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California Native Plant Gardening
Here's many of the answers to your garden and plant questions over the 30 years we've been doing landscaping and design with native plants. We hope it helps.	The California Native Plant, a different animal Restoration How to Buy a Digital Camera Important things to know so you don't have a dead stick garden with weeds Common diseases and other problems California's Zones Drip Irrigation Defining garden conditions Drought tolerant or resistant native plants Soils, Mulches, Fertilizers, and Drainage Plant Size When To Plant Natives Planting native plants I Pruning Your Questions and Our Answers California Garden Ideas New Gardener Hedges Shade gardens Wildflower Seeds and Grasses Design your fragrant path Wildlife gardening
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For the harder stuff (we've also done restoration consulting and biological surveys in the past) see the Extreme Gardens section. Have fun with your design. Start with the concept of “what will grow here?”. What's the least amount of irrigation for the design to work? (Most native plants like the seasonal rainfall of the area of California they live in, plus a minute or two, twice a month, summer/fall, wash off.) Then finish the design. Colors, textures, flow, etc, come last in a design. Busy gardens full of the promise of tons of flowers end up being a weedy mess full of dead plants, or someone(you) replanting and weeding continuously. A ten foot by ten foot 'perennial' garden can cost a hundred a month in plants and 4-6 hours in time a week. Start with the KISS principle. and work very hard at keeping the design simple, irrigation simple, hardscape simple and plant selection simple. What will work in this location, for this application, needs to be the primary force behind the design. Not a blue flowering plant that is always flowering, with variegated foliage and the scent of wild grapes! Those designers should go and look for the perfect flowering plant somewhere on Mt. Everest, in their pastel sun suit, large hat, wooden clogs, and clipboard. Maybe the arrogance would be gone after a few futile years. Help -specific plants for your design
Deer, fire and other things that might get your natives Weeds Cold and Hardiness Critter Problems Leer at the Deer Deer and fire list Fire Plant tolerance of fire	Beautiful pictures of native gardens Garden Examples Residential May dry sun May wet and sunny May dry shade May wet shade

California Native Plant Gardening

Here's many of the answers to your garden and plant questions over the 30 years we've been doing landscaping and design with native plants. We hope it helps.

The California Native Plant, a different animal

Restoration

How to Buy a Digital Camera

Important things to know so you don't have a dead stick garden with weeds

Common diseases and other problems

California's Zones

Drip Irrigation

Defining garden conditions

Drought tolerant or resistant native plants

Soils, Mulches, Fertilizers, and Drainage

Plant Size

When To Plant Natives

Planting native plants I

Pruning

Your Questions and Our Answers

California Garden Ideas

New Gardener

Hedges

Shade gardens

Wildflower Seeds and Grasses

Design your fragrant path

Wildlife gardening

If you get lost, use the Google search at the top of the main pages to search Las Pilitas.

For the harder stuff (we've also done restoration consulting and biological surveys in the past) see the Extreme Gardens section.

Have fun with your design. Start with the concept of “what will grow here?”. What's the least amount of irrigation for the design to work? (Most native plants like the seasonal rainfall of the area of California they live in, plus a minute or two, twice a month, summer/fall, wash off.) Then finish the design. Colors, textures, flow, etc, come last in a design. Busy gardens full of the promise of tons of flowers end up being a weedy mess full of dead plants, or someone(you) replanting and weeding continuously. A ten foot by ten foot 'perennial' garden can cost a hundred a month in plants and 4-6 hours in time a week. Start with the KISS principle. and work very hard at keeping the design simple, irrigation simple, hardscape simple and plant selection simple. What will work in this location, for this application, needs to be the primary force behind the design. Not a blue flowering plant that is always flowering, with variegated foliage and the scent of wild grapes! Those designers should go and look for the perfect flowering plant somewhere on Mt. Everest, in their pastel sun suit, large hat, wooden clogs, and clipboard. Maybe the arrogance would be gone after a few futile years.

Help -specific plants for your design

Deer, fire and other things that might get your natives

Plant tolerance of fire

Beautiful pictures of native gardens