Plant Signs

Pacific Foxtail

Alopecurus saccatus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Red, Brown

Wildlife supported:

Singlewhorl Burrobrush

Ambrosia monogyra

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 13 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

San Diego Ambrosia

Ambrosia pumila

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall , 3 ft wide

Form: Spreading

Growth rate: Fast, Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow, Green

Flowering season: Summer, Spring, Fall

Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Pale Serviceberry

Amelanchier pallida

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Service Berry

Amelanchier utahensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 10 - 16 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

California False Indigo

Amorpha californica

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 10 ft tall , 6 ft wide

Flower Color: Purple

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

California False Indigo

Amorpha californica var. californica

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Plant type: Shrub

Flower Color: Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Western False Indigo

Amorpha fruticosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 - 15 ft tall

Form: Rounded, Fountain, Spreading

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Purple, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Winter

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Slow

Common Fiddleneck

Amsinckia intermedia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 8 - 47 in tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Orange

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Pearly Everlasting

Anaphalis margaritacea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 - 4 ft tall , 4 ft wide

Form: Upright, Mounding

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow, White

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Summer Deciduous, Summer Semi-deciduous, Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Woolly Fishhooks

Ancistrocarphus filagineus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Bushy Bluestem

Andropogon glomeratus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 5 - 7 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White, Cream

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Southwestern Bushy Bluestem

Andropogon glomeratus var. scabriglumis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

California Rockjasmine

Androsace elongata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Wildlife supported:

Woolly Angelica

Angelica tomentosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 - 7 ft tall

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Coulter Snapdragon

Antirrhinum coulterianum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 5 - 59 in tall

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water

Very Low

Kelloggs' Snapdragon

Antirrhinum kelloggii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 - 36 in tall

Flower Color: Purple, Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Nuttall's Snapdragon

Antirrhinum nuttallianum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall , 1 - 3 ft wide

Flower Color: Purple, White

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Nuttall's Snapdragon

Antirrhinum nuttallianum ssp. nuttallianum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Flower Color: Purple, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Nuttall's Snapdragon

Antirrhinum nuttallianum ssp. subsessile

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Flower Color: Purple

Wildlife supported:

Withered Snapdragon

Antirrhinum thompsonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall

Flower Color: Purple, Pink, Red

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Antirrhinum vexillocalyculatum ssp. breweri

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Chaparral Broomrape

Aphyllon tuberosum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: White, Purple, Black

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Mock Parsley

Apiastrum angustifolium

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 ft tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Indianhemp Dogbane

Apocynum cannabinum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 - 7 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Cream, White, Brown

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Van Houtte's Columbine

Aquilegia eximia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 60 in tall

Flower Color: Orange, Red

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Western Columbine

Aquilegia formosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 1 ft wide

Form: Upright, Fountain

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Red, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous, Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium

Yellow Scarlet Columbine

Aquilegia formosa 'Yellow'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 4 ft tall , 1 - 2 ft wide

Form: Clumping

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Oregon Rockcress

Arabis oregana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Elk's Clover

Aralia californica

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 7 - 10 ft tall , 10 ft wide

Flower Color: White, Green

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water

High, Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium

Howard McMinn Manzanita

Arctostaphylos 'Howard McMinn'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 5 - 7 ft tall , 8 - 10 ft wide

Form: Rounded

Growth rate: slow

Flower Color: White, Pink

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Heartleaf Manzanita

Arctostaphylos andersonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 7 - 16 ft tall

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low

Mount Diablo Manzanita

Arctostaphylos auriculata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 15 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink, White

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Diablo Blush Mount Diablo Manzanita

Arctostaphylos auriculata 'Diablo Blush'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 5 ft tall , 3 - 5 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: slow

Flower Color: Pink

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Knobcone Point Mount Diablo Manzanita

Arctostaphylos auriculata 'Knobcone Point'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 - 4 ft tall , 4 - 8 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: slow

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Baker's Manzanita

Arctostaphylos bakeri

Calscape.org

Public Domain

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 10 ft tall , 10 ft wide

Form: Rounded

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Pink

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low

Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established

Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Louis Edmunds Baker's Manzanita

Arctostaphylos bakeri 'Louis Edmunds'

Calscape.org

Arctostaphylos bakeri 'Louis Edmunds'

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 - 8 ft tall , 4 - 6 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: slow

Flower Color: Pink

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

November Blush Baker's Manzanita

Arctostaphylos bakeri 'November Blush'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 - 8 ft tall , 6 - 8 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: slow

