Plant Signs

Everett's Choice California Fuchsia

Epilobium canum 'Everett's Choice'

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 2 - 3 ft wide

Form: Prostrate

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Red

Flowering season: Summer, Fall, Winter

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low, Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Marin Pink California Fuchsia

Epilobium canum 'Marin Pink'

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Marin Pink California Fuchsia at the San Carlos Native Plant Habitat Garden

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 3 - 4 ft wide

Form: spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Pink

Flowering season: Summer, Fall, Winter

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low, Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Sierra Salmon California Fuchsia

Epilobium canum 'Sierra Salmon'

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Close-up of Sierra Salmon showing color for fresh flowers. Blooms fad to pale peach color.

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall , 2 - 3 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Pink

Flowering season: Summer, Fall, Winter

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Hummingbird Trumpet

Epilobium canum ssp. angustifolium

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Fringed Willowherb

Epilobium ciliatum ssp. watsonii

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Pink, White, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Booth's Evening Primrose

Eremothera boothii

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Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Yellow, White, Red

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Shrubby Eriastrum

Eriastrum densifolium

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Purple, Lavender

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Lavender Woollystar

Eriastrum filifolium

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 16 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Mock Heather

Ericameria ericoides

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Plant type: Shrub

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

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Palmer's Goldenbush

Ericameria palmeri

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 13 ft tall , 3 - 10 ft wide

Form: Rounded

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Blochman's Erigeron

Erigeron blochmaniae

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: White, Yellow, Lavender, Blue

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Leafy Fleabane

Erigeron foliosus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 40 in tall

Flower Color: White, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Franciscan Erigeron

Erigeron foliosus var. franciscensis

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Lavender, Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Seaside Daisy

Erigeron glaucus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 12 in tall , 1 - 2 ft wide

Form: Mounding, Spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Lavender, Yellow

Flowering season: Winter, Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Compact Beach Aster

Erigeron glaucus 'Arthur Menzies'

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 2 - 3 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Lavender, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Bountiful Seaside Daisy

Erigeron glaucus 'Bountiful'

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Erigeron glaucus 'Bountiful'

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 2 - 3 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Lavender, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Beach Aster Cape Sebastian

Erigeron glaucus 'Cape Sebastian'

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 2 - 3 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Lavender, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Compacta Seaside Daisy

Erigeron glaucus 'Compacta'

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 2 - 3 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Lavender, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

David's Choice Seaside Daisy

Erigeron glaucus 'David's Choice'

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 1 - 2 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Lavender, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Elstead Pink Seaside Daisy

Erigeron glaucus 'Elstead Pink'

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 1 - 2 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Pink, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Olga Seaside Daisy

Erigeron glaucus 'Olga'

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Plant type: Perennial herb

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

Form: Clumping

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Lavender, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Ron's Pink Seaside Daisy

Erigeron glaucus 'Ron's Pink'

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 1 - 2 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Pink, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Sea Breeze Seaside Daisy

Erigeron glaucus 'Sea Breeze'

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 1 - 2 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Lavender, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Beach Aster Wayne Roderick

Erigeron glaucus 'Wayne Roderick'

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Wayne Roderick Seaside Daisy

Plant type: Perennial herb

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Lavender, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

California Rayless Daisy

Erigeron inornatus

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Santa Cruz Island Buckwheat

Eriogonum arborescens

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 - 7 ft tall , 2 - 9 ft wide

Form: Mounding, Spreading

Growth rate: Moderate, Slow

Flower Color: Brown, Pink, White

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Ashyleaf Buckwheat

Eriogonum cinereum

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 - 4 ft tall , 3 - 5 ft wide

Form: Rounded

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Brown, Yellow

Flowering season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Conejo Buckwheat

Eriogonum crocatum

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 7 - 36 in tall , 2 - 3 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow, Green

Flowering season: Summer, Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Summer irrigation

Max 3x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Longstem Buckwheat

Eriogonum elongatum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Long Stemmed Buckwheat

Eriogonum elongatum var. elongatum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 6 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

California Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum

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Plant type: Shrub,Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 7 ft tall , 3 ft wide

