End of Season Plant Sale - April 29-30, 2016

Native Plant Sale

End of Season Blow-out Sale

 

 
  When:  Friday 4/29  - noon-4:30 p.m.

               Saturday 4/30 - 1:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

  Where: Biology Dept. Greenhouse  (behind NSM building) 

                 http://nativeplantscsudh.blogspot.com/p/map.html

  What:  CA native plants suitable for home

               gardens (trees, shrubs, flowers) 

  Prices: most are $2.50 - $5.00 donation/plant (a deal!)

Proceeds support native plant propagation/restoration

                   on campus

 

Cash/checks only

For a list of plants available see: http://nativeplantscsudh.blogspot.com/p/plants-available-pring-2014-plant-sale.html

To download the list: http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/plant-list-for-sales-csudh

Spring in the Native Plant Gardens: Garden of Dreams

Approaching the Garden of Dreams -  CSU Dominguez Hills

Spring is a lovely time in the native plant gardens of CSU Dominguez Hills.  Here are some recent photos from the Garden of Dreams Discovery Garden.

Bush sunflowers (Encelia californica) brighten Garden of Dreams -  CSU Dominguez Hills

Enter the garden through the Lemonadeberry (Rhus integrifolia) entrance
Garden of Dreams -  CSU Dominguez Hills

White and purple from the Purple sage (Salvia leucophylla) 
Garden of Dreams -  CSU Dominguez Hills

Look closely for bulbs like this Mariposa lily
Garden of Dreams -  CSU Dominguez Hills

Medley of green foliage from sages, sagebrush and other local native shrubs
Garden of Dreams -  CSU Dominguez Hills

Looking back towards parking lot - note the range of foliage colors
Garden of Dreams -  CSU Dominguez Hills

Annual sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) have come back despite the fact that this area was scraped bare
 last July - Garden of Dreams -  CSU Dominguez Hills

Purple foothill penstemon (Penstemon heterophyllus) and spires of White sage (Salvia apiana)
Garden of Dreams -  CSU Dominguez Hills

Elegant clarkia (Clarkia unguiculata) glow amongst the nodding grasses (Foothill needlegrass - Stipa (Nassella) lepida) - Garden of Dreams -  CSU Dominguez Hills

Spring wildflowers - Garden of Dreams -  CSU Dominguez Hills

A selection of shady groundcovers - Garden of Dreams -  CSU Dominguez Hills

Red Admiral butterfly - Garden of Dreams -  CSU Dominguez Hills

Trees and Shrubs for a Changing Climate: Plant Them Now!

Native shrubs at CSUDH look good despite years of drought
Garden of Dreams Discovery Garden

 

 

The last four and a half years have been difficult for those living in Southern California.  Lack of rain, dry winds and high temperatures have stressed everything.  Unfortunately, these are probably just a taste of things to come.  Now is the time to choose plants that will be able to thrive despite the changing climate.   Here are a few resources to help:

 

 

Climate Change and S. CA Gardens

Slide show: http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/climate-change-2014

Handouts (4 per pg) : http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/climate-change-2014-notes

 

 

 

Trees & Shrubs for the Future: large native plants suited to our changing climate

              Slide show:  http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/trees-for-future-2016

             Handouts (4 per pg) : http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/trees-for-future-2016-notes

  

 

Shrubs in a Changing World: CA native shrubs for a 1950’s-70’s ranch-style house (with an emphasis on our changing climate)

 

            Slide show:  http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/future-shrubs-2016final

           Handouts (4 per pg) : http://www.slideshare.net/cvadheim/future-shrubs-2016finalnotes