Flower Color: Pink

Flowering season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Hoary Manzanita

Arctostaphylos canescens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 4 - 7 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink, White

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Hoary Manzanita

Arctostaphylos canescens ssp. canescens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 7 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink, White

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Sonoma Canescent Manzanita

Arctostaphylos canescens ssp. sonomensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Flower Color: Pink, White

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low, Very Low

Santa Catalina Island Manzanita

Arctostaphylos catalinae

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 7 - 16 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink, White

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Woolly Leaf Manzanita

Arctostaphylos crustacea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 8 ft tall , 10 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Flower Color: Pink, White, Red

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low, Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Brittle Leaf Manzanita

Arctostaphylos crustacea ssp. crustacea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 5 ft tall , 8 ft wide

Flower Color: Pink, White, Red

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low, Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Santa Cruz Island Manzanita

Arctostaphylos crustacea ssp. subcordata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 8 ft tall

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Arroyo de la Cruz Manzanita

Arctostaphylos cruzensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 8 - 40 in tall , 5 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Pink, White, Green, Red

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Very Low, Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Vine Hill Manzanita

Arctostaphylos densiflora

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 ft tall , 6 ft wide

Form: Mounding, Spreading

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Pink, White

Flowering season: Spring, Winter

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Harmony Manzanita

Arctostaphylos densiflora 'Harmony'

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Arctostaphylos densiflora 'Harmony'

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 6 - 8 ft wide

Form: Rounded

Growth rate: slow

Flower Color: Pink

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

James West Vine Hill Manzanita

Arctostaphylos densiflora 'James West'

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Arctostaphylos densiflora 'James West'

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 ft tall , 6 - 10 ft wide

Form: Prostrate

Growth rate: slow

Flower Color: White, Pink

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Sentinel Vine Hill Manzanita

Arctostaphylos densiflora 'Sentinel'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 8 ft tall , 6 - 8 ft wide

Form: Rounded

Growth rate: fast

Flower Color: Pink

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Little Sur Manzanita

Arctostaphylos edmundsii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 48 in tall , 3 - 12 ft wide

Form: Spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Pink, White, Red

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Bart's Beauty Little Sur Manzanita

Arctostaphylos edmundsii 'Bart's Beauty'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 2 - 5 ft wide

Form: Prostrate, Mounding

Growth rate: slow

Flower Color: White, Pink

Flowering season: Fall, Winter

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Bert Johnson Little Sur Manzanita

Arctostaphylos edmundsii 'Bert Johnson'

Calscape.org

Cultivar in residential garden

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 4 - 6 ft wide

Form: Prostrate, Mounding

Growth rate: slow

Flower Color: White, Pink

Flowering season: Fall, Winter

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Big Sur Manzanita

Arctostaphylos edmundsii 'Big Sur'

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Arctostaphylos edmunsii 'Big Sur'

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 3 - 4 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: slow

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Fall, Winter

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Carmel Sur Little Sur Manzanita

Arctostaphylos edmundsii 'Carmel Sur'

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Arctostaphylos edmundsii 'Carmel Sur'

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 4 - 6 ft wide

Form: Prostrate

Growth rate: slow

Flower Color: Pink

Flowering season: Fall, Winter

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Danville Little Sur Manzanita

Arctostaphylos edmundsii 'Danville'

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Arctostaphylos edmundsii 'Danville'

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 3 - 6 ft wide

Form: Prostrate

Growth rate: slow

Flower Color: Pink

Flowering season: Fall, Winter

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Greensphere Little Sur Manzanita

Arctostaphylos edmundsii 'Greensphere'

Calscape.org

Arctostaphylos edmundsii 'Greensphere'

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 4 ft tall , 3 - 4 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: slow

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Fall, Winter

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Little Sur Manzanita

Arctostaphylos edmundsii 'Little Sur'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 3 - 5 ft wide

Form: Prostrate, Mounding

Growth rate: slow

Flower Color: White, Pink

Flowering season: Fall, Winter

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Rosy Dawn Little Sur Manzanita

Arctostaphylos edmundsii 'Rosy Dawn'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 6 - 8 ft wide

Form: Prostrate

Growth rate: slow

Flower Color: Pink

Flowering season: Fall, Winter

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Sandsprite Little Sur Manzanita

Arctostaphylos edmundsii 'Sandsprite'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 3 - 4 ft wide

Form: Prostrate

Growth rate: slow

Flower Color: Pink

Flowering season: Fall, Winter

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast