E.amygdaloides, red stems, Native to British woods - E.a. 'Mrs Robb's Bonnet'
E.capsaintemariensis ♠, Miguel
E.caput-medusae ♠
E.characias wulfenii - E.c.'Black Pearl'
E.cyparissias 'Fern's Ruby'
E.dulcis 'Chameleon' [Far West] 07
E.epithemoides 'Despina', yellow floral lvs [Cabrillo]
E.'Excalibur' [PP,] deciduous
E.'Gold Foam' ♠
E.griffithi 'Fireglow', 'Jade Dragon', rhizomes, reddish lvs, orange-red floral hds
E.lambii, full sun, prune to hedge
E.lathyris (Caper Spurge) biennial
E.maleolens (elephant spurge)
E.x martinii, red winter stems, reddish brown nectaries, evergreen
E.x m.'Tiny Tim' [Far West] 07
E.x m.'Red Martin' [Emerissa]
E.mauritanica, blue
E.milii [Refugio] Geranium
E.myrsinites, blue-gray
E.nicaensis, blue-gray
E.palustris, leafy green, 35", rhizomes [Cabrillo]
E.polychroma 'Major' small, yellow
E.'Portugese Velvet' ♠
E.rigida, blue, pointed lvs, [Jeff]
E.sp. ♦»

Brachysema celsianum (lanceolatum) (Swan River Pea) - B.minor, ground cover - B.praemorsa
Chorizema 'Bush Flame'
Clianthus puniceus,vine
Dorycnium hirsutum
Eutaxia obovata
Hovea purpurea
Kennedia coccinea (hand rail) »  -  K.nigricans ♠
Pultenaea pedunculata - P.daphnioides

Asplenium bulbiferum (Mother Fern)
Athyrium nipponicum  'Pictum'  (Japanese Painted Fern)
Blechnum
Cyrtomium falcatum (Holly Fern)
Digitata [Martin Grantham]
Doodia (NZ Rasp Fern) new fronds pink »
Dryopteris arguta (Wood Fern), native
Pellaea rotundifolia
Polypodium californicum, native
Polystichum munitum (Western Sword Fern), native
Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens (Bracken) native

Fuchsia paniculata (F.arborescens lvs not serrated} »
F.boliviana »
F.boliviana alba »
F.corymbiflora, scandent »
F.'Gartenmeister Bonstedt' »
F.magellanica 'Glaznoviana' [Helen] hedge
F.microphylla »
F.procumbens
F.regia (broken) [Helen]
F.thymifolia [Ginger]

Erodium x 'Bishop'   [Emerisa] also under erodium - E.cheilanthifolium [cabrillo 07]
G.'Brookside' 06
Geranium x cantabrigense 'Biocovo' (pale pink) »  -  Geranium x cantabrigense (pink)»  -  G.x c.'Cambridge' (bluish-pink) morning sun
G.'Gary's Nebula' slow, orange flr 06
G.incanum 'Sugar Plum', ruby flrs, lacy leaves, drought
G.macrorrhizum 'Bevan's Variety' shade, groundcover 15" magenta w/red sepals [Miller]
G.maculatum 'Album' [Cow Palace] 05
G.maderense '02, shade, water
G.'Orion' rhizomes, blueflr, 18" '06
G.sanguinium 'Album White', rhizomes, divided leaves [Cranesbill] »
G.sanguinium 'Elke', dark and light pink stripes, rhizomes 06 »
Pelargonium

Briza media, perennial, rattlesnake grass [Miller nursery]
Deschampsia (Rye grass)
Eragrostis (Love Grass), China [Maria]
Festuca glauca 'Siskiyou Blue' Oct prune
Helicotrichon sempervirens (Blue Oat Grass)
Imperata cylindrica rubra (Japanese Blood Grass), cut to ground yearly
Leymus arenarius - L.condensatus 'Canyon Prince'
Miscanthus sinensis condensatus, red stems
Muhlenbergia (Deer Grass)prune in Feb♦» - M.capillaris [Miller nursery]
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Moudry', golden plumes
Sorghastrum nutans 'Indian Steel' (5) top of hill
Stipa ramosissima 'Pillar of Smoke', Australia

