, Pasadena. Los Angeles has GREAT native plants! - grid24_12
Penstemon spectablis, Showy Monkey flower with an Anna Hummingbird. Hard to beleive this used to be common in the Santa Monica Mtns, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Eagle Rock and most of Southern California. - grid24_12
Rhus ovata, Sugar Bush in the garden. What a great hedge plant. Although it is sometimes called flammable, it is less flammable than most commonly watered garden shrubs, and it needs no water in most of Southern California, in particular Los Angeles. - grid24_12
Ribes aureum gracillimum, Golden Currant with Anna Hummingbird. This native plant grows on the north slopes of Malibu, Latigo, and through the Los Angeles Basin; San Gabriel Valley. - grid24_12
Ribes aureum var. gracillimum, Golden Currant
Salvia spathacea, Topanga Hummingbird sage. Areas of Western Los Angeles used to look like this. - grid24_12
Salvia spathacea, Hummingbird Sage
Here is a picture of the few remaining native plants above Los Angeles. The rocks are protecting the natives from the weeds and the fires that come with weeds. This area should burn every 200 years or so, not every year. Weeds can burn at any time. - grid24_12
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