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May 7, 2006

Arvind & Ashok's Local Natives for San Jose Gardens

Locally native plants that grow well in our San Jose garden with a minimum of fuss

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Common Name Scientific Name Height Width Exposure Water Flower Bloom Time
Trees
California Buckeye Aesculus californica 10' 10' Sun/part shade White May
Holly-leaved Cherry Prunus ilicifolia 15' 10' Sun   White Apr-May
Coast Live Oak Quercus agrifolia 60' 60' Sun      
Valley Oak Quercus lobata 80' 60' Sun      
Blue Elderberry Sambucus mexicana 20' 10' Sun/part shade Cream Apr-May
Vines
Chaparral Clematis Clematis lasiantha 8' 8' Sun   White Feb-Apr
Western Virgin's Bower Clematis ligusticifolia 10' 10' Sun Moist White May-Jun
California Grape Vitis californica 10' 10' Sun   Purple berries Aug-Sep
Shrubs
Sagebrush Artemisia californica 3' 3' Sun   None  
Wild Buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum 2' 4' Sun   White Jun-Nov
Toyon Heteromeles arbutifolia 8' 8' Sun   White flowers/
Red berries
Apr-May
Sticky Monkey Flower Mimulus aurantiacus 2' 3' Sun   Orange Oct-Jun
Coffeeberry Rhamnus californica 8' 5' Sun   Red/black
berries
Sep-Dec
Black Sage Salvia mellifera 3' 5' Sun   White Feb-May
Grasses/Sedges
Foothill Sedge Carex tumulicola 1' 3' Sun/shade   Apr-May
California Melic Melica californica 2' 1' Sun     Mar-May
Purple Needlegrass Nassella pulchra 3' 2' Sun     Mar-Apr
Pine Bluegrass Poa secunda 2' 2' Sun     Mar-May
Perennials
Yarrow Achillea millefolium 1' 1' Sun   White Apr-May
Columbine Aquilegia formosa 3' 1' Shade Moist Red Mar-Jun
Mugwort Artemisia douglasiana 3' 1' Shade   None Aug-Sep
California Aster Aster chilensis 1' 1' Sun   White/pink Jul-Aug
Togluaca Datura wrightii 1.5' 3' Sun   White Jun-Aug
California Fuchsia Epilobium canum canum 1' 1' Sun   Red Aug-Nov
Woodland Strawberry Fragaria vesca 3" 6" Shade   White Mar-Apr
Goldenaster Heterotheca sessiliflora bolanderi 6" 1' Sun   Yellow Feb-Dec
Douglas Iris Iris douglasiana 1' 2' Shade   Purple Apr-May
California Aster Lessingia filaginifolia 1' 2' Sun   Pink Aug-Dec
Coyote Mint Monardella villosa 1' 1' Sun   Purple Apr-Jul
Hummingbird Sage Salvia spathacea 1' 1' Shade   Pink Mar-Jun
Checkerbloom Sidalcea malvaeflora 6" 1' Sun   Pink Mar-May
Bulbs
One-leaved Onion Allium unifolium 1.5' 6" Sun   Pink Apr-May