Native Plants
Bruce Reed, the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden’s nursery manager has compiled a list of plants that are recommended for our area. They are both native and drought tolerant and would be a welcome addition to any Mission Canyon property. The criteria for the plants were “low growing, low water, full sun native species that might be good for revegetation.
- Dwarf black sages would be great – Salvia ‘Terra Seca’, ‘Green Carpet’, ‘Mrs Beard’
- Purple sages – particularly Salvia ‘Pt Sal’
- Monkeyflower(Mimulus)
- Chaparral morning-glory (Calystegia)
- Lessingia ‘Smart Aster’
- Chaparral mallow (Malacothamnus)
- CA buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum)
- Gumplant (Grindelia stricta)
- Epilobium – any cv, all sun-loving annuals
- Bush poppy (Dendromecon rigida)
- Lupines – all
- Coast sunflower (Encelia)
- Dwarf coyote brush (Baccharis pilularis)
And some shrubs for accent plants:
- Toyon (Heteromeles)
- Chaparral laurel (Malosma),
- Saltbush (Atriplex).
Also, here are the “Easy 8” as referenced by Steve Windhager of the SB Botanic Gardens during the Annual Meeting:
Easy Eight
![](https://www.sbbg.org/sites/default/files/images/easy1-arcto-howard-mcminn.jpg)
![image of Erigeron glaucus](https://www.sbbg.org/sites/default/files/images/easy2_erigeron-glaucus.jpg)
![image of Iris 'Canyon Snow'](https://www.sbbg.org/sites/default/files/images/easy3-iris-canyon-snow_sl_20316.jpg)
![image of Rhus integrifolia hedge at SBBG](https://www.sbbg.org/sites/default/files/images/easy4-rhus-intergrifolia_hedge-sbbg.jpg)
![image of Salvia spathacea (hummingbird sage)](https://www.sbbg.org/sites/default/files/images/easy5-salvia-spathacea_bd_13982.jpg)
![image of Ceanothus 'Ray Hartman'](https://www.sbbg.org/sites/default/files/images/easy6-ceanothus-ray-hartman.jpg)
![image of Salvia 'Winnifred Gilman' with Eriogonum giganteum](https://www.sbbg.org/sites/default/files/images/easy7-salvia-winnifred-gilman_eriogonum-giganteum.jpg)
![image of Heuchera 'Canyon Quartet'](https://www.sbbg.org/sites/default/files/images/easy8-heuchera-quartet_sbbg_sl_20457.jpg)
Another Easy Eight
![image of Eriogonum grande var. rubescens](https://www.sbbg.org/sites/default/files/images/easy9-eriogonum-grande-rubescens.jpg)
![image of Muhlenbergia rigens](https://www.sbbg.org/sites/default/files/images/easy10-muhlenbergia_rigens_annij_horiz.jpg)
![image of Verbena 'De La Mina'](https://www.sbbg.org/sites/default/files/images/easy-11-verbena-de-la-mina.jpg)
![image of Vitis californica 'Roger's Red' growing at aSBBG](https://www.sbbg.org/sites/default/files/images/easy12-vitis-californica-rogers-red-sbbg_bd_16412.jpg)
![image of Quercus agrifolia (California coast live oak), Meadow Oaks at SBBG](https://www.sbbg.org/sites/default/files/images/easy13-quercus-agrifolia_sbbg_sl_06710.jpg)
![image of Galvezia speciosa](https://www.sbbg.org/sites/default/files/images/easy14-galvezia-speciosa_sbbg_sl_04866.jpg)
![image of Achillea 'Pink Island Form' (Yarrow from San Miguel Island)](https://www.sbbg.org/sites/default/files/images/easy15-achillea-sbbg_bd_14467.jpg)
![image of Leymus 'Canyon Prince' at the entrance to SBBG](https://www.sbbg.org/sites/default/files/images/easy16-leymus-canyon-prince_sl_20450.jpg)