G.acanthifolia
G.alpina
G.aquifolium
G. baueri [Helen] 06
G.bracteata »
G.barklyana ♠
G.austraflora 'Fanfare'
G.'Bronze Rambler'
G.capillaense
G.chrysophaea
G.'Clearview David'
G.erubescens
G.x gaudichaudii [Lynn] 07 below garage
G.'Golden Lyre'
G.ivanhoe
G.juniperina
G.lanigera 'Coastal Gem'
G.lavandulacea 'Billy Wing' ♠
G.lavandulacea 'Penola', 07
G.'Long John' 06
G.'Masons Hybrid' (2)
G.migueliana ♠
G.moonlight 'Edna Ellen' raffle 05
G.pauciflora
G.'Pink Pearl'
G.polybracteata ♠
G.'Poorinda Blondie'
G.'Poorinda Elegans' [Helen] by tree stump 07
G.'Poorinda Rondeau' ♠
G.'Red Sprite'
G.'Robyn Gordon' » »
G.rodgersii
G.'Royal Mantle'
G.sericea ♠
G.sp. »
G.speciosa
G.streiglitziana ♠
G.thelmanniana ♠
G.'Wakiti Sunrise'

H.petiolaris, can be invasive
H.'Petite Licorice'
H.silberzwertz

H.americana 'Palace Purple'
H.schneervittana, white
H.'Raspberry Regal' [S.L.Obispo]
H.maxima

K.beharensis (Felt Plant)
K.blossfeldiana, pink leaves
K.fedescherenkoi
K.marneriana, succulent
K.thrysiflora (paddle plant)
K.tomentosa (Panda Plant) ( Crassulaceae)

L.flavescens
L.livdersidgei
L.myrsinoides
L.ovalifolia
L.pelersonii, Street
L.rotundifolium
L.scoparium horizonalis » , (close-up) » - L.s.'Ruby Glow' dwarf
L.spectabalis
L.sp.♦ »
L.sp.♦ »
L.sp. »
L.squarrosa
L.Tasman hybrid »
L.'Wonderful' »

L.discolor 'Pompom'
L.d.'Cloudbank Jenny'
L.d.'Winter Red'
L.d.'Safari Sunset'
L.d.'Sylvan Red'
L.d.Veldfire'
L.salignum 'Duet'

L.A. Hybrid Lily 'Salmon Classic' »
'Rubrum' Lily , hybrid cultivar »
Tricyrtis pilosa ♠ - T.hirta 'Variegata' (Toad Lily) ♠
Xeronema callistemon (Poor Knight's Island Lily)

M.baueriifolia, mailbox
M.decussata, purple
M.diosmifolia, purple, street
M.erubescens
M.floribundum, weeping
M.fulgens
M.incana »
M.irbyana
M.nodosa
M.squamea, purple, moist
M.thymifolia

Astartea fasicularis
Baeckea virgata
B.sessiliflora
Calytrix alpestris » - C.tetragona (prostrate) pink »
Hypocalymma angustifolia
Kunzea ericifolia
Micromyrtus ciliata »
Myrtus communis compactus ♠ »
Thryptomene saxicola  'Mingenew' » - T.s.'Raleigh Garden'

O.elata hookerii (CA Evening Primrose)
O.fruticosa (Sundrops)
O.'Lemon Sunset' »
O.speciosa (Berlandii) pink »

P.alopecuroides 'Hameln', (8) white plumes, self-sows
P.ambiguous (Prairie Pent.)
P.centranthifolium
P.'Garnet'

P.x gloxinoides »
P.hirsutus x pygmaea Nathan
P.x mexicali 'Red Rocks' [Jeff]
P.'Liliput Rose' »
P.speciosus blue, CA native
P.sp. »

P.argentatus
P.australis (formerly verticillatus)
P.chloropsychosis, yellow blotched leaves, big [Cabrillo]
P.ciliatus, burgendy stem & under-leaf
P.cremnus (amboinicus) (Cuban Oregano)
P.forsteri 'Green and Gold' » - P.f.'Marginatus', white leaf edges
P.fruticosus, 4 foot shrub
P.madagascariensis (Mint-leaf)
P.neochilus
P.nummularius, lavender flower »
P.verticillatus (Creeping Charlie), scalloped dark red-green lvs »

