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Easy-to-Grow Native Plants for San Jose Gardens
     by Arvind Kumar, Ashok Jethanandani and Krzysztof Kozminski

A partial list of native plants that grow well in our San Jose gardens with a minimum of fuss
 
Common Name Scientific Name Exposure Water Flower
Wildflowers
California Poppy Eschscholzia californica Sun   Orange
Elegant Clarkia Clarkia unguiculata Sun   Magenta
Ruby Chalice Clarkia Clarkia rubicunda Sun   Pink
Farewell-to-Spring Clarkia amoena Sun   Pink
Showy Farewell-to-Spring Clarkia bottae Sun   Bluish pink
Seep Monkey Flower Mimulus guttatus Sun Moist Yellow
Common Madia Madia elegans Sun   Yellow
Globe Gilia Gilia capitata Sun   Blue
Bird's Eye Gilia Gilia tricolor Sun   Violet
Miner's Lettuce Claytonia perfoliata Shade   Insignificant
 
Perennials
Yarrow Achillea millefolium Sun   White
California Fuchsia Epilobium canum canum Sun   Red
California Fuchsia 'Select Silver' Epilobium canum 'Select Silver' Sun   Red
Mugwort Artemisia douglasiana Shade   None
Hummingbird Sage Salvia spathacea Shade   Pink
Columbine Aquilegia formosa Shade   Red
Checkerbloom Sidalcea malvaeflora Sun   Pink
Mountain Iris Iris douglasiana Sun   Purple
Gumplant Grindelia camporum Sun   Yellow
Coyote Mint Monardella villosa Sun   Purple
Giant Coreopsis Coreopsis gigantea Sun   Yellow
Island Alumroot Heuchera maxima Sun   Red
American Wild Mint Mentha arvensis Afternoon shade   Blue
Blue-eyed Grass Sisyrinchium bellum Afternoon shade Occasional Blue
 
Bulbs
Fremont's Star Lily Zygadenus fremontii Sun   White
Stream Orchid Epipactis gigantea Shade Moist Green
 
Shrubs
Purple Sage Salvia leucophylla Sun   Lavendar
Black Sage Salvia mellifera Sun   White
Santa Rosa Island Sage Salvia brandegei Sun   Light Blue
Cleveland Sage Salvia clevelandii 'Winnifred Gilman' Sun   Dark Blue
Creeping Sage Salvia sonomensis 'Dara's Choice' Sun   Blue
California Bee Plant Scrophularia californica Afternoon shade   Red
Wild Buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum Sun   White
Toyon Heteromeles arbutifolia Sun   Red berries
Blue Witch Solanum umbelliferum Sun   Purple
Sticky Monkey Flower Mimulus aurantiacus Sun   Orange
Vinehill Manzanita Arctostaphylos densiflora 'Sentinel' Sun   Pink
Big Berry Manzanita Arctostaphylos glauca Sun   White
California Sagebrush Artemisia californica Sun   Insignificant
San Diego Sagewort Artemisia palmeri Sun   Yellow
Brewer's Saltbrush Artemisia lentiformis breweri Sun   Cream
Nevin's Barberry Berberis nevinii Sun   Yellow
Mountain Lilac Ceanothus arboreus x griseus 'Ray Hartman' Sun   Blue
'Frosty Blue' Ceanothus Ceanothus 'Frosty Blue' Sun   Blue
Creeping Mountain Lilac Ceanothus 'Joyce Coulter' Sun   Blue
Maritime Ceanothus Ceanothus maritimus 'Dr. Leiser Dark Blue' Sun   Blue
Maritime Ceanothus Ceanothus maritimus 'Frosty Dawn' Sun   Blue
Wartleaf Ceanothus Ceanothus papillosus 'Dark Star' Sun   Dark Blue
Wartleaf Ceanothus Ceanothus papillosus 'Julia Phelps' Sun   Dark Blue
Blue Blossom Ceanothus thyrsiflorus 'Arroyo de la Cruz' Sun   Blue
White-flowered Mountain Lilac Ceanothus thyrsiflorus 'Snow Flurry' Sun   White
Channel Island Tree Poppy Dendromecon harfordii Sun   Yellow
Bush Poppy Dendromecon rigida Sun   Yellow
California Brittlebush Encelia californica Sun   Yellow
St. Catherine's Lace Eriogonum giganteum Sun   White
Island Snapdragon Galvezia speciosa 'Boca rosa' Afternoon shade   Red
Santa Cruz Island Bush Mallow Malocothamnus fasciculatus Sun   Pink
Coffee Berry Rhamnus californica 'Eve Case' Afternoon shade   White
Lemonade Berry Rhus integrifolia Sun   White
Sugar Bush Rhus ovata Sun   White
White-flowering Currant Ribes indecorum Sun   White
Fuchsia-flowered Gooseberry Ribes speciosum Sun   Red
Catalina Currant Ribes viburnifolium Sun   Insignificant
 
Ground Cover
Dwarf Coyote Bush Baccharis pilularis 'Pigeon Point' Sun   White
Bee's Bliss Sage Salvia 'Bee's Bliss' Sun   Lavendar
Hearst Ranch Buckbrush Ceanothus hearstiorum Sun   Blue
Yerba Buena Satureja douglasii Shade Moist Insignificant
Western Verbena Verbena lasiostachys Afternoon shade   Blue
 
Grasses
California Fescue Festuca californica Shade    
Giant Wildrye Leymus condensatus 'Canyon Prince' Sun    
Deer Grass Muhlenbergia rigens Sun    
Purple Needlegrass Nasella pulchra Sun    
 
Vines
California Grape Vitis californica Sun    
Virgin's Bower Clematis ligusticifolia Shade   White
 
Trees
Blue Elderberry Sambucus mexicana Sun   Cream
Hollyleaf Cherry Prunus ilicifolia Sun    
Valley Oak Quercus lobata Sun    
Coast Live Oak Quercus agrifolia Sun    
Oregon Grape Berberis aquifolium Sun   Yellow
Big Leaf Maple Acer macrophyllum Sun   Pink
Feltleaf Ceanothus Ceanothus arboreus 'Trewithen Blue' Sun   Blue
Mountain Mahogany Cercocarpus betuloides Sun   Cream
Desert Willow Chilopsis linearis Sun   Pink
Sargent's Cypress Cupressus sargentii Sun    
Flannel Bush Fremontodendron californicum Sun   Yellow
Island Mallow Lavatera assurgentiflora Sun   Pink
 
Succulents
Coast Dudleya Dudleya caespitosa Sun   Yellow
Rock Lettuce Dudleya cymosa Sun   Yellow
Fingertips Dudleya edulis Sun   Yellow
Chalk Dudleya Dudleya pulverulenta Sun   Yellow
Santa Barbara Island Dudleya Dudleya traskiae Sun   Yellow


Sources

Natives are hard to find at regular nurseries, although it never hurts to ask.
Most of our seeds and plants came from:

Larner Seeds, Bolinas:  www.larnerseeds.com
Yerba Buena Nursery, Woodside:  www.yerbabuenanursery.com
Native Revival Nursery, Aptos:  www.nativerevival.com
Rana Creek Nursery, Carmel Valley:  www.ranacreek.com
Sally Casey, California Native Plant Society/Gardening With Natives, San Jose:  www.cnps-scv.org