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Achievements in Landscape Design: Back to Natives designs California native landscapes for homeowners and businesses throughout Orange and Los Angeles Counties. Chief landscape designer for the “Costa Mesa Green Home,” which is certified ‘Platinum’ by the US Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) for Homes Program. Provided the landscape design for “Project 319,” one of the first homes in Orange County to earn the Build It Green, GreenPoint Rated designation.
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Achievements in Landscape Design: Back to Natives designs California native landscapes for homeowners and businesses throughout Orange and Los Angeles Counties.
Chief landscape designer for the “Costa Mesa Green Home,” which is certified ‘Platinum’ by
the US Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
(LEED®) for Homes Program.
Provided the landscape design for “Project 319,” one of the first homes in Orange County to
earn the Build It Green, GreenPoint Rated designation.
Trees
Sycamore Platanus racemosa
Coast live oak, Quercus agrifolia
Tecate Cypress Hesperocyparis forbesii
Sambucas mexicana
Elderberry Sambucas mexicana
Large Shrubs
Rhus integrifolia Lemonade Berry
Rhus integrifolia Lemonade Berry
Ceanothus crassifolius, Hoaryleaf Ceanothus
Ceanothus spinosus Greenbark Ceanothus
Malosma laurina Laurel Sumac
Coyote Brush Baccharis pilularis
Baccharis & Salvia in a city park.
Malacothamnus fasciculatus Bush Mallow
Amorpha fruticosa False Indigo
Eriogonum fasciculatum
Buckwheat
Plant in community.
Shrubs
Artemisia californica
California Sage Brush
Artemisia californica California Sage Brush
Salvia mellifera Black Sage
Isomeris arborea
Isomeris arborea Bladderpod
Isomeris arborea Bladder Pod
Becker’s White
Checkered White
Rosa californica Wild rose
Photos by Deborah Small
Ribes speciosum Fuchsia Flowered Gooseberry
Salvia apiana, White Sage
Sub-shrubs & Perennials
Mimulus aurantiacus var. puniceus Red MonkeyFlower
Mimulus cardinalis, Scarlet Monkeyflower
Mimulus guttatus Seep MonkeyFlower
Oenot
hera h
ookeri
Ho
oker'
s Eve
ning
Prim
rose
Penstemon spectabilis
Showy Penstamon
Penstemon heterophyllus Foothill Penstemon
Penstemon centranthifolius Scarlet Bugler
Epilobium canum California Fuschia
Erigeron philadelphicus Philadelphia fleabane
Sisyrinchium bellum Blue Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium bellum Blue Eyed Grass
Asclepias fascicularis Narrow Leafed Milkweed
Asclepias eriocarpa Tongva Milkweed
Grasses & such
Aristida purpurea Purple Three Awn
Purple Three
Awned Grass
Aristida purpurea
Field Sedge, Carex praegracilis
Carex praegracilis
Field Sedge
Juncus mexicanus Mexican Rush
Cactus, Succulents & such
Coa
sta
l Ch
olla
C
ylin
dro
puntia p
rolif
era
Yucca whipplei Yucca
Yucca Giant Skipper
Yucca Moth
Chalk Dudleya
Dudleya pulverulenta
Dudleya edulis
fimgertips
Groundcover
Heliotropium curassavicum Seaside Heliotrope
Achillea millefolium, Yarrow
Stachys bulata
Stachys bullata
Hedge Nettle
Stachys bullata Hedge Nettle
Fragaria chiloensis
CaliforniaBeach Wild Strawberry
Satureja chandleri
San Miguel Savory
Vines
Calystegia macrostegia
Wild Morning Glory
Calystegia macrostegia Wild Morning Glory
Clematis lasiantha. Virgin’s bower
Vitis girdiana California Wild Grape
Vitis girdiana California Wild Grape
how to water native
plants.
Install Micro irrigation to Plants
Native Plant Websites
www.CalFlora.org
Native Plant descriptions, ranges & photos
www.BacktoNatives.org Nonprofit public charity that performs habitat restoration and
environmental education and now has a California native plant nursery!
