MALOOF DISCOVERY GARDEN
Examples of some of our favorite plants in the garden
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Botanical Name: Galvezia juncea
Common Name: Baja Bush Snapdragon
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Type: Perennial evergreen shrub
Size: Mature height 3’, mature width 2’, will grow larger if not
trimmed
Water needs: Low once established
Sun exposure: Full sun to part shade
Flower: Red tubular flowers bloom year round here in the garden
Leaf: Light green and small
Fruit/Nut/Berries/Seeds:
Fragrant:
Birds/Bees/Butterflies: Hummingbirds love this plant
Comments: Can be sensitive to frost, but will recover nicely,
blooms year round in the Maloof garden
Botanical Name: Ceanothus ‘Joyce Coulter’
Common Name: California Lilac Species
Family: Rhamnaceae
Type: Woody evergreen shrub
Size: Mature height 2-5’, mature width 10-12’
Water needs: Low once established
Sun exposure: Full sun
Flower: Clusters of tiny medium blue flowers bloom in spring
Leaf: Dark green
Fruit/Nut/Berries/Seeds:
Fragrant: Flowers
Birds/Bees/Butterflies: Bees and butterflies
Comments: We have several varieties which include low, ground
cover, med shrub and small tree sizes
Botanical Name: Penstemon ‘Margarita BOP’
Common Name: Foothill Penstemon selection
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Size: Mature height 1’, mature width 1-3’
Water needs: Low to medium once established
Sun exposure: Full sun to part shade
Flower: Bright blue/purple flowers, bloom in spring-summer
Leaf: Green narrow leaf
Fruit/Nut/Berries/Seeds: Seeds, which are collected and scattered
Fragrant:
Birds/Bees/Butterflies: Bees
Comments: ‘BOP’ is short for ‘beneath our porch’ where the plant
was discovered and proved to be very hearty
Botanical Name: Eriogonum “Dana Point”
Common Name: California Buckwheat cultivar
Family: Polygonaceae
Type: Perennial shrub
Size: Mature height 2-3’, mature width 3-4’
Water needs: Low to medium once established
Sun exposure: Full sun
Flower: Clusters of tiny white flowers 1-2” across, bloom in
spring-fall
Leaf: Small light green and narrow
Fruit/Nut/Berries/Seeds: Provides seeds for birds
Fragrant:
Birds/Bees/Butterflies: Birds and bees
Comments: White flower clusters change to brown as the flowers
change to seeds, goes dormant in summer
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Botanical Name: Aloe striata
Common Name: Coral Aloe
Family: Asphodelaceae
Type: Succulent
Size: Mature height 20”, mature width 2’
Water needs: Low to medium once established
Sun exposure: Full sun to part shade
Flower: Coral pink-orange tubular flowers bloom in winter-spring
Leaf: Gray green large and thick
Fruit/Nut/Berries/Seeds: Fruit
Fragrant:
Birds/Bees/Butterflies: Hummingbirds
Comments: attractive feature plant
Botanical Name: Verbina lilacina ‘De La Mina’
Common Name: Baja Ca Verbina
Family: Verbenaceae
Type: Perennial evergreen shrub
Size: Mature height 2-3’, mature width 3’
Water needs: Low to medium once established
Sun exposure: Full sun
Flower: Dark purple flower, blooms year round
Leaf: Green and thin
Fruit/Nut/Berries/Seeds:
Fragrant: Sweet flower fragrance
Birds/Bees/Butterflies: Butterflies love this plant
Comments: This plant is a real survivor
Botanical Name: Eridgonum grande var. rubescens
Common Name: San Miguel Island Buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae
Type: Perennial shrub
Size: Mature height 1-3’, mature width 1-3’
Water needs: Low to medium once established
Sun exposure: Full sun to part shade
Flower: Cotton ball size rosy pink clump of tiny flowers bloom in
summer
Leaf: Green to grey green top and white underneath
