I have always enjoyed trying websites that can help you plan a garden or advise of landscaping.

This web site allowed me to search my area and choices for what I wanted in a garden. This month I wanted to share the list with you. Here is the web site so you can try it yourself. The site is a tremendous help and very detailed in not only care, but pest management.

https://gardenplanner.calscape.org

My choices:

Atascadero, CA

California native

Full sun

Pollinator habitat

These are the plants it recommended for my area.

Listings for Perennial Herb

California Fuchsia Epilobium canum

Light Full Sun Plant Type Perennial herb Size 0.25 – 1.5 ft tall 2-3 ft wide Form Spreading Growth Rate Fast Dormancy Winter Semi-Deciduous Fragrance None Flower Color Red Flowering Season Summer, Fall

California Aster Corethrogyne filaginifolia

Light Full Sun Plant Type Perennial herb Size 0.7 – 3.3 ft tall 1 – 6 ft wide Form Mounding, Spreading Growth Rate Fast Dormancy Evergreen Fragrance None Flower Color Pink, Purple, White Flowering Season Summer, Fall, Winter

Foothill Penstemon Penstemon heterophyllus

Light Full Sun, Part Shade Plant Type Perennial herb Size 3.3 – 5 ft tall 5 ft wide Form Fountain Growth Rate Fast Dormancy Evergreen Flower Color Blue, Lavender, Purple Flowering Season Winter, Spring, Summer

California Goldenrod Solidago velutina ssp. californica

Light Full Sun, Part Shade, Full Shade Plant Type Perennial herb Size 1.5 – 5 ft tall Form Spreading Growth Rate Fast Dormancy Evergreen Flower Color Yellow Flowering Season Summer, Fall

SHRUBS

Lemonade Berry Rhus integrifolia

Light Part Shade, Full Sun Plant Type Shrub Size 3 – 30 ft tall 3 – 20 ft wide Form Mounding, Rounded Growth Rate Fast, Moderate Dormancy Evergreen Fragrance None Flower Color Pink, White Flowering Season Winter, Spring

Woolly Bluecurls Trichostema lanatu

Light Part Shade, Full Sun Plant Type Shrub Size 5 ft tall 10 ft wide Form Fountain Growth Rate Fast Dormancy Evergreen Fragrance Fragrant – Pleasant Flower Color Blue, Lavender, Pink Flowering Season Fall, Winter, Spring

Silver Lupine Lupinus albifron

Light Full Sun Plant Type Shrub Size 3.2 – 5 ft tall 2 – 3 ft wide Form Mounding, Spreading Growth Rate Fast Dormancy Evergreen Fragrance Fragrant – Pleasant Flower Color Blue, Lavender, Purple Flowering Season Winter, Spring, Summer

Mountain Mahogany Cercocarpus betuloides

Light Part Shade, Full Sun Plant Type Shrub Size 8 – 20 ft tall 10 – 12 ft wide Form Rounded, Upright Columnar Growth Rate Fast, Moderate Dormancy Evergreen Flower Color Cream, White Flowering Season Winter, Spring

Eastwood Manzanita Arctostaphylos glandulos

Light Full Sun, Part Shade Plant Type Shrub Size 3 – 12 ft tall 8 ft wide Form Rounded Growth Rate Moderate Dormancy Evergreen Fragrance None Flower Color Pink, White Flowering Season Winter, Spring

Black Sage Salvia mellifera

Light Full Sun Plant Type Shrub Size 3 – 6 ft tall 10 ft wide Form Mounding Growth Rate Moderate Dormancy Evergreen, Summer

Semi-Deciduous, Summer Deciduous, Fragrance Fragrant – Pleasant Flower Color Blue, Lavender, White Flowering Season Winter, Spring, Summer

California Buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum

Light Full Sun Plant Type Shrub Size 1 – 6.6 ft tall 3 ft wide Form Rounded, Mounding, Spreading Growth Rate Fast, Slow Dormancy Evergreen Flower Color Yellow, Cream, Pink, White Flowering Season Summer, Spring, Fall

Hollyleaf Redberry Rhamnus ilicifolia

Light Full Sun, Part Shade Plant Type Shrub Size 1 – 9 ft tall 3 – 9 ft wide Form Mounding Growth Rate Slow Dormancy Evergreen Flower Color Yellow, Cream Flowering Season Winter, Spring

Climbing Penstemon Keckiella cordifolia

Light Part Shade, Full Sun Plant Type Shrub Sizen3 – 6.6 ft talln3 – 6 ft wide Form Rounded, Spreading Growth Rate Fast Dormancy Summer Deciduous, Fragrance Slight Flower Color Red Flowering Season Spring, Summer

Bush Monkey Flower Diplacus aurantiacus

Light Part Shade, Full Sun Plant Type Shrub Size 3.9 – 5 ft tall 5 ft wide Form Mounding, Spreading Growth Rate Moderate Dormancy Evergreen Fragrance None Flower Color Orange, Yellow Flowering Season Winter, Spring, Summer

White Flowering Currant Ribes indecorum

Light Part Shade, Full Sun Plant Type Shrub Size 5 – 10 ft tall 1 – 2 ft wide Form Upright Columnar Growth Rate Moderate Dormancy Summer Deciduous, Fragrance Fragrant – Pleasant Flower Color White, Pink Flowering Season Winter

