Mediterranean Garden
This sunny garden is vibrant with color, particularly yellow, orange, blue and purple. You can expect to attract butterflies. Some of the plant material is soft, grey or fuzzy. We recommend that you provide a bird bath and a bench for watching wildlife!
Don’t forget add-ons such as a flagstone path or boulders.
Note that some of the plants are Mediterranean and not California natives, however they are adapted to our climate. Plants will be chosen from the following list:
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Botanical Name |
Common Name |
Notes |
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Tall plants (screening) |
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| Ceanothus ‘Ray Hartman’ | California Lilac | Blue flowers |
| Heteromeles arbutifolia | Toyon | Red berries, birds |
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Medium plants |
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Arctostaphylos ‘Howard |
Manzanita |
Pink flowers, winter |
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Ceanothus ‘Skylark’ |
California Lilac |
Blue flowers, sprin |
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Juncus patens |
Rush |
Architectural |
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Mahonia aquifolium |
Oregon Grape |
Yellow flowers |
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Muhlenbergia rigens |
Deer Grass |
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Phormium ‘Platt’s Black’ |
Flax |
non-native |
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Rhamnus californica ‘Eve |
Coffeeberry |
Attracts birds |
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Low plants |
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Armeria maritima |
Sea Thrift |
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Baccharis pilularis ‘Twin |
Coyote Bush (low) |
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| Carex divulsa | Berkeley Sedge | green mophead |
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Ceanothus ‘Yankee Point’ |
California Lilac |
Blue flowers, spring |
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Epilobium ‘Select Mattole’ |
California Fuchsia |
Red flowers, fall |
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Eriogonum umbellatum ‘Shasta |
Sulfur Buckwheat |
Yellow flowers, summer |
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Festuca idahoensis |
Fescue |
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Leymus ‘Canyon Prince’ |
Wildrye |
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Rosmarinus ‘Huntington’ or |
Groundcover Rosmary |
non-native |
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Salvia sonomensis or ‘Bees |
Groundcover Sage |
Blue flowers |
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Suggested Trees (optional add-ons) |
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Lyonothmnus var asplenifolius |
Santa Cruz Island Ironwood |
Pyramidal tree |
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Laurus nobilis ‘Saratoga’ |
Sweet Bay |
non-native |
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Cercis ‘Forest Pansy’ |
Purple Leaf Redbud |
non-native |
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Alternates designer may consider |
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Cistus salvifolius prostratus |
Rockrose |
non-native |
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Convolvulus mauritanicus |
Morning Glory |
non-native |
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Arctostaphylos ‘Dr Hurd’ |
Manzanita |
Red bark |
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Cercis occidentalis |
Western Redbud |
Pink flowers |
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Succulents |
various |
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Don’t forget add-ons like flagstone stepping stones or boulders!
This newly planted yard looks larger with new landscaping
Before: thirsty lawn and labor intensive hedges