Perennials - UC Agriculture & Natural Resources · Wildlife Value: Bees, hummingbirds Name: Salvia leucantha (Mexican Sage) Water Use: Low . Size: 3’ x 3’ Sun: Full . CA Native:

Perennials

UC Marin Master Gardener Water-Wise Plant Selector Guide

Name: Achillea millefolium ‘Rosea’ (Yarrow)

Water Use: Low

Size: 1’ - 2’ x 2’

Sun: Full

CA Native: No

Deer Resistant: Rarely damaged

Wildlife Value: Butterflies, bees

Name: Achillea ‘Moonshine’ (Yarrow)

Water Use: Low

Size: 1.5’ - 2’ x 2’ - 2.5’

Sun: Full

CA Native: No


Wildlife Value: Bees, butterflies

Name: Agastache ‘Apricot Sunset’ (Agastache)

Water Use: Low

Size: 2.5’ x 2’

Sun: Full

CA Native: No

Deer Resistant: Seldom damaged


Name: Agastache ‘Blue Fortune’ (Anise Hyssop)

Water Use: Low

Size: 4’ x 2’

Sun: Full sun/part shade

CA Native: No


Wildlife Value: Bees, butterflies, hummingbirds

http://ucanr.org/sites/MarinMG/Reports/Plants_by_Type/?uid=1&ds=451




Perennials


Name: Antirrhinum multiflorum ‘Rose Snapdragon’

(Chaparral Snapdragon/Sierra Snapdragon)

Water Use: Low

Size: 3’ x 1.5’- 2’

Sun: Full

CA Native: Yes

Deer Resistant: Occasionally damaged

Wildlife Value: Hummingbirds

Name: Arctotis stoechadifolia (African Daisy)

Water Use: Low

Size: 1’ x 2’

Sun: Full

CA Native: No


Wildlife Value: Butterflies, Bees

Name: Artemisia ‘Powis Castle’ (Wormwood)

Water Use: Low

Size: 2’ - 3’ x 2’

Sun: Full

CA Native: No



Name: Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Milkweed)

Water Use: Low

Size: 1.5’ - 2.5’ x 1.5’

Sun: Full

CA Native: No







Perennials


Name: Clivia miniata (Kaffir Lily)

Water Use: Low

Size: 18” – 24” x 12”

Sun: Full to part shade

CA Native: No


Wildlife Value: Bees

Name: Coreopsis grandiflora ‘Early Sunrise’ (Tickseed)

Water Use: Low

Size: 10” - 12” x 12” - 24”


CA Native: No



Name: Cuphea llavea (Bat-faced Cuphea)

Water Use: Low

Size: 1.5’ - 2’ x 1’- 2’


CA Native: No


Wildlife Value: Hummingbirds, butterflies, bees

Name: Datura metel ‘Belle Blanche’ (Devil’s Trumpet)

Water Use: Moderate

Size: 1.5’ – 2’ x 2’

Sun: Full

CA Native: No


Wildlife Value: None





Perennials


Name: Echinacea purpurea (Big Sky series)

Water Use: Low to moderate

Size: 2’ - 3’ x 2’

Sun: Full

CA Native: No



Name: Eriogonum grande rubescens

(Red Buckwheat)

Water Use: Low

Size: 1’ - 2’ x 1’ - 2’

Sun: Full

CA Native: Yes

Deer Resistant: Often damaged

Wildlife Value: Butterflies, bees, birds

Name: Eschscholzia californica (California Poppy)

Water Use: Low

Size: 6”- 12” x 6”- 10”


CA Native: Yes


Wildlife Value: Butterflies, birds

Name: Gaura lindheimeri

(Wand Flower/Butterfly Gaura)

Water Use: Low

Size: 3’ - 4’ x 2’

Sun: Full

CA Native: No







Perennials


Name: Geranium sanguineum (Bloody Cranesbill)


Size: 12” - 14” x 24”


CA Native: No



Name: Helleborus x hybridus

(Christmas/Lenten Rose)

Water Use: Low once established

Size: 12” – 20” x 24”

Sun: Part shade

CA Native: No



Name: Hemerocallis Varieties (Daylily)


Size: 1’ - 3’ x 1.5’ - 2’

Sun: Full

CA Native: No



Name: Iris douglasiana (Pacific Coast Iris)

Water Use: Low

Size: 18” – 36” x 15” –24”

