Plant Signs

Bolander's Mock Dandelion

Phalacroseris bolanderi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Timothy Canary Grass

Phalaris angusta

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

Reed Canarygrass

Phalaris arundinacea

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 5 - 8 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Yellow, Pink

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

California Canarygrass

Phalaris californica

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Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Lemmon's Canary Grass

Phalaris lemmonii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 2 - 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Brown

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Moderate

Slimjim Bean

Phaseolus filiformis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Mock Orange

Philadelphus lewisii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 5 - 12 ft tall , 6 ft wide

Form: Upright, Rounded

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow, White

Flowering season: Summer, Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 3x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium

Cheyenne Mock Orange

Philadelphus lewisii 'Cheyenne'

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 - 9 ft tall , 5 - 8 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Covelo Mock Orange

Philadelphus lewisii 'Covelo'

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Plant type: Shrub

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

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Goose Creek Mock Orange

Philadelphus lewisii 'Goose Creek'

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Plant type: Shrub

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

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Marjorie Schmidt Mock Orange

Philadelphus lewisii 'Marjorie Schmidt'

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Plant type: Shrub

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

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Desert Syringa

Philadelphus microphyllus

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 7 - 15 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White, Cream, Green

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Slow, Medium

Desert Snow Littleleaf Mock Orange

Philadelphus microphyllus 'Desert Snow'

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Plant type: Shrub

Size: 5 - 6 ft tall , 5 - 6 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Alpine Timothy

Phleum alpinum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 8 - 24 in tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Northern Phlox

Phlox adsurgens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 4 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Mountain Phlox

Phlox austromontana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Pink, White, Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Tufted Phlox

Phlox caespitosa

Calscape.org

2009 Barry Breckling

Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Dwarf Phlox

Phlox condensata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 in tall

Flower Color: Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Spreading Phlox

Phlox diffusa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 in tall

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Purple, White

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

High Sierra Phlox

Phlox dispersa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Big Bear Valley Phlox

Phlox dolichantha

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 12 in tall

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Douglas Phlox

Phlox douglasii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Yreka Phlox

Phlox hirsuta

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 6 in tall

Flower Color: Pink

Flowering season: Spring

Wildlife supported:

Spiny Phlox

Phlox hoodii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 in tall

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Spiny Phlox

Phlox hoodii ssp. canescens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Longleaf Phlox

Phlox longifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Purple, Pink

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Longleaf Phlox

Phlox longifolia ssp. brevifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Moss Phlox

Phlox muscoides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Pulvinate Phlox

Phlox pulvinata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

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Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Showy Phlox

Phlox speciosa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Cold-desert Phlox

Phlox stansburyi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Pink, White

Wildlife supported:

Phlox stansburyi ssp. stansburyi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Pink

Wildlife supported:

Phlox stansburyi ssp. superba

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Pink, Orange

Wildlife supported:

Phlox stansburyi var. brevifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Wallflower Phoenicaulis

Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Pink, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Desert Christmas Tree

Pholisma arenarium

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 8 - 12 in tall

Flower Color: White, Lavender

Wildlife supported:

Sand Food

Pholisma sonorae

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 2 - 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink, White, Purple

Wildlife supported:

Blue Fiestaflower

Pholistoma auritum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 8 - 47 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Arizona Pholistoma

Pholistoma auritum var. arizonicum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 8 - 47 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Fiesta Flower

Pholistoma auritum var. auritum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 8 - 47 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade, Full Sun, Partial Shade

White Fiesta Flower

Pholistoma membranaceum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 2 - 36 in tall

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Racemose Fiesta Flower

Pholistoma racemosum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 8 - 24 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Dense Mistletoe

Phoradendron bolleanum

Calscape.org

2012 Keir Morse

Plant type: Shrub

Wildlife supported:

Desert Mistletoe

Phoradendron californicum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Wildlife supported:

Juniper Mistletoe

Phoradendron juniperinum

Calscape.org

2007 Steve Matson

Plant type: Shrub

Wildlife supported:

American Mistletoe

Phoradendron leucarpum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Wildlife supported:

Colorado Desert Mistletoe

Phoradendron leucarpum ssp. macrophyllum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Wildlife supported:

Pacific Mistletoe

Phoradendron leucarpum ssp. tomentosum

Calscape.org

2009 Keir Morse

Plant type: Shrub

Wildlife supported:

Common Reed

Phragmites australis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Grass

Size: 7 - 20 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Standing

Lanceleaf Fogfruit

Phyla lanceolata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 in tall

Wildlife supported:

Common Lippia

Phyla nodiflora

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Size: 1 - 6 in tall

Form: Spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: White

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Purple Mountain Heath

Phyllodoce breweri

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 ft tall

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Yellow, Purple, Pink

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Pink Mountainheath

Phyllodoce empetriformis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Flower Color: Pink, Purple

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Scouler's Surfgrass

Phyllospadix scouleri

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Torrey's Surfgrass

Phyllospadix torreyi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported:

Wright's Ground-cherry

Physalis acutifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb

Size: 3 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Thick-leaf Ground-cherry

Physalis crassifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb,Perennial herb

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Ivyleaf Groundcherry

Physalis hederifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Cream, Yellow, Brown

Flowering season: Spring, Summer

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Chambers' Twinpod

Physaria chambersii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Flower Color: Yellow

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Physaria cordiformis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb

Wildlife supported: