Water conservation is an essential consideration when designing and managing Sonoma and Marin County landscapes. Our area enjoys a Mediterranean climate characterized by wet winters and long, dry summers with little rainfall. Plants that are suited or adapted to local conditions not only use less water but generally grow more successfully and robustly, with fewer insect and disease problems. They ultimately create a healthier, more beautiful and more sustainable landscape.
Below is a hand selected plant list for Sonoma and Marin counties that displays mostly native species that will thrive in our climate. You can search, filter and save specific plants to your plant list and also print plant cards.
Yarrow
Achillea spp. & cvs.
CA Native, Ground Cover
Care:
Full Sun
Partial Shade
Low
Most Soils
Look:
Small
size
Gray Green
leaves
Green
leaves
Pink
flowers
Red
flowers
White
flowers
Yellow
flowers
Yarrow
Achillea spp. & cvs.
CA Native, Ground Cover
Care:
Full Sun
Partial Shade
Low
Most Soils
Look:
Small
size
Gray Green
leaves
Green
leaves
Pink
flowers
Red
flowers
White
flowers
Yellow
flowers
Yarrows are easy to grow, low-growing, spreading herbaceous perennials with finely divided aromatic leaves that inhabit many temperate regions in the Northern Hemisphere, including California. Abundant flowers rise above the foliage in spring and well into summer and provide an important nectar source for pollinators and insects. Yarrow can help to stabilize slopes and is a good addition to the upper level of rain gardens and swales. It is also a good groundcover plant for lawn replacement and creating native meadows. Colors include white, yellow, pink, and red.
California native species & cultivars: A. millefolium (common yarrow), A. m. ‘Calistoga’, A. m. ‘Island Pink’, A. m. ‘Sonoma Coast’, A. m. ‘Terracotta’.
Other yarrows: A. filipendulina (fern leaf yarrow), A. f. ‘Coronation Gold’, A. ‘Moonshine’, A. tomentosa (woolly yarrow).
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