Fruit/Nut/Berries/Seeds: Seeds
Fragrant:
Birds/Bees/Butterflies: All
Comments: They are about 2’ tall in our garden and a daily shade
break extends their bloom time
Botanical Name: Symphoricarpos albus
Common Name: Snowberry
Family: Capparidaceae
Type: Shrub
Size: Mature height 2-6’, mature width 2-6’
Water needs: Low to medium once established
Sun exposure: Part shade in our garden
Flower: Tiny pink flowers bloom in spring and summer
Leaf: Dark green
Fruit/Nut/Berries/Seeds: White berries in winter and spring
Fragrant:
Birds/Bees/Butterflies: Birds eat berries, not for human
consumption
Comments: Showy clusters of white berries
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Botanical Name: Westringia fruiticosa ‘Morning’
Common Name: Coast Rosemary
Family: Lamiaceae
Type: Perennial evergreen shrub
Size: Mature height 3-6’, mature width 5-10’
Water needs: Low to medium once established
Sun exposure: Full sun to part shade
Flower: Small white flower blooms in winter-spring
Leaf: Variegated creamy white and grey green
Fruit/Nut/Berries/Seeds:
Fragrant:
Birds/Bees/Butterflies:
Comments: Variegated leaves are showy all year long
Botanical Name: Erigeron karvinskianus
Common Name: Santa Barbara Daisy
Family: Asteraceae
Type: Perennial ground cover
Size: Mature height 10-20”, mature width 3’
Water needs: Low to medium once established
Sun exposure: Full sun to part shade
Flower: White or pinkish flower blooms all year
Leaf: Dark green and narrow
Fruit/Nut/Berries/Seeds:
Fragrant:
Birds/Bees/Butterflies: Yes
Comments: Colorful low to medium border plant
Botanical Name: Iris varieties
Common Name: Brearded Iris
Family: Iridaceae
Type: Perennial Rhizome
Size: Mature height 1-2’, mature width 4-6”
Water needs: Low to medium once established
Sun exposure: Full sun to part shade
Flower: Large pedals on long stocks, blooms mostly in spring,
many colors
Leaf: light green, long and narrow
Fruit/Nut/Berries/Seeds:
Fragrant:
Birds/Bees/Butterflies:
Comments: Great color while blooming, interesting texture, this
rhizome will split and make more plants
Botanical Name: Arctostaphylos ‘John Dourley’
Common Name: Manzanita cultivar
Family: Ericaceae
Type: Woody evergreen shrub
Size: Mature height 3’, mature width 6-10’
Water needs: Low to medium once established
Sun exposure: Full sun to part shade
Flower: Tiny bell shaped pink tinged white flowers bloom in
winter-spring
Leaf: Sunset light gives grey green leaves a warm glow
Fruit/Nut/Berries/Seeds: Red berries
Fragrant:
Birds/Bees/Butterflies: Birds love the berries
Comments: Hummingbird winter nectar source, living twisted
sculpture of red bark on larger open plants
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Botanical Name: Salvia chamadryoides
Common Name: Germander Sage
Family: Lamiaceae
Type: Perennial shrub
Size: Mature height 1-2’, mature width 2-3’
Water needs: Low to medium once established
Sun exposure: Full sun to part shade
Flower: Small blue flower blooms in spring-fall
Leaf: Small grey leaf
Fruit/Nut/Berries/Seeds:
Fragrant: Foliage has mild fragrance
Birds/Bees/Butterflies: Yes, Scrub jay in picture
Comments: Nice boarder plant to add some variety of color in
both flower and foliage
Botanical Name: Eriogonum arborescens
Common Name: Santa Cruz Island buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae
Type: Perennial shrub
Size: Mature height 2-5’, mature width 4-5’
Water needs: Some once established
Sun exposure: Full sun to part shade
Flower: Tiny creamy pink flower clusters bloom in spring-summer
Leaf: Grey green and narrow
Fruit/Nut/Berries/Seeds: Seeds
Fragrant:
Birds/Bees/Butterflies: Birds and butterflies
Comments: Flower clusters change colors as the flowers change
to seeds, goes dormant in summer
Botanical Name: Muhlenbergia cappilaris
Common Name: Pink Hair Grass
Family: Poaceae
Type: Perennial grass
Size: Mature height 3’, mature width 6’
Water needs: Low, none to medium once established
Sun exposure: Full sun to part shade
Flower: Tiny purplish/pink tips of grass in fall
Leaf:
Fruit/Nut/Berries/Seeds: Pink seeds
Fragrant:
Birds/Bees/Butterflies:
Comments: Incredible sight when grass moves in the wind,
especially when the sun is behind the grass and it is blooming
Botanical Name: Romneya coulterii
Common Name: Matilija Poppy
Family: Papaveraceae
Type: Perennial shrub rhizome
Size: Mature height 6-8’, mature width indef, rhizomes will spread
Water needs: Low, none to medium once established
Sun exposure: Full sun
Flower: Large white flower with yellow centers bloom in springsummer
Leaf: Grey green
Fruit/Nut/Berries/Seeds:
Fragrant: Sweet smelling
Birds/Bees/Butterflies: Butterflies and moths
Comments: Fast growing, will spread, sometimes called the “fried
egg” poppy
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Botanical Name: Epilobium ‘Route 66’
Common Name: California Fuchsia
Family: Onagraceae
Type: Perennial shrub
Size: Mature height 2-3’, mature width 2-3’
Water needs: Low to none once established
Sun exposure: Full sun
Flower: Wide tubular bell shaped bright orange red blooms in
summer-fall
Leaf: Dark green leaf variety
Fruit/Nut/Berries/Seeds: No
Fragrant:
Birds/Bees/Butterflies: Bees and hummingbirds love this plant
Comments: Trim back in winter, otherwise plant gets heavy and
flops over by fall leaving leafless stems showing in middle
Botanical Name: Grevillea ‘Wakiti Sunrise’
Common Name: Wakiti Sunrise Grevillea
Family: Proteaceae
Type: Evergreen shrub
Size: Mature height 3’, mature width 8’
Water needs: Low to medium once established
Sun exposure: Full sun
Flower: Salmon-apricot shells and curls, blooms in winter-spring
Leaf: Divided grey leaves
Fruit/Nut/Berries/Seeds:
Fragrant:
Birds/Bees/Butterflies: Hummingbirds have been observed
Comments: Blooms most of the year at Maloof garden
Botanical Name: Mimulus aurantiacus
Common Name: Sticky Monkey Flower
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Type: Perennial shrub, sometimes biannual or annual
Size: Mature height 4’, mature width 4’
Water needs: Low once established
Sun exposure: Full sun to part shade
Flower: Two lipped funnel shaped flowers bloom in springsummer
Leaf: Narrow sticky dark green leaves
Fruit/Nut/Berries/Seeds:
Fragrant:
Birds/Bees/Butterflies: Bees and hummingbirds
Comments: Available in a wide variety of colors, does best at
Maloof garden with some shade during summer days
Botanical Name: Agave parryi var. huachucensis
Common Name: Parry’s Agave
Family: Agavaceae
Type: Evergreen succulent
Size: Mature height 2’, mature width 2’
Water needs: Low once established
Sun exposure: Full sun
Flower: At maturity a large spike of tubular flowers
Leaf: Thick waxy grey to grey green leaf with black teeth
Fruit/Nut/Berries/Seeds:
Fragrant:
Birds/Bees/Butterflies:
Comments: High contrast sculptural rosette with thorns/teeth to
be wary of
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Botanical Name: Grevillea langera ‘Prostrate Form’
Common Name: Woolly Grevillea
Family: Proteaceae
Type: Evergreen shrub
Size: Mature height 1-2’, mature width 3-4’
Water needs: Low to none once established
Sun exposure: Full sun to part shade
Flower: Cream and pink clustering flowers bloom in winter-spring
Leaf: Grey green needle like leaves
Fruit/Nut/Berries/Seeds:
Fragrant:
Birds/Bees/Butterflies: Hummingbirds
Comments: Wild and woolly shapes
Botanical Name: Heuchera ‘Old La Rochette’
Common Name: Island Alum Root Hybrid (Coral Bells)
Family: Saxifragaceae
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Size: Mature height 12-18”, mature width 1-2’
Water needs: Medium once established
Sun exposure: Full sun along coast to part shade in inland areas
Flower: tiny pink bell shaped flowers bloom in spring-summer
Leaf: Green and about the size of your palm
Fruit/Nut/Berries/Seeds:
Fragrant:
Birds/Bees/Butterflies: Bees
Comments: Most effective if grown in groups, look wonderful
swaying in the breeze
Botanical Name: Isomeris arborea
Common Name: Bladderpod
Family: Capparaceae
Type: Woody evergreen shrub
Size: Mature height 3-6’, mature width 3-4’
Water needs: Low once established
Sun exposure: Full sun to part shade
Flower: Yellow flowers bloom all year
Leaf: Grey green small and narrow
Fruit/Nut/Berries/Seeds: Large seed pods hold Caper like seeds
Fragrant:
Birds/Bees/Butterflies: All
Comments: Local Indians used them in spring and fall festivals
Botanical Name: Dianella tasmanica
Common Name: Flax Lily
Family: Liliaceae
Type: Perennial bulb
Size: Mature height 3-4’, mature width 6”
Water needs: Regular low to medium once established
Sun exposure: Part shade to bright shade
Flower: Tiny blue and yellow flowers bloom in summer
Leaf: Green long bending leaves
Fruit/Nut/Berries/Seeds: Cobalt blue large berries
Fragrant:
Birds/Bees/Butterflies:
Comments: Berries are very eye catching, but not for human
consumption
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Botanical Name: Salvia leucantha
Common Name: Mexican Purple Sage
Family: Lamiaceae
Type: Perennial shrub
Size: Mature height 3-4’, mature width 3-6’+
Water needs: Low once established
Sun exposure: Full sun
Flower: Purple with white tip flowers bloom in fall-spring
Leaf: Dark grey green above and white below
Fruit/Nut/Berries/Seeds:
Fragrant: Foliage
Birds/Bees/Butterflies: All
Comments: Flower stems 1’ long with white velvety coating sway
in the breeze
Botanical Name: Eriogonum umbellatum
Common Name: Sulphur Buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae
Type: Perennial shrub
Size: Mature height 12-18”, mature width 2-3’
Water needs: Low to medium once established
Sun exposure: Full sun to part shade
Flower: Small clumps of tiny yellow flowers bloom in springsummer
Leaf: Light grey
Fruit/Nut/Berries/Seeds: Seeds for birds
Fragrant:
Birds/Bees/Butterflies: All
Comments: Flowers turn rust and then brown as plant goes
dormant in late summer
Botanical Name: Chitalpa tashkentensis ‘Pink Dawn’
Common Name: Pink Chitalpa
Family: Bignoniaceae
Type: Deciduous tree
Size: Mature height 20-30’, mature width 20-30’
Water needs: Low to medium once established
Sun exposure: Full sun to part shade
Flower: Pink ruffled tube with purple accents blooms in spring-fall
Leaf: Eucalyptus shaped leaf, medium green
Fruit/Nut/Berries/Seeds:
Fragrant:
Birds/Bees/Butterflies: Bees
Comments: Good patio sized accent tree
Botanical Name: Penstemon baccharifolius
Common Name: Baccharis-leaved Penstemon
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Type: Perennial shrub
Size: Mature height 1-2’, mature width 1-2’
Water needs: Low to medium once established
Sun exposure: Full sun to part shade
Flower: Coral pink tubes with white in inner lips bloom in summer
Leaf: Small broad glossy green and leathery
Fruit/Nut/Berries/Seeds:
Fragrant:
Birds/Bees/Butterflies: Hummingbirds
Comments: At the Maloof garden we have several penstemons
with different bloom periods that are grouped together