Buck Brush Ceanothus cuneatus

Light Full Sun Plant Type Shrub Size 5 – 12 ft tall 5 – 12 ft wide Form Upright, Rounded, Spreading Growth Rate Fast, Moderate Dormancy Evergreen Fragrance Fragrant – Pleasant Flower Color White Flowering Season Summer, Winter, Spring

Mulefat Baccharis salicifolia

Light Full Sun Plant Type Shrub Size 6 – 12 ft tall 3 – 9 ft wide Form Upright, Rounded, Upright Columnar Growth Rate Fast Dormancy Evergreen, Summer Semi-Deciduous Fragrance Slight Flower Color Pink, White, Yellow Flowering Season Spring, Winter, Summer, Fall

Sea Cliff Buckwheat Eriogonum parvifolium

Light Part Shade, Full Sun Plant Type Shrub Size 1 – 3.3 ft tall 2 – 3 ft wide Form Mounding, Spreading Growth Rate Moderate Dormancy Evergreen Fragrance Slight Flower Color Pink, Red, White, Yellow, Green Flowering Season Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

Coast Barberry Berberis pinnata

Light Full Shade, Full Sun, Part Shade Plant Type Shrub Size 3 – 7 ft tall 5 ft wide Form Upright Columnar Growth Rate Slow Dormancy Evergreen Flower Color Yellow Flowering Season Winter, Spring

California Sagebrush Artemisia californica

Light Full Sun Plant Type Shrub Size 1 – 8 ft tall 4 ft wide Form Mounding, Rounded, Spreading Growth Rate Fast Dormancy Summer Deciduous Fragrance Fragrant – Pleasant Flower Color Cream, White, Yellow Flowering Season Spring, Summer, Fall

Dwarf Rose Rosa gymnocarpa

Light Full Sun, Part Shade, Full Shade Plant Type Shrub Size 3 – 6.6 ft tall 6 – 9 ft wide Form Upright, Mounding, Weeping Growth Rate Fast, Moderate Dormancy Evergreen Fragrance Fragrant – Pleasant Flower Color Purple, Lavender, Pink, Red Flowering Season Spring

Interior California Buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium

Light Full Sun Plant Type Shrub Size 2 – 3 ft tall 3 – 4 ft wide Form Rounded Growth Rate Moderate, Slow Dormancy Evergreen, Summer Semi-Deciduous Fragrance None Flower Color Cream, Pink, White Flowering Season Summer

California Wildrose Rosa californica

Light Full Sun, Part Shade, Full Shade Plant Type Shrub Size 8 – 10 ft tall 10 ft wide Form Rounded, Mounding, Spreading Growth Rate Moderate, Fast Dormancy Winter Deciduous Fragrance Fragrant – Pleasant Flower ColornRed, Pink, White Flowering Season Summer, Spring

Chamise Adenostoma fasciculatum

Light Full Sun Plant Type Shrub Size 3 – 13.1 ft tall 1 – 8 ft wide Form Upright, Rounded Growth Rate Slow Dormancy Evergreen Fragrance Slight Flower ColorWhite Flowering Season Spring, Summer

Spiny Redberry Rhamnus crocea

Light Full Sun, Part Shade Plant Type Shrub Size 3.3 – 7 ft tall 7 ft wide Form Upright Growth Rate Moderate, Slow Dormancy Evergreen Flower Color White, Yellow, Cream Flowering Season Spring, Winter

Hairy Ceanothus Ceanothus oliganthus

Light Full Sun Plant Type Shrub Size 10 ft tall 12 ft wide Form Mounding Growth Rate Moderate Dormancy Evergreen Fragrance Fragrant – Pleasant Flower Color Blue, Purple Flowering Season Winter, Spring

Chaparral Whitethorn Ceanothus leucodermis

Light Part Shade, Full Sun Plant Type Shrub Size 6 – 13.1 ft tall 3 – 7 ft wide Form Rounded, Upright Columnar Growth Rate Fast Dormancy Evergreen, Summer Semi-Deciduous Fragrance Slight Flower Color Blue, Lavender, Purple, White Flowering Season Winter, Spring

ANNUAL HERB

California Poppy Eschscholzia californica

Light Full Sun Plant Type Annual herb, Perennial herb Size 0.16 – 2 ft tall 1 – 2 ft wide Form Upright, Mounding, Rounded Growth Rate Fast, Moderate Dormancy Summer Deciduous Fragrance Slight Flower Color Orange, Yellow Flowering Season Spring, Winter, Summer, Fall

Succulent Lupine Lupinus succulentus

Light Full Sun, Part Shade Plant Type Annual Herb Size2 – 4 ft tall 3 ft wide Form Upright Columnar Growth Rate Fast Fragrance Slight Flower Color Blue, Lavender, White Flowering Season Winter, Spring

Golden Yarrow Eriophyllum confertiflorum

Light Full Sun Plant Type Annual herb, Perennial herb, Shrub Size 1.6 – 2.3 ft tall 1.5 ft wide Form Upright Columnar Growth Rate Moderate Dormancy Summer Semi-Deciduous Flower Color Yellow Flowering Season Winter, Spring, Summer

Go to the web site and check out your dream garden based on your choices. Even if you do not do the garden. the Data and information on the web site itself is amazing. Good Luck!

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