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BLACKIE’S PASTURE GARDEN PLANT LIST
March 2012
Abelia ‘Edward Goucher’ – Glossy Abelia – 3-5 ft. tall and wide. Small lilac pink flowers have orange
throats.
Acacia podalyrlifolia – Pearl Acacia – 10-20 ft. tall and wide. Weeping Australian native with yellow
blooms February-March.
Achillea millefolium rubra – Red Yarrow - 1-2 ft. tall. Reddish pink variety, long lasting.
Achillea millefolium lanulosa – Mountain Yarrow – white blooms. Dense mat with flowers on 6-8”
stalks. Butterfly attractant.
Achillea ‘Moonshine’ – 1-3 ft. tall and wide. Yellow blooms in summer to fall.
Achillea millefolium ‘Terracotta’ – 2-3 ft. tall, 5 ft. wide. Orange flowers become yellow as they mature.
Agastache rupestris – Hyssop, Licorice Mint – 2 ft. tall and wide. Multitude of apricot and pinky-purple
spikes. Hummingbird attractant.
Aloe ‘Johnson’s Hybrid’ – diminutive South African Aloe with bright green tapered leaves and orange
pendulous flowers on erect, one-foot tall stems. Flowers April through November.
Aloe reitzii – 2-3 ft. tall and 3-4 ft. wide. Red flower spikes up to 3 feet tall with long, relatively broad
silvery blue-green leaves. Summer flowering.
Anagallis monellii ‘Blue Pimpernel’ – 10 inches tall, 20 inches wide. Neat and compact with 1-inch
bright gentian blue flowers. Self-sows when established.
Anchusa azurea ‘Ankanet’ – 4 ft. tall, 3 ft. wide. Bright blue flowers on branching stems. Deer and snail
resistant.
Arctostaphylos densiflora ‘Howard McMinn” – Manzanita ‘Howard McMinn’ – 7-10 ft. tall and wide.
Small white flowers tinged with pink from late winter to early spring.
Arctostaphylos ‘Emerald Carpet’ – ‘Emerald Carpet’ Manzanita. 1 ft. tall, 6 ft. wide. Ground cover
grows up to 2 ft. per year. Fresh green appearance year round.
Buddleia ‘Lochinch’ – Butterfly Bush – 5-8 ft. tall and wide. Light lavender blue flowers in late summer
and fall.
Bulbine frutescens – Bulbine – 1 ft. tall, 2-3 ft. wide. Fleshy leaves with tubular yellow or orange flowers
on long stems.
Calamagrostis acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’ – Feather Reed Grass – 3-4 ft. tall with 6 ft. flower plumes.
Calamintha nepetoides – Calamint – 1.5 ft. tall, 2 ft. wide. White flowers turn blue as they mature.
Blloms summer to fall.
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Caryopteris incana – Common Bluebeard – 3-4 ft. tall, 5 ft. wide. Intense purple flowers.
Chorizema ‘Bush flame’ – Flame Pea – 2-3 ft. tall 3 ft. wide. Orange, red and pink blooms.
Cistus ladanifer – Crimson Spot Rockrose – 3-5 ft tall and wide. White flowers with dark red spots near
stamens.
Cistus x skanbergii – Pink Rockrose – 2-3 ft. tall, 4-5 ft. wide. Pink blooms.
Coleonema pulchrum– Breath of Heaven – 5 ft. tall and wide. Tiny pink flowers.
Coleonema pulchrum ‘Sunset Gold’ – 2 ft. tall, 4-6 ft. wide. Chartreuse foliage, pale pink flowers.
Convolvulus cneorum – Bush Morning Glory – 2-4 ft. tall and wide. Blue flowers.
Correa ‘Wyn’s Wonder – Australian Fuchsia – 2-3 ft. tall, 3-5 ft. wide. Variegated leaves, red flowers.
Blooms in fall and winter.
Eriogonum arborescens – Santa Cruz Island Buckwheat – 3-4 ft tall, 4-5 ft. wide. Pale pink to white
flowers. Attracts butterflies.
Eschscholzia californica – California Poppy – 1 ft. tall, 1.5 ft. wide. Satiny orange flowers. Reseeds
annually.
Euphorbia characias wulfenii – Mediterranean Spurge – 3 ft. tall and wise. Chartreuse to yellow flowers
in spring. Gopher-proof.
Euphorbia portlandica ‘Dolce Vita’ – Portland Spurge – 1 ft. tall. Yellowish-green flowers from May to
September.
Euphorbia ‘Dean’s Hybrid’ – 1’ tall, clumping. Bright gold-yellow flowers from June to August.
Euryops – Bush Daisy – 3’ high and wide. Yellow flowers that bloom almost all year.
Galvezia speciosa – Island Bush Snapdragon – 3-4 ft. tall, 5-7 ft. wide. Red blooms. No summer water.
Gaura lindheimeri – Beeblossom - 3-4 ft. tall and wide. Pink blooms, flowers all summer.
Geranium incanum – Cranesbill – 6-10 ft. tall, 2 ft. wide. Purple blooms.
Geranium ‘Rozanne’ – Cranesbill - 1.5-2 ft. tall and wide. True blue blooms.
Geum quellyon ‘Blazing Sunset’ –3 ft. tall and wide. Bright red flowers late spring through fall.
Grevillea lanigera ‘Coastal Gem’ – Woolly Grevillea – 1 ft. tall, 4-5 ft. wide. Red blooms in winter.
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Hesperaloe parviflora – Red Yucca. 3-4 ft. tall and wide. 5 ft. flower stalks with red blooms .