P.lasianthus »   and tree form
P.marifolia♦
P.mellisifolia
P.ovalifolia (near Licola) »
P.phylicafolia
P.rotundifolia
P.sericia

Adenanthus cuneatus ♠
Dryandra proteoides
Lambertia formosa ♠ - L.silaifolia ♠
Lomatia tinctoria - L.silicifolia - L.myricoides (River lomatia) »
(See Isopogon entries)

Askidiosperma chartaceum 05
Chondropetalum mucronatum - C.tectorum
Elegia caespitosa 05
Elegia capensis
Restio quadratus 6' tall & wide
Rhodocoma capensis 6' tall & wide, big roots 05

'Cl. Dortmund' »
'Cecile Brunner', tree climber »
Florence rambler
Lady Bank's Rose 'Alba Plena', 'Lutea'
Mermaid
Natural Climbing Rose »
Rosa californica, Santa Monica Mts.
Rosa eglanteria 'Julia Manners'
Rosa foliolosa
Rosa rugosa (Sea Tomato) »
Rosa russilance, double, mauve [Phyllis] heritage
Rosa sericia pteracantha, [Phyllis,] big red thorns
'Royal Gold', natural climber J&P
Sally Holmes [Brown's Roses] »
'The Gift', white, [Ginger]

Corilaena quercifolia »
Crowea 'Parry's Hybrid' - C.saligna »
Dwarf Myer lemon
Nematelepsis frondosum 'Elizabeth' [Koala blooms]
Phebalium
Philoteca