Sun: Part sun to full shade

CA Native: Yes


Wildlife Value: Hummingbirds, butterflies and bees





Perennials


Name: Lantana camara (Common Lantana)

Water Use: Low

Size: 2’ - 3’ x 3’

Sun: Full

CA Native: No



Name: Lavandula (Lavender)

Water Use: Low

Size: 2’ - 3’ x 2’ - 4’

Sun: Full

CA Native: No



Name: Limonium sinuatum (Statice/Sea Lavender)

Water Use: Low

Size: 18” - 24” X 15”

Sun: Full

CA Native: No



Name: Mimulus aurantiacus (Sticky Monkey Flower)

Water Use: Very Low

Size: 3’ - 4’ x 2’ - 3’

Sun: Sun (coastal)/part shade (inland)

CA Native: Yes


Wildlife Value: Larval food for Checkerspot & Buckeye butterflies, hummingbirds





Perennials


Name: Monardella villosa ‘Russian River’

(Coyote Mint)

Water Use: Low

Size: 12” - 18” x 15”

Sun: Full

CA Native: Yes



Name: Nepeta racemosa ‘Walkers Low’ (Catmint)

Water Use: Low

Size: 1’ x 1’

Sun: Full

CA Native: No


Wildlife Value: Bees, beneficial insects, hummingbirds

Name: Origanum rotundifolium ‘Kent Beauty’

(Ornamental Oregano)


Size: 12” x 15” – 24”


CA Native: No



Name: Penstemon heterophyllus 'Margarita BOP’

(Blue Bedder/Foothills Penstemon)

Water Use: Low

Size: 22” x 30”

Sun: Full

CA Native: Yes


Wildlife Value: Hummingbirds, bees, butterflies, seeds eaten by birds





Perennials


Name: Perovskia atriplicifolia (Russian Sage)

Water Use: Low

Size: 3’ - 4’ x 2’ (spreads by rhizomes - invasive)

Sun: Full

CA Native: No



Name: Phlomis fructosa (Jerusalem Sage)

Water Use: Low

Size: 4’ x 3’

Sun: Full

CA Native: No



Name: Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Goldsturm’

(Black-Eyed Susan)

Water Use: Low

Size: 2’ x 1.5’ - 2’


CA Native: No


Wildlife Value: Bees, butterflies, hoverflies

Name: Salvia apiana (White Sage)

Water Use: Very low

Size: 2’ - 3’ x 2’

Sun: Full

CA Native: Yes


Wildlife Value: Butterflies, bees, hummingbirds





Perennials


Name: Salvia Clevelandii ‘Winifred Gilman’ (Musk Sage)

Water Use: Low

Size: 4’- 5’’ x 6’

Sun: Full

CA Native: Yes



Name: Salvia greggii (Autumn Sage)

Water Use: Low

Size: 2’ - 3’ x 3’

Sun: Full

CA Native: No


Wildlife Value: Bees, hummingbirds

Name: Salvia leucantha (Mexican Sage)

Water Use: Low

Size: 3’ x 3’

Sun: Full

CA Native: No


Wildlife Value: Hummingbirds, butterflies, bees

Name: Salvia nemorosa ‘May Night’ (Meadow Sage)


Size: 1’ - 1.5’ x 1’

Sun: Full

CA Native: No







Perennials


Name: Salvia sclarea (Clary/Muscatel Sage)

Water Use: Low

Size: 3’ x 3’

Sun: Full

CA Native: No


Wildlife Value: Hummingbirds, bees

Name: Salvia spathacea (Hummingbird Sage)

Water Use: Low

Size: 2’ x 4’ - 5’

Sun: Cool sun /part shade

CA Native: Yes



Name: Tagetes lemmonii (Mexican Bush Marigold)

Water Use: Low

Size: 4’ x 6’

Sun: Full

CA Native: No



Name: Teucrium chamaedrys (Wall Germander)

Water Use: Low

Size: 1.5’ x 1’ - 2’

Sun: Full

CA Native: No







Perennials


Name: Zauschneria californica (California Fuchsia)

Water Use: Low

Size: 2’ - 3’ x 2’ - 4’

Sun: Full

CA Native: Yes

Deer Resistant: Frequently damaged

Wildlife Value: Butterflies, hummingbirds


Documents

Perennials - UC Agriculture & Natural Resources · Wildlife Value: Bees, hummingbirds Name: Salvia leucantha (Mexican Sage) Water Use: Low . Size: 3’ x 3’ Sun: Full . CA Native: