SLO Chapter News
Water a Milkweed, Kill a Monarch?
Monarch caterpillar feeding on Asclepias fascicularis All of our local native milkweeds are perennials, but like a lot of our drought-adapted plants, die back and go dormant during the long late summer and fall drought. Many gardeners, knowing there is a monarch...
Native Plants for Erosion Control
Coffeeberry Frangula californica - Images courtesy of Marlin Harms Way back in 1992 the Watershed Education Program for San Luis Obispo County, in conjunction with U.C. Extension and the Soil Conservation Service (now Natural Resources Conservation Service) produced a...
Invasive Species of the Month – Cortaderia jubata
Invasive Species of the Month Jubata grass (Cortaderia jubata) Mark Skinner There is an intense infestation of Jubata grass on the California coast. As almost everyone knows it mars the most beautiful places such as Big Sur. On their web site California Invasive Plant...
Ceanothus hearstiorum
Introduction October and November are when our Chapter gets serious about growing native plants. We have a November meeting devoted to it as well as our annual plant sale. This got me to remembering some articles written and drawings drawn by Alice G. Meyer that are...
Invasive Species of the Month – Erigeron bonariensis
Erigeron bonariensis Hairy Fleabane or Flax Leaved Horseweed Family: Asteraceae, Place of Origin: South America Hairy fleabane is aptly named: it is strigose (set with stiff bristles or hairs) throughout the plant - stems, leaves, flowers. Hairy fleabane is an low...
Solidago californica
California Goldenrod (Solidago velutina ssp. californica or S. californica) The photo by Dr. David Chipping that accompanies this note are of the California goldenrod (Solidago velutina ssp. californica or Solidago californica). According to Dr. Hoover in his Vascular...
Native Plants for School & Urban Gardens
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANTS FOR SCHOOL & URBAN GARDENS By Betsey Landis Los Angeles/Santa Monica Mountains Chapter, California Native Plant Society www.lacnps.org August 2011 This book is written for teachers and school garden educators and planners. Anyone...