S.africana-lutea, brown flr, winter, drought, full sun, 7', back hill
S.amarissima '06, light blue
S.'Anthony Parker' hybrid of S.leucantha/S.elegans, near bell pull, dark blue
S.apiana (White Sage) CA native, gray lvs, white flr, falcate upper lip w.tiny hairs, drought
S.azurea var.grandiflora (Prairie Sage) »
S.barrelieri, big sky-blue flowers, woodland, 4 foot , June, deer eat
S.blepharophylla, purplish stem & calyx, stoloniferous, scarlet, shade, long bloom, glossy foliage, hairs on leaf edge
S.brandegei, native, shorten 1/3 in spring, varnished lvs, lilac flrs, drought
S.broussonetii, Canary Is., drought (04 summer), shade tolerant, blowsy lvs, white fls
S.cacaliifolia, shade tolerant, water, blue♦ »
S.candelabrum ♠ gopher
S.canescens ♠ gopher
S.caespitosa, ♠ tiny, [Phyllis]
S.canariensis hairy, pink/viol, f sun, late Feb cut mn stem to 1', drght♦»  -   S.c.var.albiflora
S.candelabrum violet w/white markings 3 x 3 ♠ gopher
S.carduacea, annual
S.chamaedryoides (Germander Sage) gray lvs, underground runners, blue, drought♦»
S.chamelaegnea 5', shade tolerant »
S.chiapensis fuchsia flr, shiny lvs, dry shade gcover, reseeds, tireless bloomer, deer eat »
S.cinnabarina, red, roots at nodes, semi-decid, 4' gry lvs
S.clevelandii - S.c.'Whirly Blue' - S.c.'Winifred Gilman', drought
S.coahuilensis purple, long bloom, purple calyx, full sun, prune Dec., drought, small, (at ditch)♦»
S.coccinea 'Brentwood', pink, semi deciduous » - S.coccinea 'Lady in Red', seeds around
S.confertiflora [Phyllis,] 7' , Fall, full sun, rusty red »
S.corrugata, big, blue, drk pur&grn calyx, shade tolerant, water »
S.curtiflora, deep red w dark calyx 6', behind house♦
S.darcyi, 3', hairy Δ lvs, stoloniferous, deciduous, shd, orng-red flrs
S.dentata, blue, small gray lvs, sun 2 x 3
S.desoleana, coarse, white flr w/purple upper, sun, rhiz, sprg blm, drought
S.discolor, dark purple, scandent, Andes 2 x 2 [Cabrillo]
S.disjuncta [Helen]  fat red-orng flr, 10', purplish Δ lvs, hry drk stms, frnt dr, wint, shade front gate»
S.dombeyi, 10' longest flrs, scarlet-orange w purple calyx, scandent, hairy petioles, Peru
S.dorisiana, shade tolerant, hot pink flr »
S.elegans (Pineapple Sage)♦» - S.e.'Frieda Dixon', shade tolerant, salmon red
S.forskaolii, purple, part shade
S.fruticosa, ♠ dry Greek hillsides, long early bloom, hairy, 3 part leaf, sun, drought, gopher got
S.fulgens [free], winter cardinal bloom, hairy stems, 4'
S.'Gracias' gray, low
S.gesneriiflora 'Tequila', violet calyx, big flrs, repeat bloom, black stem, Winter, above tomato
S.greggii (Hybrid Swarm), has straight leaf edges, drought S.guaranitica 'Argentina Skies' pale blue flrs » Salvia henryi 07, soft red
S.hians dusky violet, half-sun, brown, sticky calyx, summer '04 »
S.holwayi 6' stems root, Δ lvs, nar rd flrs infla cen, purp calyx, shd, winter♦»
S.'Hot Lips', two-toned »
S.indica, purple w.ochre lip, [Annie's Annuals,] short-lived
S.'Indigo Spires' [Refugio] long bloom, purple calyx, 6', water
S.involucrata (syn. S.puberula) 'Mulberry/Raspberry Jam', 5', Winter, purp bracts, for 3 flrs, lvs purp under, shade»
S.iodantha, 6' scandent, hairy, magenta, winter bloom » - S.i.x 'Louis Sasso"
S.x jamensis 'Cienaga de Oro' 'Coral Sunrise' 'Sierra San Antonio', peach & yellow, drought
S.'Jean's Purple Passion' 06
S.karwinskii, long showy pink spikes, winter, prune to grnd in April
S.lanceolata, yellow buds mature to pale mauve flrs, shrimp, drought, front door, 5x7
S.lasiiantha, lav, blue, Arb, long bloom, front door, 4x5
S.leucantha (Mexican bush sage)♦ » - S.l.'Midnight' (Bill Nolan)
S.leucophylla (Purple Sage), CA nat, wht hairs, pale purp flrs Mar, branches root, drght - S.l.'Amethyst Bluff' [Yerba Buena]
S.lyrata, Alabama (Cancerweed) purple fall leaves, Spring bloom
S.macrophylla, Blue, Peru, 06, creeper
S.madrensis, rhiz, yellow 6 x 6
S.'Marwin Gardens' 06 candy pink
S.melissidora 07, light blue shrub
S.mellifera 'Terra Seca' (Black Sage) drought, native, light blue flrs, shiny grn lvs, shade, butterflies
S.mexicana 'Limelight', hairy corolla, blue flrs, yellow-green calyx, autumn, forest edges
S.microphylla -  Microphylla have scalloped leaf edges, species has black stems S.muellerii  rhiz, drought, 3-lobed low lip, drk purp calyx, short, long blm♦
S.muirii blue, short, [free]
S.namaensis, pale blue, short, tiny lvs
S.nemorosa 'Ostfriesland', short, blue, deer eat, water
S.nubicola, blooms in shade, » yellow/maroon spots, water
S.officinalis, short lived
S.oppositiflora, orange '06
S.palaestina white-flushed-lavender, full-sun, drought, basal deep-cut leaves, deciduous »
S.patens, tuberous roots, half-sun, blue in pairs, summer 04 - S.p.'Guanjuato', drk blotches on lvs 04 »
S.'Phyllis' Fancy', 2 toned flrs white/blue, purp stms, fall blm
S.polystachya blue w/ white bee line, prune to 1 ft in April, A weed in Mex. 8x8 shade
S.prunelloides blue, water, short »
S.'Purple Majesty' (S.guaranitaca x gesneraeflora) violet-blk calyx, 3', long bloom period♦»
S.regla Fall bloom, 7x7, prune only in Summer (if ever) »
S.repens, prostrate, blue & white flrs, rhizomes, 04 drought, long bloom, no red calyx
S.reptans blue '06
S.roemeriana (free plant) red, near log, understory, Texas
S.sagittata, blue, lvs covered w/short white hairs, water »
S.scabra blue, short »
S.sclarea turk 'Alba', water, short-lived
S.scutellarioides, blue creeper, ground cvr, winter, shade, grn calyx, hairy lvs w/long petioles »
S.semiatrata, blue w maroon, hairy calyx, wrinkled yellowish lvs 5x4
S.serpyllifolia, see S.microphylla 'Graham's Sage'
S.sinaloensis, blue w. purple lvs., shade tolerant 1x1, front door, water »
S.somalensis pale blue, light shade, water, 5', April bloom rear of deer garden»
S.sonomensis, native, drought
S.sp. Ecuador, light purple spikes, 3'
S.sp. (Betsy's mystery plant ) salmon red , inflated hairy flowers, 4 triangular dark sepals »
S.sp. Peru, orange flr, now called S.squalens »
S.spathacea, CA native
S.squalens, formerly S.sp Peru
S.superba 'Blue Hills', rhizomes, blue, deer eat
S.staminea [Annie's Annuals] white, Spring, red-violet calyx, clasping ovate lvs, 2', full sun
S.x sylvestris [OSH,] purple, scalloped lvs, long bloom, like nemorosa, short
S.transsylvanica 'Sky Blue', 1/2 sun, summer, scalloped edge Δ basal lvs, 3x3, 1/2 sun
S.uliginosa, invasive if wet 6x6, shade
S.urica 'Blue Bush Sage' (short form) Δ yellowish lvs, half sun, front door
S.venezuela sp.(now S.rubescens), purple, full sun
S.viscosa, deer eat, purp leaf vein, red violet flr w/pink lower lip
S.wagneriana, winter - S.w. white-bract form w green and magenta calyx
S.'Waverly' shade tolerant, lavender, long bloom »

