Small Flowering Plants S-Z
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Salvia spathacea - Las Pilitas Common Name: Hummingbird Sage
Family: Lamiaceae
Type: Shrub, 1'h x 2'w - spreading
Flowers: Spring to Fall (dependent on moisture)
Flower Color: Magenta
Likes: Full Sun
Selected by Bert WIlson at Las Pilitas. Low growing spreading, perennial, aromatic sage. Unique flowers on 1-2' spikes. Attracts hummingbirds. Nice fill-in between larger sages or shrubs. Frost will damage flower but not foliage. Very adaptable, easy to grow. Drought tolerant. Can take some summer irrigation.
Salvia spathacea - XL Common Name: Hummingbird Sage
Family: Lamiaceae
Type: Shrub, 3'h x 1'w
Flowers: Spring to Fall (dependent on moisture)
Flower Color: Magenta
Likes: Full Sun
Taller and less aggressively spreading than the Las Pilitas selection. Perennial, aromatic sage. Unique flowers on 2-3' spikes. Attracts hummingbirds. Spreads by rhizomes. Nice fill-in between larger sages or shrubs. Flowering dependent on moisture. Frost will damage flower but not foliage. Very adaptable, easy to grow. Drought tolerant. Can take some summer irrigation.
Winter / Fall
Sisyrinchium bellum Common Name: Blue Eyed Grass
Family: Iridaceae
Type: Small plant 1'h x .5'w
Flowers: March to July
Flower Color: Blue
Likes: Full Part Shade
Perennial. Blue flowers. Long blooming period and very adaptable to different conditions. Delicate narrow leaves. Very nice accent plant between larger perennials or in a small native area.
Drought tolerant but can tolerate some garden moisture.
Sisyrinchium bellum (San Simeon) Common Name: White Eyed Grass
Family: Iridaceae (Images) Need to pick thru the images to find the San Simeon
Type: Small plant ,5'h x .5'w
Flowers: March to June
Flower Color: White
Likes: Full Part Shade
Perennial. White flowered smaller version of Sis. Bellum. Very adaptable accent plant. Grows in clumps and can use summer water. Summer dormant. Nice addition to Blue Eyed grass.
Wyethia angustifolia Common Name: Narrowleaf Mull ears
Family: Asteraceae (Images)
Type: Shrub, 1'h x 1'w
Flowers: Spring
Flower Color: Yellow
Likes: Full Sun
Small flowering perennial. Bright yellow flowers on. Dies back each year to retun the next Spring. Groups make great displays of large yellow flowers.
Zauschneria californica Common Name: CA Fuschia Mexicana
(Epilobium canum ssp. canum)
Family: Onagraceae
Type: 1.5'h x 3'w - spreading
Flowers: June to Fall
Flower Color: Orange/Red
Likes: Full Sun
Often overlooked as it is a late bloomer. Low growing perennial Fuschia. Flowers summer into fall.
Trim in the winter to keep it fresh and low growing. A favorite with Humming Birds like all Fuschias.
Zauschneria septentrionalis Common Name: Mattole River Fuschia
(Epilobium septentrionale 'Select Mattole')
Family: Onagraceae
Type: Small plant 1'h x 3'w
Flowers: June to Fall
Flower Color: Orange/Red
Likes: Full Sun
Smaller Fuschia. Native to the coast so will need some irrigation inland. Great as a spreading ground cover. Will grow fairly large with regular water. Often overlooked in the Spring as it is a summer/fall bloomer. Use as edge or among rocks. Great with mid-level Penstemons. Apparently the deer like this one.