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Globe gilia Blue Field Gilia is an annual wildflower that grows 6 inches to 2 feet tall and a little less than a foot wide. With pincushion like spherical clusters of purple flowers that are rich in nectar, providing food for many pollinators such as butterflies, native bees and honey bees. It looks beautiful combined…
Bird’s eye An intricately colored annual California wildflower. Bird’s eye gilia is charming and dependable, thriving in sun or part-shade. Light-blue or violet flowers are set off by powder-blue stamens and a yellow throat with a dark purple ring at the top. Has a subtle sweet scent. Excellent in bouquets. Native to the Central Valley…
Common sunflower Common sunflower is fast-growing annual herb that can grow up to 9 feet tall. Harvest the seeds in late fall or let it self-sow to start a new crop for next year. The large, yellow, sunny flowers rotate to face the sun. Its showy ray petals attract hummingbirds and butterflies, which are rewarded…
Hayfield tarweed Hayfield tarweed is a native annual herb growing to 2 ft tall and 1 ft wide, found in the central valley and coastal regions of California. The inflorescence are covered with glandular hairs and hold yellow daisy-like flower heads. It produces tons of sweetly pungent blooms late in summer and often into fall. …
Toad rush Toad rush is small annual plant that grows in muddy placed often around pond margins, streams and other wet places. It grows worldwide and is sometime considered a weed in garden situations. Its biggest value is in how fast it grows to help stabilize wet edges during restoration.
California goldfields Part of the sunflower family, Goldfields is a low-growing annual herb reaching 2 to 10 inches tall, and 8 to 18 inches in spread making it an excellent ground cover. This species produces large populations of blooms blanketing many coastal bluffs, and open fields from March until May. The flowers resemble tiny yellow…
Yellow rayed goldfields Spring blooming annual wildflower with profuse abundance of bright yellow flowers 6″ – 12″ tall. Yellow rayed goldfields will produce a carpet of color to any moist meadow garden. Good in masses as background for other wildflowers. Attracts the lovely and endangered Checker-spot butterfly.
Coastal Tidy-tips Tidy Tips is an annual wildflower that is widespread throughout California. Its 1 1/2″ wide butter yellow flowers tipped with white are beautiful in masses, in combinations with other low-growing wildflowers, or as a sunny border edging. It has a long bloom period and is usually one of the first wildflowers to appear…
Common Meadow Foam Also called “poached egg plant”, this low-growing annual meadowflower blooms from March – July. It is adapted for the poorly drained soils of vernal pools and spring meadows, but is occasionally found in drier environments. It is a popular ornamental plant, The blooms make wonderful cut flowers. These fragrant yellow flowers are…
Bicolored lupine A diminutive but showy annual or perennial wildflower that grows to about 1-1/2 feet tall. Colorful addition to a dry meadow. A common companion of the California Poppy. Adds nitrogen to the soil to the benefit of other plants in the community. Flowers in the Spring. Sun:Â Full Sun Water:Â Dry, Light Soil:Â Loam, Sand Other:…
Chick lupine Lupinus microcarpus var. densiflorus is one of 3 varieties of Chick Lupine. This variety is a stout annual lupine that grows 1 to 3 feet tall with whorls of pale yellow flowers throughout May and June, providing nectar for a variety of pollinators. The petals are sometimes tinged with pink or purple, creating…
Sky Lupine Sky Lupine is a compact annual lupine that grows 0.5 – 2 ft. tall x 1 ft. wide in a pyramidal, spreading form. Space 2 ft. apart. It’s fragrant, deep blue-purple/lavender to white flowers bloom abundantly from late winter throughout spring in chaparral clearings and along slopes throughout the Coast Ranges and Sierra…
Arroyo lupine An annual, 2′ tall x 1′ wide that self sows. Grows quickly and blooms heavily with blue-purple (rarely white) flowers in the late winter or early spring. 3 foot root system makes it good for bank stabilization. Hummingbirds, bees and butterflies collect nectar from the flowers. Birds eat the seeds. Flowers spring-summer.
Common Madia This 3′-5′ tall annual wildflower has foliage and flowers that smell like pineapple, velvety leaves that beckon your touch, and a profusion of yellow daisy flowers in the late summer. Foliage and stems are covered with sticky, aromatic glandular hairs. Goldfinches are especially fond of tarweed seeds. Blooms from late spring through summer…
Lindley’s blazing star Lindley’s Blazing Star is an upright annual wildflower that grows 1-2 ft. tall x 1 ft. wide This species is named for its golden yellow satiny five petal blooms centered with a fountain of extra long stamens that appear from late spring to early summer. Its blooming season may be extended with…
Five spot Fivespot is a very colorful spring wildflower that is endemic to California. It is a hardy annual that grows very, very fast and blooms profusely, and it dies back with the first frost of fall. Although an annual, Five Spot may re-seed if the seeds fall on bare ground. The 1 inch, 5-petaled…