Fallugia paradoxa http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=3570
Some California natives
Lonicera involucrata http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=5010
Ribes sanguineum var. glutinosum http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=7142
Spiraea douglasii http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=7739
Stylomecon heterophylla http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=7872
angele
Mar 09, 2008
Just got back from errands and I can't wait to look at each & every one of these beauties!
Before I left I was able to check out Erysimum concinnum, wish it was also native here because I love it!
I think they are all lovely, I will have to look closely and see if some of them are also native to Texas.
Josephine.
Ecrane, of all the pictures you put up only one is native to Texas
Fallugia pardoxa. Apache plume.
Sorry I forgot the first one is too, California Poppy.
This message was edited Mar 10, 2008 10:36 PM
Beautiful photos, Liz. I will add some of mine when I have time. Talk about pushing regions, we have nine lyonothamnus floribundus http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/64252/ growing now and trust me, we don't live on Catalina! I'm not a purist, either - just try not to grow things that will be invasive or threaten natives.
Kathleen
I'm pretty sure there are other CA natives that are also native to TX...guess it's just not many of the ones I grow! Although I do have some other ones that haven't bloomed for me yet so I don't have pictures of them. I wonder if our native Lupines are the same species as yours? I checked in Calflora and they have 133 results for native species (and subspecies) of lupines, so I bet you one of those at least is shared with TX!
I'm looking forward to seeing some of your plants Kathleen--I'm sure you've got a lot of nice things that I don't have (if I lived as close to Las Pilitas as you do I'd probably have a lot more natives in my garden!)
Liz, when my brother and sister-in-law visited from England, I was pointing out the lupines on our hydro-seeded slope and she says, "Oh, those are weeds at home, we pull them all out." lol
If it makes you feel better, there's a nasty little weed in my yard that I'm always pulling out, I posted it on the ID forum last year and Resin knew it and said that it was a rare native species somewhere over in the UK or Europe. One man's weed...
We don't have a LOT blooming yet, but here are a few - I'll add more as they pop.
This is some of our salvia - we started with Bee's Bliss in this spot, but had to replace one plant with Gracias, so it's a bit mixed up now and I'm not expert enough to tell them apart! Pretty sure I overwatered it. Smells wonderful.
http://www.laspilitas.com/plants/841.htm
http://www.laspilitas.com/plants/798.htm
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus Snow Flurry
http://www.laspilitas.com/plants/176.htm
It's taken three years to get this kind of show.
A new one I just planted yesterday. It gets light blue flowers.
Ceanothus griseus var. horizontalis 'Diamond Heights'
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/102645/
Our favorite monkey flower. We have this growing around the pond and it spreads everywhere (not a bad thing!) and blooms most of the year.
Mimulus guttatus
http://www.laspilitas.com/plants/1000.htm
Another bright yellow that makes the garden look cheery.
Camissonia bistorta 'Sunflakes'
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/57177/
Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila phacelioides
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/156344/
