2. Add beauty to our landscapes.
Conserve water.
Reduce mowing costs.
Provides habitat for birds, bees, butterflies
and other beneficial insects.
Protect and enhance the soil.
Save money on fertilizers and pesticides.
Provide a sense of where we live.
3. More than two-thirds of the world‟s crop species
rely on pollinators.
Pollinators are keystone species in most
terrestrial ecosystems.
Fruits and seeds derived from insect pollination
are a major part of the diet of approximately 25
percent of all birds, and of mammals ranging
from red-backed voles to grizzly bears.
In many places, the essential service of
pollination is at risk from habitat loss, pesticide
use, and introduced diseases.
4. Large herb or
subshrub
Attracts large
numbers of native
bees.
Also bumblebees
and honeybees
Tolerates extra
water.
5. Fruits are edible.
Attracts large
numbers of native
bees.
Larval host for
California
Hairstreak and Elf
butterflies.
Also try
Amelanchier
utahensis.
Amelanchier alnifolia
6. Food source for
American Lady
butterfly.
Larval host for
Painted Lady
butterfly.
Excellent as a
ground cover and in
dried flower
arrangements. Anaphalis margaritacea with
Flower Longhorn Beetle
7. Evergreen
Attracts large
numbers of native
bees.
Good for fire-
resistance and
erosion control.
Needs excellent
drainage.
Arctostaphylos patula
8. Attracts a large
number of native
bees.
Attracts butterflies
and hummingbirds.
Larval host for
monarch and queen
butterfly.
Good for moist, wet
areas.
Aphids are inevitable! Asclepias incarnata
9. Attracts large
numbers of native
bees.
Attracts beneficial
insects.
Associates with
nitrogen-fixing
bacteria.
Loves full sun.
Ceanothus velutinus
11. Fast-growing
climbing vine
Attracts large
numbers of native
bees.
Do not overwater
and give good
drainage.
Avoid C. orientalis –
invasive.
Clematis ligusticifolia
12. Attracts large
numbers of native
bees
Also attracts
honeybees.
Larval host for the
Checkered White
butterfly.
Cleome serrulata
13. Attracts large
numbers of native
bees.
Attracts natural
enemies.
Provides good
erosion control and
is pest and
maintenance free.
Just ignore it. Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda
14. Attracts large
numbers of native
bees.
The bright scarlet
flowers produce
nectar, supplying
hummingbirds with
food for the start of
their southward
migration. Epilobium cana
Zone 5
16. Attracts large
numbers of native
bees
Attracts predatory or
parasitoid natural
enemies
Larval host for
Lupine Blue butterfly
Many, many others…
Eriogonum umbellatum
24. Attracts large
numbers of native
bees.
Also bumblebees.
Blooms late
summer.
Blooms in its first
year.
Aromatic Monardella odoratissima
25. Annual
Attracts large
numbers of native
bees.
Part shade
preferred.
Give extra water to
prolong bloom.
Nemophila menziesii
26. Attracts large
numbers of native
bees.
Full sun
Early spring
bloomer
Best bloom in
morning, sweet
scent.
Oenothera caespitosa
27. Attracts large
numbers of native
bees.
Likes
dry, hot, rocky
areas.
Not a showy as
other
penstemons, but
white color is rare.
Penstemon deustus
28. Attracts
hummingbirds and
large numbers of
native bees.
Very adaptable to
climatic conditions
But must have good
drainage.
Penstemon eatonii
29. Attracts large
numbers of native
bees.
Prefers dry, gravelly
soils.
Sweetly fragrant
blooms
Can get to 5 or 6
feet tall!
Penstemon palmeri
30. Attracts large
numbers of native
bees.
Good substitute for
the non-native
Gayfeather.
Sun to part shade
Phacelia sericea
31. Attracts large
numbers of native
bees.
Has a fragrant
orange scent in
bloom.
Becomes
rangy, leggy in
shade
Put this in full sun. Philadelphus microphilus
32. Attracts large
numbers of native
bees.
Plant in part shade.
Bark orange and
peeling – very
ornamental
Hardy to zone 2!
Physocarpus malvaceus
33. Attracts large
numbers of native
bees.
Food source for the
California
Hairstreak butterfly.
Berries make good
jam.
Prunus virginiana
34. Attracts large
numbers of native
bees.
Good for erosion
control.
Plant at least 10
feet from your
home in fire-prone
areas.
Purshia tridentata
35. Rhus trilobata
Attracts large
numbers of native
bees and provides
nesting material.
Sun or part shade
Very drought
tolerant.
Berries are edible.
Good for erosion
control.
36. Attracts large
numbers of native
bees.
Berries used in pies
and preserves.
Sun or part shade
Will tolerate extra
moisture.
Ribes cereum
37. Attracts large
numbers of native
bees and provides
nesting habitat.
Attractive pink
flowers in spring
Large red hips
Sun to part shade.
Also try R. nutkana
Rosa woodsii
38. Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus
Attracts and
provides nesting
material for native
bees.
Fruit delicious in
jams or jelles.
39. Attracts large
numbers of native
bees.
Provides nesting
habitat for native
bees.
Valuable to songbirds.
Has thorns.
Rubus parviflorus
40. Attracts large
numbers of native
bees.
Two-toned blooms
Referred to in Zane
Greys classic
Western, Riders of
the Purple Sage.
Salvia dorrii
41. Attracts large
numbers of native
bees.
Both male and
female plants
required for fruit
set – fruit is edible.
Full sun
Tolerates extra
moisture. Shepherdia argentea
42. Attracts large
numbers of native
bees.
Attracts natural
enemies.
Prefers full sun and
sandy, gravelly
soils.
Solidago missouriensis
43. Attracts large
numbers of native
bees.
Attracts large
numbers of native
bees.
Diadasia diminuta
(globemallow bee)
is a specialist.
Sphaeralcea coccinea
44. Annual
Attracts large
numbers of native
bees.
Larval host for the
Common Buckeye
butterfly.
Full sun
Verbena stricta
45. Larval host for the
Coronis fritillary
butterfly.
Early blooming
ground cover or
rock garden plant.
Mixes well with
grasses.
Viola nuttallii
46. Look for
microclimates in
your yard.
South gets the most
sun.
East gets morning
sun – good for
plants that
afternoon shade. Use them to minimize turf
areas in your yard.
47. Grouping plants
into “zones”
according to water
needs.
Each zone irrigated
by a separate valve.
The deeper the
roots, the longer
and less often you
should water.
It‟s especially important to
irrigation turfgrass separately from
other plants in your landscape.
48. They‟re just like kids:
Baby them when
they‟re young…
Hands off as they
get older!
Palmer‟s Penstemon
Showy Four „O Clock
The biggest enemy of any garden is not a pest, disease, or poison—it’s any plant with tougher survival skills than the plants it competes with.The recent decline of the European honey bee and other pollinators in North America poses a serious challenge to our food supply and ecological health. About 75 percent of all flowering plants rely on pollinators in order to set seed or fruit, and from these plants comes one-third of the planet's food.