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Growth: 2–3 shrub, can grow to 8 Bloom time: perfume-like fragrance, late winter through mid-spring Wildlife: great for bird garden Cut owers: NO, but makes tea Sun or Shade: shade & part-shade (Salvia clevelandii) Flowers: showy bluish-lavender owers in whorls Growth: leaves have intense fragrance Bloom time: mid-spring through mid-summer Wildlife: beloved by hummingbirds Companions: Trichostema parishii, and Yucca whipplei Drought tolerant: tolerates cold Sun or Shade: sunny, dry area near walkway (Hyptis emoryi) Flowers: lavender blue owers Growth: evergreen & fragrant, gray leaves Wildlife: butter y garden, bee magnet Community: Creosote Bush Scrub Drought tolerant: YES, heat tolerant but NOT a cactus, needs good drainage Sun or Shade: full sun (Lepechinia calycina) Flowers: Purple or white, medium sized, showy, pitcher-shaped owers Growth: 5 high and 3–6 wide bush blooms Bloom time: mid-spring through early summer Fragrance: Leaves carry intense, unique fragrance Wildlife: hummingbirds Community: chaparral of central & southern California Companions: Trichostema lantaum, Dendromecon rigida, Ade- nostoma fasciculatum Drought tolerant: well-drained soil Sun or Shade: a ernoon shade (Artemisia californica) Flowers: Non-descript; all fragrance is in the leaves Growth: 3–4 high evergreen shrub Bloom time: mid-spring through early summer Fragrance: Leaves carry intense, unique fragrance Wildlife: YES, hummingbirds and quail love it! Community: Chaparral, Coastal Sage Scrub, Coastal Strand, and Central Oak Woodland, Central and So Cal Cut owers: NO but can be used for smudging Drought tolerant: little to no water once established Sun or Shade: FULL sun near the coast Soil: tolerates alkaline soil, clay, or sand Companions: Adenostoma fasciculatum, Baccharis pilularis con- sanguinea, Diplacus aurantiacus, Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum, Eriogonum parvifolium, Lotus scoparius, Malosma lau- rina, Rhus ovata, Rhus integrifolia, Salvia apiana, Salvia mellifera and Trichostema lanatum (Trichostema lanatum) Flowers: violet in fuzzy spikes and narrow aromatic leaves. Growth: 3–4 evergreen shrub Bloom time: May–Aug Fragrance: wonderful smell like a pine forest meets a chaparral glen. Wildlife: bird garden; deer tolerant Community: Chaparral Companions: Artemisia californica, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Penstemon centranthifolius, Nassella cernua, Quercus douglasii (between), and Quercus agrifolia (just outside drip line) Drought tolerant: dry slopes Sun or Shade: full sun w/good drainage All listed plants can be found at native plant nursery: http://www.laspilitas.com april/may 2017 27