S.'Autumn Joy' »
S.cavi
S.linare [Miller]
S.spathulifolium 'Purpurea', CA.native
S.hybrid cultivars Hylotelephium 'Autumn Joy', 'Ruby Glow'

S.confusus red vine [Lynn]
S.glastifolius
S.mandaliscae, blue succulent [Annie's Annuals] tall, purple, 4 foot, (Asteraceae)
S.serpens (blue chalksticks)
S.'Silverfeder' spiky gray groundcover »

S.bullata, procumbent
S.byzantina 'Helen von Stern'♦ » - S.b 'Cotton Boll'
S.citrina
S.coccinia 'Hot Spot Coral' gopher
S.coccinea (scarlet Hedge Nettle)
S.monieri 'Hummelo' 06, pink
S.stricta

T.betonicum, shrub, Ginny Hunt
T.cossonii 'Majoricum' (Germander)[Lynn]
T.x lucidrys also prostratum »
T.scorodonica 'Crispum Marginatum'

V.'Arctic Summer' ♠ »
V.hybrid V.'Southern Charm' »

Asarina arubescens, bigger flowers [Western Hills] - A.melopsis - A.scandens [Annie's Annuals]
Brevipedunculata, blue and lavender berries [Western Hills] on fallen tree (Vitaceae)
Canarina canariensis [Martin] (Campanulaceae)
Clianthus puniceus (Parrot's Beak)
Dioscorea caucasica (caudex)
Ficus pumila repens ♠
Hibbertia truncata »
Kennedia nigricans ♠
Maurandella antirrhinaflora (same as Asarina)
Pandorea pandorana
Passiflora sp.
Rhodochiton atrosanguinium ♠
Ruellia makoyara ♠ variegated leaf
Solanum jasminoides
Wattakka (Draega) ♠ [Western Hills] (Asclepidaceae)

Warblers arrive in March to stoke up on insects for the remainder of their journey north or into the high Sierra. Yellow-rump, Townsend's and Black-throated Gray are regular. Other yard migrants:
Black-headed Grosbeak sings noisily from top of redwood, '06
Golden-crowned Sparrows, Hermit Thrushes and Juncos winter here.
Brown Creepers signal the end of migration in April.
We have a resident Red-shouldered Hawk. California Quail enjoy the salvia garden.
Nesters include Orange-crowned & Wilson's Warbler, Anna's & Allen's Hummingbird, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Bewick's Wren, California & Spotted Towhees and Scrub Jay, Bush Tit, Wren Tit
In August Steller's Jays and Sonoma Chipmunks (Eutamis sonomae), and Eastern Gray Squirrels harvest the hazelnuts.
Other migrants are Fox Sparrows, Brown Creepers and Ruby-crowned Kinglets.
 
Wish List:
Acantholimon
Agrostemma lithago (Corn Cockle)
Artemesia 'Beth Chatto'
Epimedium grandiflorum (dry shade)
Euphorbia ceratocarpa, big - E.cherokee, purple top
Garrigue:
        Euphorbia acanthothamnus (Greek Spiny Spurge)
        Sarcopoterium spinosum (Thorny Burnet)
Genista lydia, small, yellow, weeping
Helianthemum multiflorus
Lepechinia hastata (Mex)
Leucophyllum frutescens (Texas Ranger)
Scabiosa caucasica
 
Pruning
Clematis montanoa: cut shoots that have flowered to half their length, end of May; flrs on new shoots
Prune Festuca in October
May is good for many Salvias
Muhlenbergia rigens, Feb 1, Fross

Bloom, bird periods:
JANUARY
S. iodantha, S. karwinskii, S. involucrata, S. polystachya (blue), S. wagneriana, Dioscorea caucasica (caudex), Magnolia and Dwarf Cyclamen
FEBRUARY
Salvias in bloom: S.karwinskii 8' (rose), S.iodantha 8' (purplish-red), S.i."Louis Sasso', S.involucrata "Mulberry Jam'
MARCH
Black-throated Gray warbler, Orange-crowned arrive, Xmas cactus, amaryllis (hippeastrum) blooms until end of April
APRIL
Cantua, Warbling Vireo, Pac-slope Flycatcher, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Clematis montanoa 4/10/05, 4/26/06 (lasts 3 wks), Prostanthera. End of month a "tea for two" song signals return of Ash-throated Flycatcher. S.'Costa Rica Blue' and 'Purple Majesty' in bloom.
MAY
Leptospermum brevipes, S.somalensis, 8 1/2' foxglove, S.discolor
JUNE
Cantua buxifolia, Hyssop, Evening Primrose, Backhousia citriodora, Crocosmia, S.'Costa Rica Blue', S.greggii, S. hians, S.'Royal Purple', Teucrium betonicum, Eccremocarpa scaber, Leptospermum, Clematis. '06: Kunzia ericoides, Iris hybrids.
JULY
Francoa ramosa, Dierama, Backhousia citriodora, Ceratostigma plumbagoides, Naked ladies, poison oak turns red, Leonotus leonurus, Miscanthus chinensis, Fuchsia paniculaa, Tree prosanthera, crocosmia, S.nubicola, S.confertiflora, S.canariensis, naked ladies
AUGUST
Dwarf cyclamen, Rubrum lily, Crowea, Michaelmas daisy, Japanese anemone, Brown Creeper
SEPTEMBER
Aster novae-belgiae, A.novae-anglicae, dwarf cyclmen, godetia, anemone japonica, Ceratostigma griffithii, Wilson's Warbler, Black-throated gray
OCTOBER
Golden-crowned Sparrows arrive, Hermit Thrush, Salvia regla, S. mexicana 'Limelight', S darcyii, S 'Costa Rica Blue', S 'Purple Majesty', S corrugata, Nicotiana, Ceratostigma plumbagoides - long bloom period
NOVEMBER
Azalea, Xmas Cactus, first Camellias, Verbesina, S.confertiflora, Maria's Veltheimia, Eryngium (Sea Holly), Salvia regla
DECEMBER
Salvias in bloom: S.karwinskii, S.wagneriana