CDS Landscape Plant Reference

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4	CDS Landscape Plant Reference - updated 4/29/2022
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6	Common Name, Botanical Name	Mature Size	Sun Exposure	Color	Hardiness Zone	Purchase Size	Drought, Deer/rabbit resistant	Maintenance Notes	Photo
7	Flax, Phormium tenax	8' by 3'	full to part	green, red	9,10,11	1 gal.	Draught resistent Deer/rabbit resistant	May divide overgrown in spring.
8	Flax, rainbow, dwarf, Phormium	2' by 2'				1 gal.	Draught resistent Deer/rabbit resistant
9	Rosemary (Golden Rain)	3' by 3'	full sun	light green/yellow, blue flowers	8, 9, 10	1 gal.	Draught resistent Pest resistant
10	Heaven's breath, golden, Coleonema			green and gold, small white flowers		1 gal.	Draught resistent Deer/rabbit resistant
11	Heaven's breath, pink			green, small pink flowers		1 gal.	Draught resistent Deer/rabbit resistant
12	Plumbago (Dark Blue Cape), Plumbago auriculata 'Imperial Blue'		partial sun	blue flowers	8, 9, 12-24	1 gal.	Moderate water
13	French or big leaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla)	6' by 7'	part shade ok	pink, blue	6-11	1 gal	Moderate water	need little pruning
14	Rosemary (Salvia Rosmarinus)	2-6' x 2-4'	6-8 hrs sunlight	blue,purple	8-10	1 gal	Deer, drought resistant. Bees and butterflies love it	easy to grow
15	Mexican bush sage (Salvia leucantha)	4-6' tall	full sun	white,purple	8-10	1 gal	Ignored by deer,rabbits. Loved by butterflies & hummingbirds	cut old foliage to ground in early spring
16	Cape Daisy (Osteospermum)	1.5' tall groundcover	full sun	purple, white, pink	6-10	1 gal	low water requirements	cut back leggy plants at end of flowering season
17	Candelabra aloe (Aloe arborescens)	4-6' x 4-6'	full sun	orangey-red	9-11	1 gal	low water requirements	low maintenance
18	Common Sunshine Conebush (Leucadendron salignum)	4-6' x 4-5'	full sun	red	8-11	1 gal	drought tolerant, light watering
19	Blue Mountain Lilac (Ceanothus)	4-12' x 5-6'	full, partial	blue	7-10	1 gal	drought tolerant, attracts bees and butterflies	this shrub does not take well to its roots being disturbed, so avoid digging around it once it is planted.
20	Carmel Creeper (Ceanothus griseus)					1 gal	drought tolerant, offers hillside protection	just seeing if anyone is looking at these pictures!
21	Lantana, golden	6' x 6'	full sun	yellow flowers		1 gal	drought tolerant, fast growing, toxic to animals, considered invasive in some states
22	Lantana, shrub verbena (Lantana camara)	6' x 6'	full sun	various colors	8-11	1 gal	drought tolerant, fast growing, toxic to animals, considered invasive in some states
23	Tator Tot (Thuja occidentalis)	1-2' x 1-2'	full, partial	evergreen	3-8	1 gal	low maintenance	if desired, prune in Spring
24	Sweet Pea Shrub, Milkwort (Polygala)	up to 5'	full, partial	purple, pink	9-11	1 gal	drought tolerant after established	fertilize in Spring
25	Boxwood (buxus)	2-8'	full, partial	evergreen	5-9	1 gal
26	Trailing Lantana	2' x 5'	full,partial	yellow	8-12	1 gal	deer,drought,salt tolerant	groundcover, good for banks/slopes
27	Hotlips (salvia microphylla)	3' x 6'	full	white,red	8-10	1 gal	deer resistant	good for bees hummingbirds
28	Tree aenium	2 -60" depending on species	full, partial	waxy leaves formed in rosettes	9-11	1 gal	drought tolerant	needs good drainage
29	agapanthus	2-2' depending on species	full, partial	blue or purple		free on property	drought tolerant, attracts snails	hearty and divides well.
30	Photinia x fraseri 'Red Robin"	9-12'	takes shade well	white, red, green	7-9			easy to tame for hedges
31	Photinia × fraseri 'Pink Marble'	7-14'	takes shade well	white, red, green	7-9			easy to tame for hedges
32	California Rose (Rosa Californica)	10-10'	prefers mostly sunny	pink	7-9		Low water. Deer resistant. Attracts bees and butterflies	Cut back annually in Fall, as needed
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37	ivy	DO NOT PLANT	highly invasive, damaging to buildings, trees and plants					current effort is to eradicate all intrusive ivy
38	Hostas	DO NOT PLANT	Snails eat them completely
39	Alyssum	AVOID PLANTING	Highly allergic neighbor
40	Olive tree	DO NOT PLANT	Fungus prone and highly allergic neighbor
41	Highway ice plant	DO NOT PLANT	non-native, invasive, heaviness can cause erosion
42	Milkweed	DO NOT PLANT	attracts butterflies, controversy regarding effects on migrating monarchs along with statement that they should be planted 5 miles inland					Must die back each year to promote new healthy growth to benefit monarchs
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