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Save on your water bills with hardy native landscaping

Southern California’s hot, dry summers bring on absolutely devilish conditions for your yard. Transition to drought-tolerant desert and native plantings to reduce your water consumption and keep your yard attractive all summer. Hardy favorites don’t have to be all cacti and rock lawns!

Flowering Plants

Desert Marigold
These small perennials live for one to two years and bloom with wide, bright yellow flowers on long, silvery-green stems. Plant them in full sun and well-drained soil.

Hummingbird Sage
Named for the tiny birds they attract, these pitcher-shaped flowers appear year-round. Mix them in with native shrubs and flowers for a coastal garden look or let them spread fragrant pinks, corals and whites.

Shrubs

Coyote Brush
This evergreen, fire retardant shrub is excellent for stabilizing slopes. Depending on winds, they grow low to the ground or mound up to 12’ high. This plant is an excellent solution for hillsides with poor soil conditions.

Desert Mallow
These small, rapidly growing shrubs are very drought-hardy and sport bright orange perennial blooms. These flowers do well in dry, rocky soils.

Grasses and Ground Cover

Sheep Fescue
This unusual ornamental grass grows in rounded clumps 6-10 inches high, providing a rich green ground cover. It tolerates direct sun and strong winds and is ideal for border plantings.

Evening Primrose
This low-growing plant needs very little water and resists pests naturally. Silvery foliage grows quickly and spreads horizontally, with delicate, fragrant white to pale pink flowers attracting hummingbirds and butterflies.

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