Western Native Garden

PACIFICA’S WESTERN NATIVE PLANT GARDEN

Native plants make a wonderful addition to any garden but, especially, perhaps, to gardens in rural areas. There are several reasons to include natives in your garden, including:

native plants are adapted to the rain available in the area

native plants are adapted to the insects and ecology of an area

native plants can be both beautiful and useful (edible,herbal,shade,etc)

native plants are a wonderful addition to a garden that includes birds and wildlife in its plan

it’s also fascinating to learn about the plants native to a region and the parts they have played in its ecology and history

Pacifica’s western native plant garden will, as the rest of the garden, be primarily about information…in this case for home landscapers.

PRELIMINARY GOALS for the Home Landscape Native Plant Garden include:

1) To offer plants for viewing and as much information as possible on interpretive cards

2) To have a showy border along the fence along Water Gap Road

3) To include information about natives for birds and wildlife and develop a program for kids to sculpt native animals (topiary, recycled, straw, etc)

The first section of this garden (currently being worked on…slowly, like everything!) will be next to the fence to showcase some of this area’s beauties. The plant list for this area will include:

For some SCREENING and garden bordering

Redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens)

Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata)

Incense Cedar (Calocedrus decurrens)

For SPRING COLOR

Western native wildflower seed

California “Lilac” (Ceanothus)

Oregon Grape (Mahonia aquifolium)

Red-Flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum)

Redbud (Cercis occidentlalis)

For SUMMER COLOR

California “Lilac” (Ceanothus)

Sulfur Flower (Eriogonum)

Ocean Spray (Holodiscus)

Lupine (Lupinus)

Western Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana demissa)

For FALL COLOR

Vine Maple (Acer circinatum)

Western Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana demissa)

California Fuchsia (Zauschneria)

Goldenrod (Solidago)