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Coolvista Dianella, May 2019. Photo: SK Reid. Coolvista is a short, grass-like plant with blue green leaves in the Asphodelaceae. Among open house attendees, Coolvista was more popular in Southern California than at UC Davis (Tables 7b and 7d).
Columbine in late June. Photo: SK Reid. This evergreen or almost evergreen perennial is a native endemic to California woodland, chaparral, and riparian habitats along the western edge of the state.
Bouteloua gracilis 80% of ETo at midsummer. Photo: SK Reid. Commonly called blue grama grass or eyelash grass, Bouteloua gracilis is a long-lived prairie grass native to North America. This tidy bunching grass puts up attractive long spikes with seedheads almost at a 90 angle to the stem.
San Diego sedge in bloom. Photo: SK Reid. San Diego sedge is a stiffly upright evergreen plant with bluish green leaves that showed exceptional toughness and drought tolerance for a riparian species.
California lilac Valley Violet in full bloom. Photo: L.R. Oki. Valley Violet California lilac is a low-growing evergreen shrub with long arching branches arising from the center; these are smothered in deep lavender flowers from base to tip in very early spring.
Apache plume in bloom and seed. Photo: SK Reid. Apache plume is a woody shrub with small, dissected leaves and a profusion of pink staminate flowers followed by fluffy seeds that lend it a fuzzy appearance during its long flowering period and beyond.
Rosy coral bells in June 2006. Photo: SK Reid. Rosada coral bells is an evergreen herbaceous perennial introduced by the University of California Davis Arboretum and is part of their Arboretum All-Stars collection.
Leucophyllum 'Lynn's Legacy' 60% of ETo. Photo: SK Reid. Lynns Legacy Texas ranger, also called Lynns Everblooming Texas sage, had high mortality rates in our trial grounds heavy silt clay loam soil.
Muhlenbergia dubia at the UC Davis Arboretum. Photo: SK Reid. This gray-green clumping grass is native to the southwestern U.S. and into northern Mexico. It strongly resembles the California native deer grass (Muhlenbergia rigens) but is about half the size.
