Plants at Tahola Lane Pocket Park in Petaluma
Creek Sedge Carex amphibola Creek Sedge is native to the eastern United States and thrives in partial shade and moist to wet soils, making it perfect for rain gardens.
Foothill Sedge Carex Tumulicola Carex tumulicola is a native, grass-like plant found in western North America from British Colombia to California. It's bright green foliage is semi-evergreen and will tolerate periods of dryness. It grows to a height and width of 2 feet and spreads slowly, which makes [...]
Mexican Marigold Tagetes lemmonii This extremely drought tolerant shrub is native to northwestern Mexico and southern Arizona. It thrives in full sun and only needs infrequent, deep waterings after it's roots are established. It blooms profusely from late fall into spring, attracting many pollinators. It can sometimes reach [...]
Satsuma Mandarin Citrus unshiu The Satsuma Mandarin produces one of the sweetest citrus fruits and is usually seedless and easy to peel. It is very cold-hardy and it's fruit becomes sweeter with the colder temperatures. It's flowers are fragrant and bloom in the late fall and early spring [...]
Meyer Lemon Citrus x 'Improved Meyer' This cold-hardy lemon variety reaches heights up to 10 feet and has dark green, glossy leaves. It's flowers are fragrant and bloom in the fall and early spring in Sonoma County. It's lemons are less sour than other varieties and usually ready [...]
Coyote Mint Monardella villosa This spreading shrub has fragrant mint-scented foliage and delicate lavender flowers that bloom in the summer, attracting many butterflies and bees. Coyote mint loves full sun, but will tolerate partial shade in sunnier locations. It is drought tolerant but does best with some summer [...]
Concha Ceanothus Ceanothus 'concha' This reliable, fast-growing shrub is valued for its year-round, dark green foliage and dense cobalt-blue spring blooms that attract butterflies and bees. One of our favorite choices for wild-life friendly gardens. This variety will grow to about 6 feet high and wide, with a [...]
Silver Carpet Beach Aster Corethrogyne filaginifolia 'Silver Carpet' This is one of the best native California groundcovers. It is very low growing and compact, forming nice mounds, with beautiful silver foliage and pink flowers that last from summer through the fall. It supports tons of native bees, butterflies, moths, [...]
California Goldenrod Solidago velutina ssp. californica This plant is a perennial herb that produces tall masses of yellow flowers in late summer and fall, when many other plants are dormant. It's a fast grower and produces flower spikes up to 5 feet tall. You can find this plant [...]
Canyon Prince Wild Rye Elymus condensatus This grass grows in bunches, has a distinctive silver blue hue, and does not die back in any season. It grows in California and northern Mexico in coastal sage scrub, chaparral and woodlands, and rarely in wetlands. This plant supports butterflies and [...]
