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Allen Chickering Sage
Salvia 'Allen Chickering'


Plant Type: Shrub, Native
Foliage Character: Evergreen
Habit: Sprawling, Mounding
Growth Rate: Moderate

Anne Sage
Salvia greggi ‘Anne’


Plant Type: Shrub, Native
Foliage Character: Perennial
Habit: Mounding
Growth Rate: Fast

Bees Bliss Sage
Salvia 'Bees Bliss'


Plant Type: Shrub, Ground cover, Native
Foliage Character: Evergreen
Habit: Spreading
Growth Rate: Moderate

Blue Elderberry
Sambucus mexicana


Plant Type: Shrub,  Tree,  Native
Foliage Character: Winter Deciduous
Habit: Upright, Spreading
Growth Rate: Fast

California Fuchsia
Epilobium canum


Plant Type: Plant,  Native
Foliage Character: Perennial
Habit: Spreading
Growth Rate: Fast

California Strawberry
Fragaria vesca


Plant Type: Ground cover, Perennial
Foliage Character: Evergreen
Habit: Trailing, Spreading
Growth Rate: Moderate

Canyon Prince Wild Rye
Elymus Condensatus 'Canyon Prince'


Plant Type: Grass, Native
Foliage Character: Semi-deciduous, Evergreen
Habit: Upright, Spreading, Clumping
Growth Rate: Slow

Catalina Evergreen Currant
Ribes viburnifolium


Plant Type: Shrub, Ground cover, Native
Foliage Character: Evergreen
Habit: Mounding, Spreading
Growth Rate: Moderate

Cedros Island Verbena
Verbena lilacina ‘De La Mina’


Plant Type: Perennial, Native
Foliage Character: Evergreen
Habit: Mounding
Growth Rate: Fast

Forest Pansy
Cercis canadensis


Plant Type: Tree
Foliage Character: Winter deciduous
Habit: Upright, Low-branching
Growth Rate: Fast

N/A
Hartweg Evening Primrose
Calylophus hartwegii


Plant Type: Shrub
Foliage Character: Winter deciduous
Habit: Spreading
Growth Rate: Fast

Howard McMinn Manzanita
Arctostaphylos D. ‘Howard McMinn’


Plant Type: Shrub
Foliage Character: Evergreen
Habit: Mounds
Growth Rate: Slow

Julian’s Gold Toyon
Heteromeles ‘Julian’s Gold’


Plant Type: Shrub
Foliage Character: Evergreen
Habit: Mounds
Growth Rate: Fast

Lady’s Fingertips Dudleya (Liveforever)
Dudleya edulis


Plant Type: Succulent
Foliage Character: Evergreen
Habit: Upright
Growth Rate: Moderate

Mexican Rush
Juncus mexicanus


Plant Type: Grass, Native
Foliage Character: Evergreen
Habit: Upright, spreading
Growth Rate: Moderate

Pacific Coast Irises
Iris Pacific Coast Hybrids


Plant Type: Shrub, Native
Foliage Character: Evergreen
Habit: Clumps
Growth Rate: Moderate

Punta Banda Island Snapdragon
Gambelia juncea ‘Punta Banda’


Plant Type: Shrub, Native
Foliage Character: Evergreen
Habit: Mounding, Dense, Arching
Growth Rate: Fast

Ray Hartman California Lilac
Ceanothus ‘Ray Hartman’


Plant Type: Shrub, Native
Foliage Character: Evergreen
Habit: Upright, Mounding, Dense
Growth Rate: Fast

San Miguel Savory
Clinopodium chandleri


Plant Type: Shrub, Native
Foliage Character: Evergreen
Habit: Spreading
Growth Rate: Moderate/Slow

Sea Cliff Buckwheat
Eriogonum parvifolium


Plant Type: Shrub, Native
Foliage Character: Evergreen
Habit: Mounding, Compact
Growth Rate: Moderate

Southern California Grape
Vitis girdiana


Plant Type: Shrub, Vine, Native
Foliage Character: Evergreen
Habit: Spreading
Growth Rate: Fast

Stream Orchid
Epipactis gigantea


Plant Type: Perennial Herb, Native
Foliage Character: Summer Deciduous
Habit: Upright
Growth Rate: Moderate

Other Pollinators
Western Meadow Sedge
Carex praegracilis


Plant Type: Ground cover, Grass, Sedge, Native
Foliage Character: Winter deciduous
Habit: Spreading, Dense
Growth Rate: Moderate

N/A
Western Redbud
Cercis occidentalis


Plant Type: Shrub, Native
Foliage Character: Winter Deciduous
Habit: Open, Multi-trunk, Low-branching
Growth Rate: Moderate

Woolly Bluecurls
Trichostema lanatum


Plant Type: Shrub, Native
Foliage Character: Evergreen
Habit: Sprawling, Mounding
Growth Rate: Moderate/Fast

Yerba Mansa
Anemopsis californica


Plant Type: Perennial Herb, Native
Foliage Character: Winter Semi-Deciduous
Habit: Upright, Spreading
Growth Rate: Moderate/Fast

The plants listed above can be found within the Girl Scout Water-Wise Garden located at the Center Street entrance of the City Yard in Santa Ana. Be sure to read about the collaboration that blossomed between Girl Scout Troop 6326 and the City of Santa Ana's Water Resources Division.

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