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Corica Park Fire Tower Garden Plant Palette for Pollinators

A safe place for bats, bees, birds, hummingbirds, butterflies, flower flies -- and birds to flourish.

A collection curated by local landscape designer Gardens by Marla Lee.

 

*California native or native hybrid

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Perennials:

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  • *Achillea millefolium Terra Cotta, New Vintage Red/Rose & New Vintage Violet

  • *Eriogonum fasciculatum

  • *Eriogonum grande rubescens

  • *Mimulus aurantiacus

  • *Penstemon heterophyllus Margarite BOP

  • *Sphaeralcea munroana Newleaze Coral

  • *Verbena lilacina de la Mina

  • *Erigeron glaucus Compacta

  • Agastache Kudos Red and Kudos Mandarin

  • Aloe Johnson’s Hybrid

  • Buddleia Pugster Blue & Lo & Behold Bluechip

  • Cuphea ignea David Verity & Vermillinaire

  • Echinacea sombrero Flamenco Orange & Guatamala Gold

  • Felcia amelloides San Gabriel

  • Gaura lindheimeri So White

  • Grevillea Coastal Gem

  • Lantana Bandana Rose and Lantana montevidensis

  • Lavendula angustifolia Munstead and Lavendula intermedia Phenomenal

  • Lotus maculatus Flash Bulb

  • Nepeta Faas Picture Purrfect

  • Rudbeckia hirta Chestnut Gold

  • Salvia chamaedrys Marine Blue

  • Salvia greggi Nuevo Leon (purple), Salvia greggi Fancy Dancer (pink)

  • Teucrium cossonii marjoricum

  • Verbena bonarensis dwarf Lollipop

Perimeter Shrubs:

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  • *Abutilon palmeri

  • *Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Point Reyes

  • *Eriogonum fasciculatum

  • *Solidago velutina californica

  • *Vaccinium ovatum – Edible Huckleberry

  • *Zauschneria/Epilobium canum californica

  • *Lavatera maritima

  • Anisodontea New Princess

  • Prostanthera ovalifolia variegata

  • Tagetes lemmonii
     

Host Plants:

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  • Passiflora edulis Quasar (Gulf Fritillary host)

  • *Asclepias/Milkweed fascicularis (Monarch host)

  • And other plants included in the above lists…

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Trees:

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  • Tristania laurina and Metrosiderous excelsa

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Annuals/biannuals/seeds:

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  • Snapdragon

  • Viola

  • Cosmos

  • Native Coastal California Wildflower mixes (via naturesseed.com)

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