Form: Rounded, Mounding, Spreading

Growth rate: Fast, Slow

Flower Color: Yellow, Cream, Pink, White

Flowering season: Summer, Spring, Fall

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established, Never irrigate once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Bruce Dickinson California Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum 'Bruce Dickinson'

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 8 - 15 ft wide

Form: Prostrate

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Dana Point Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum 'Dana Point'

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 4 ft tall , 6 - 10 ft wide

Form: Rounded

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Summer, Spring, Fall

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Theodore Payne California Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum 'Theodore Payne'

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 5 - 10 ft wide

Form: Prostrate

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Warriner Lytle Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum 'Warriner Lytle'

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Warriner Lytle Buckwheat

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 4 - 8 ft wide

Form: Prostrate

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Cream, White

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Wild Cascade California Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum 'Wild Cascade'

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 6 - 10 ft wide

Form: Prostrate

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Leafy California Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum

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Plant type: Shrub

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

Form: Mounding, Rounded, Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White, Red

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen, Summer Deciduous, Summer Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Interior California Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium

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Plant type: Shrub

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

Form: Rounded

Growth rate: Moderate, Slow

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen, Summer Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Margarita Fog Low Growing Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium 'Margarita Fog'

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Plant type: Shrub

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

St. Catherine's Lace

Eriogonum giganteum

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 - 5 ft tall , 4 - 10 ft wide

Form: Mounding, Rounded

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Evergreen, Winter Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Slender Woolly Buckwheat

Eriogonum gracile

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 4 - 8 in wide

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White, Yellow, Brown

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Winter Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Slender Woolly Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum gracile var. gracile

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 - 28 in tall

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low, Very Low

Palomar Mountain Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum gracile var. incultum

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 - 28 in tall

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low, Very Low

Rose-and-white Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum gracillimum

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 19 in tall

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low, Very Low

Redflower Buckwheat

Eriogonum grande

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 10 - 18 in tall , 3 ft wide

Form: Spreading

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, Red, White

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Island Buckwheat

Eriogonum grande var. grande

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 7 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Red-flowered Buckwheat

Eriogonum grande var. rubescens

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 18 in tall , 3 ft wide

Form: Spreading

Growth rate: Fast, Moderate

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White, Red

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Slow

Rosy Cushion Red-flowered Buckwheat

Eriogonum grande var. rubescens 'Rosy Cushion'

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 1 - 2 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Pink

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Coast Buckwheat

Eriogonum latifolium

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 ft tall , 2 - 3 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White

Flowering season: Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established, Never irrigate once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Nude Buckwheat

Eriogonum nudum

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 4 - 7 in wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow, Pink, White

Flowering season: Summer, Spring

Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Very Low, Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Sea Cliff Buckwheat

Eriogonum parvifolium

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 - 3 ft tall , 2 - 3 ft wide

Form: Mounding, Spreading

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Red, Yellow, Green, Pink, White

Flowering season: Summer, Spring, Fall, Winter

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low, Low, Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Los Osos Hills Coast Buckwheat

Eriogonum parvifolium 'Los Osos Hills'

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 ft tall , 1 - 2 ft wide

Form: Rounded

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Pink, White

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Moss Landing Buckwheat

Eriogonum parvifolium 'Moss Landing'

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 ft tall , 1 - 2 ft wide

Form: Rounded

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Pink, White

Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Thurber's Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum thurberi

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Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 16 in tall

Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low, Very Low

Jepson's Woolly Sunflower

Eriophyllum jepsonii

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Plant type: Shrub,Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Many-stem Woolly Sunflower

Eriophyllum multicaule

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Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Seaside Woolly Sunflower

Eriophyllum staechadifolium

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Plant type: Shrub,Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 5 ft tall , 4 - 5 ft wide

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established, Max 2x / month once established, Never irrigate once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Compacta Seaside Woolly Sunflower

Eriophyllum staechadifolium 'Compacta'

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Plant type: Perennial herb

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

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Coastal Button-celery

Eryngium armatum

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Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Sanddune Wallflower

Erysimum capitatum

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Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Flower Color: Yellow, White, Purple, Red

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium