Ferns
Cow clover
Lance Self Heal
Beach Strawberry
Kinnikinnick
Redwood sorrel
Deer fern
Sword fern
Lady fern
Bunch Grasses
Groundcovers
Cow Clover
Trifolium wormskioldii
Type: Perennial
Height: 6-10 inches
Light: Sun- part shade
Bloom time: May-August
Bloom color: dark pink to purple
Uses: Pollinators, host plant for
Seaside elfin butterfly, wildlife forage
Lance Self Heal
Prunella vulgaris spp lanceolata
Type: Perennial
Height: 6-12 inches
Light: Sun- part shade
Bloom time: May-July
Bloom color: Purple
Uses: Pollinator nectar plant,
bees, wildlife
Beach Strawberry
Fragaria chiloensis
Type: Perennial
Height: 6-10 inches
Light: Sun- part shade
Bloom time: April -May
Bloom color: white- pale pink
Water needs: low
Uses: Bees, pollinators, edible , wildlife
Kinnikinnick
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Type: Perennial
Height: 6-10 inches
Light: Sun- part shade
Bloom time: March-May
Bloom color: pale pink
Water needs: drought tolerant
Uses: Hummingbirds, bumblebees, host plant for Coastal Blue butterfly, wildlife, erosion control
Redwood Sorrel
Oxalis oregana
Type: Perennial
Height: 2- 8 inches
Light: Part shade- shade
Bloom time: May-August
Bloom color: white - pale pink
Water needs: medium
Uses: Pollinators, deer resistant
Groundcovers
Tufted Hairgrass
California fescue
Rush (Grass-like)
Deer fern
Blechnum spicant
Type: Evergreen
Height: 1-2 ft
Light: Part shade- shade
Water needs: needs moisture
Reproduce from spores and rhizomes
Western sword fern
Polystichum munitum
Type: Evergreen
Height: 3-6 ft
Light: Part sun- shade
Water needs: prefers some moisture
Uses: provides cover for ground nesting bumblebees. erosion control
Reproduce from spores and rhizomes
Lady fern
Athyrium filix-femina
Type: Deciduous
Height: 2-5 ft
Light: Part shade- shade
Water needs: prefers some moisture
Uses: Fiddlehead are edible. wildlife forage
Reproduce from spores and rhizomes
Bunch Grasses
Bunch grasses provide forage resources for beneficial insects and potential nesting sites for colonies of bumble bees. Bees can access bare ground near the grass clump's base.
Rhizomatous grasses are not desirable in this type of planting because they spread out and exclude the desired forbs/wildflowers.
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Tufted Hairgrass
Deschampsia cespitosa
Type: Perennial
Height: 2-3 ft
Light: Sun- part shade
Water needs:low needs- flood tolerant
Uses: Pollinator host, wildlife browse, erosion control, bio-filtration
California fescue
Festuca californica
Type: Perennial
Height: 1.5 - 3 ft
Light: Sun - part shade
Water needs: low needs, drought tolerant
Uses: Butterfly host plant, provides bumblebee nesting habitat, deer resistant
Coastal Rush
Juncus spp
(similar to a bunch grass)
Type: Perennial
Height: 2-3 ft
Light: Sun- part shade
Water needs: needs moisture
Uses: Bogs, ponds, bioswales, tolerates standing water, deer resistant, bird habitat
Biodynamic propagation of plants, plugs and
seeds. Ready for your gardens, pollinators,
restorations, hedgerows, or rain gardens.