Ten easy native plants for the Bay Area.

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Ten easy native plants for the Bay Area, including San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose.

Arctostaphylos densiflora, Sentinel Manzanita works well as a low hedge or foundation plant. - grid24_12

1. Arctostaphylos Sentinel

Arctostaphylos stanfordiana bakeri, Louis Edmunds Manzanita tolerates clay solis , has gray foliage and dark pink flowers - grid24_12

2. Arctostaphylos Louis Edmunds

Arctostaphylos hookeri franciscana Franciscana Manzanita flowers and stems - grid24_12

3. Arctostaphylos hookeri franciscana

Ceanothus griseus horizontalis, Yankee Point, espaliered by deer. - grid24_12

4. Ceanothus, Yankee Point

Ceanothus Snowball makes a real show in spring. Mounding about 2-3 ft. tall use in the center of a lower ground cover. - grid24_12

5. Ceanothus rigidus, Snowball,

Ceanothus Heart's Desire as a foundation plant. - grid24_12

6. Ceanothus gloriosus, Heart's Desire.

7. Diplacus aurantiacus

Grindelia stricta venulosa, this Gum Plant makes a small ground cover on coastal bluffs. - grid24_12

8. Grindelia sticta venulosa

Ribes sanguineum var. glutinosum, Pink-Flowering Currant, is one of the showiest wild currants, with its pendulous clusters of reddish-pink flowers. - grid24_12

9. Ribes sanguineum var. glutinosum

Sisyrinchium bellum, Blue-Eyed Grass flowers are lavender blue. - grid24_12

10. Sisyrinchium bellum

Do not amend the soil, fertilize or use drip irrigation. No 'deep soak' (except for you in a tub). Water only to establish. In the Bay area, just a few waterings for the first summer. The humidity in San Jose and San Francisco is troubling for any of the Central and Southern California native plants. The first few waterings do well, then move on to something else in the garden.