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One of the very best wildlife plants in California — host to over 200 butterfly and moth species and a lifeline for early bees.
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Sculptural mahogany-red bark and smoky blue-gray leaves make this one of our most striking large manzanitas.
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Clusters of starry blue-lavender flowers with golden centers bloom much of the year, buzz-pollinated by native bees.
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A rugged, cold-hardy wild lilac (to -10°F) that smothers itself in fragrant white spring blooms abuzz with native bees.
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Perhaps the single most important pollinator plant in our chaparral — flat-topped cream flowers age to a rich rust and feed countless native bees and butterflie
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A blaze of tubular scarlet flowers exactly when the garden needs color most — late summer into fall — and hummingbirds defend it fiercely.
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Wands of warm golden flowers light up the late-season garden and feed pollinators stocking up for winter.
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Plumes of warm golden-yellow flowers light up the fall garden and feed bees and butterflies stocking up for winter.
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Simple, fragrant pink blooms followed by scarlet hips that feed birds through winter — and that classic wild-rose perfume.
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The defining shrub of California's chaparral — fine needle-like foliage and frothy cream flower clusters in early summer.
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A dramatic silver-spined rosette that, after years of patience, throws a towering stalk of creamy bells — then sets seed and passes the torch to its pups.
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A handsome, adaptable evergreen with berries that shift from green to red to black — a moveable feast for birds.

