TURF SUBSTITUTES
(plant 3-6’ apart for full coverage in 9-12 months)
MEDIUM SHRUBS (4-6’+)
- Abutilon palmeri, Indian Mallow
- Hyptis emoryi, Desert Lavender
LOW SHRUBS (2-4’)
- Salvia clevelandii, Cleveland Sage (many varieties)
- Salvia mellifera, Black Sage
- Sphaeralcea sulphurea, Guadalupe Island Globe Mallow
- Ribes viburnifolium, Evergreen currant
GROUND COVERS (less than 2’)
- Salvia ‘Bee’s Bliss’, Bee’s Bliss Sage
- Eriogonum fasciculatum ‘Bruce Dickinson’, Prostrate Buckwheat
- Baccharis ‘Pigeon Point’, Prostrate Coyote Bush
ACCENTS AND GRASSES (1-3’)
- Heuchera species, Coral Bells (shade)
- Muhlenbergia rigens, Deergrass
SHRUBS AND TREES
(plant 10-20’ apart, as desired, among plants from above list)
TALL SHRUBS (6-12’)
- Heteromeles arbutifolia, Toyon
- Prunus ilicifolia, Hollyleaf Cherry
SMALL TREES (15-25’)
- Lysiloma watsonii, Fern of the Desert
- Caesalpinia californica, Palo Prieto
- Cupressus forbesii, Tecate Cypress
TALL TREES (height in the landscape 25’ +)
- Pinus torreyana, Torrey Pine (coastal)
- Prosopis pubescens, Mesquite (inland)