Iris x hollandica – Dutch Iris. 1.5 ft. high. Bulb. Blue flowers with yellow centers late-March to earlyApril.
Lavandula angustifolia – English Lavender – 1.5 ft. tall and wide. Fragrant leaves and purple flowers.
Attracts bees.
Lavandula stoechas – Spanish Lavender – 1.5-3 ft. tall and wide. Blooms spring through summer.
Attracts bees.
Lavatera ‘Blue Lady’ – Tree mallow – 6ft. tall and wide. Flowering shrub.
Leonotis leonurus – Lion’s Tail – 3-6 ft. tall and 3.5 ft. wide. Tubular orange flowers in tiered whorls.
Leptospermum ‘Ruby Glow’ – Tea Tree – 6-8 ft. tall, 10 ft. wide. Shrub. Dark leaves, burgundy flowers.
Leucadendron sessile – Sun Conebush – 4.5 ft. tall and wide. Yellow bracts.
Leucospermum - Pincushion Protea – 1.5 ft. tall. Red blooms.
Lychnis chalcedonica ‘Maltese Cross’ – Lychnis – 2-3 ft. tall, 1 ft. wide. Red flowers.
Lycianthes rantonnetii – Blue Potato Bush – 5 ft. tall. Tree form. Purple flowers in summer to fall.
Melianthus villosus minor - Honey Bush – 6-10 ft. tall, 4 ft. wide. Showy gray-green foliage.
Monardella villosa - Coyote Mint – 1-2 ft. tall, 1-1.5ft. wide. Blue blooms.
Nandina ‘Firepower’ – Heavenly Bamboo – 2-3 ft. tall and wide. Bright red leaves in winter.
Narcissus – Daffodil – bulb – late-winter to spring flowering.
Osteospermum – African Daisy - 8-14 inches tall.. Spreading. Orange flowers.
Penstemon gloxinoides ‘Thorn’ - Beard Tongue – 3 ft. tall and wide. Pink and white blooms summer
through fall.
Penstemon heterophyllus ‘Blue Springs’ – Foothill Penstemon – 1-1.5 ft. tall, 2 ft. wide. Low-growing
plant with vivid blue blooms. No summer water.
Phlomis fruticosa – Jerusalem Sage – 4 ft. tall and wide. Tiered yellow flowers.
Plumbago auriculata – Cape Plumbago – 6 ft. tall, 8-10 ft. wide shrub. Light blue flowers summer
through fall.
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Potentilla fruticosa ‘Goldfinger’ 3-4 ft. tall and wide. Large yellow blooms, deciduous.
Prostanthera ovalifolia ‘Variegata’ - Variegated Mint Bush – 4-6 ft. tall, 3-5 ft. wide. Purple flowers in
spring.
Psoralea pinnata - ‘Kool-Aid Bush’ – 12 ft. tall – fast grower. Clusters of lavender and white flowers.
Punica granatum ‘Nana’ – Dwarf Ornamental Pomegranate – 2-3 ft. tall, 4-5 ft. wide. Orange red single
flowers. Deciduous.
Romneya coulteri – Matilija Poppy – 6-8 ft. tall. White flowers with yellow centers. Needs no summer
water.
Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Collingwood Ingram’ – Rosemary – 1-2 ft. tall, 3-4 ft. wide. Aromatic with bright
blue flowers
Salvia argentea - Silver Sage – 1-3 ft. tall and wide. Biennial. Silvery- white leaves, white-pink flowers
second year.
Salvia brandegeii ‘Pacific Blue’ – Santa Rosa Island Sage – 4-6 ft. tall and wide. Whorls of light lavender
blooms.
Salvia chamaedryoides – Germander Sage – 1-3 ft. tall and wide. Sage-green leaves and sky-blue flowers.
Salvia coahuilensis – Purple Jenny Sage – 2 ft. tall and wide. Long-flowering purple flowers.
Salvia elegans – Pineapple Sage – 3-4 ft. tall and wide. Bright red blooms in fall.
Salvia gregii ‘Nuevo Leon’ – Autumn Sage – 2 ft. tall and wide. Purple blooms from late summer to late
fall.
Salvia ‘Jean’s Purple Passion’ – 6 ft. tall and wide. Large purple flowers early summer through fall.
Salvia muelleri – Royal Purple Autumn Sage – 2 ft. tall. Dark purple flowers.
Salvia ‘Shell Dancer’ – Shell Dancer Sage. 1.5 ft. tall and 4’ wide. Ligh salmon pink flowers.
Spiraea douglasii – Western Spiraea – 4-5’ tall. Deciduous shrub. Dark pink blooms.
Tecomaria capensis – Cape Honeysuckle – 3-5 ft. spread to 6 ft. May be trained as vine. Orange red
flowers from fall to spring.
Teucrium betonicum - Madeira Germander – 4’ tall and wide. Violet spikes from May to July.
Tulbaghia violacea ‘Silver Lace – Variegated Society Garlic – 2 ft. clumps
Violet blooms on tall stems.
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Verbascum olympicum – Mullein - 8-10 ft. tall, 3’ wide. Yellow-flowering spikes.
Verbena lilacina ‘De La Mina’ – Lilac Verbena – 3 ft tall and wide.
Long-blooming purple flowers
Westringia fruticosa - Coast Rosemary – 4-6 ft. tall, 6-12 ft. wide.
White blooms all year.
Zantedeschia ‘Flame’ – Dwarf Calla – 22” tall from bulb. Red/yellow orange bracts surround central
spike.
Zauschneria californica – California Fuchsia – 6 inches to 4 ft. tall, 3-4 ft. wide depending on variety.
Prepared by Marin Master Gardeners, March, 2012
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