Drought Tolerant Shade Plants California

The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern Ontario; in northern Ontario it occurs farther north than the alternateleaf dogwood, but does not extend past 50°N (Soper and Heimburger...

His nursery and home are in the hills above the Santa Barbra coast and the view is spectacular. We spent the morning comparing notes and taking the full tour which included touching leaves, smelling foliage and tasting herbs.

* American Beautyberry ( Callicarpa americana ) is an open-habit, native shrub of the Southern United States which is often grown as an ornamental in gardens and yards . It is juicy, sweet, fleshy, slightly aromatic.

* Hippocrepis emerus reaches on average 50–150 centimetres (20–59 in) of height, with a maximum of 200 centimetres (79 in). * These shrubs are usually found in wooded and bushy areas, on sunny, warm and dry slopes and around forest edges.

* American Beautyberry ( Callicarpa americana ) is an open-habit, native shrub of the Southern United States which is often grown as an ornamental in gardens and yards . It is juicy, sweet, fleshy, slightly aromatic.

* Hippocrepis emerus reaches on average 50–150 centimetres (20–59 in) of height, with a maximum of 200 centimetres (79 in). * These shrubs are usually found in wooded and bushy areas, on sunny, warm and dry slopes and around forest edges.

It is indigenous to southeast Europe and southwest Asia . * It is a low, creeping, woody shrub to about 1 m tall and 1–2 m wide but often smaller. It is a popular, semi- evergreen garden shrub with many named cultivars and hybrids derived from it.In...

It is indigenous to southeast Europe and southwest Asia . * It is a low, creeping, woody shrub to about 1 m tall and 1–2 m wide but often smaller. It is a popular, semi- evergreen garden shrub with many named cultivars and hybrids derived from it.In...

* The blue flowers and on occasion white flowers are bonnet shaped. * The plant is short lived but self sows freely producing a good quantity of seed each year. * This mixed wildflower perennial is a double form of columbine that has been used in gardens...

* The blue flowers and on occasion white flowers are bonnet shaped. * The plant is short lived but self sows freely producing a good quantity of seed each year. * This mixed wildflower perennial is a double form of columbine that has been used in gardens...

It is bound to be a subject of conversation in your garden. Grows 6-12'' tall and 6-9'' wide. Super hardy Edelweiss will survive the coldest winter temperatures and the worst summer droughts.

* The Siberian Elm is usually a small to medium-sized, often bushy, tree growing to 10 - 20 m tall, with a trunk up to 80 cm d.b.h . * Of open, wide-spreading habit, with several main branches ramifying into small branchlets; grows quickly, but wood may...

* The Siberian Elm is usually a small to medium-sized, often bushy, tree growing to 10 - 20 m tall, with a trunk up to 80 cm d.b.h . * Of open, wide-spreading habit, with several main branches ramifying into small branchlets; grows quickly, but wood may...

The Purple D'Oro daylily is a wonderfully colored reblooming daylily. The Purple D'Oro daylily prefers full sun. You'll be thrilled with the first flush of 3'' purple blooms from June to October.

Red petals with orange-yellow stripes and other blends make this hybrid daylily stand out in any garden. Mid-late season bloomer. Grows 22'' tall. A stunning blend of orange, yellow, red and tan.

The seed germinates better if it is given a period of cold stratification. Germination can be rather slow, sometimes taking 12 months or more. * Ruscus aculeatus is a low evergreen Eurasian shrub, with flat shoots known as cladodes that give the appearance...

The seed germinates better if it is given a period of cold stratification. Germination can be rather slow, sometimes taking 12 months or more. * Ruscus aculeatus is a low evergreen Eurasian shrub, with flat shoots known as cladodes that give the appearance...

Each article in the series will feature one sun-loving and one shade-loving plant. Adventurous gardeners love to experiment, and what better way than to explore some of the lesser-known perennials that don't usually inhabit the local greenhouse.

* Native to the U.S. Southwest, where it is sometimes used as a street or shade tree; 3-5 leaflets per leaf; dark gray scaly ridged bark; velvety young shoots, downy leaves. * Fraxinus velutina ( Velvet Ash or Arizona Ash or Modesto Ash ) is a species...

* Native to the U.S. Southwest, where it is sometimes used as a street or shade tree; 3-5 leaflets per leaf; dark gray scaly ridged bark; velvety young shoots, downy leaves. * Fraxinus velutina ( Velvet Ash or Arizona Ash or Modesto Ash ) is a species...

Common Juniper has needle-like leaves in whorls of three; the leaves are green, with a single white stomatal band on the inner surface. * Juniperus communis subsp. It is dioecious , with male and female cones on separate plants, which are wind pollinated.

Common Juniper has needle-like leaves in whorls of three; the leaves are green, with a single white stomatal band on the inner surface. * Juniperus communis subsp. It is dioecious , with male and female cones on separate plants, which are wind pollinated.

* It climbs by means of aerial rootlets which cling to the substrate. * The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Hedera helix for cough, bronchitis.

* Ulmus minor, the Field Elm, is by far the most polymorphic of the European species, although its taxonomy remains a matter of contention. * The species readily produces suckers from roots and stumps, even after devastation by Dutch elm disease; consequently...

* Ulmus minor, the Field Elm, is by far the most polymorphic of the European species, although its taxonomy remains a matter of contention. * The species readily produces suckers from roots and stumps, even after devastation by Dutch elm disease; consequently...

* It climbs by means of aerial rootlets which cling to the substrate. * The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Hedera helix for cough, bronchitis.

The red seed pods are brilliant, opening to revel shiny black seeds. * Can be grown as a small ornamental tree. * Common in thickets and in thin secondary forests in lowlands and low mountains of central and southern Japan.