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*Lance-leaf Dudleya Dudleya lanceolata A very low plant (to 1' width) with succulent green leaves that produces 2' high orange flower spikes that hummingbirds love. Interplant with other rock garden plants or under the canopy of larger open plants so it gets some shade. It needs good drainage and very little to no supplemental water. |
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*Live-For-Ever/Chalk Lettuce Dudleya virens This succulent with gray leaves forms large clumps that never need water. A rare species that grows on the coastal bluffs of the PV Peninsula and southern channel islands. Does best in full sun on steep rock slopes. Produce tall spikes with yellow flowers. |
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*Coast Prickly-pear Opuntia littoralis and oricola If you have a wild area or steep bank where the spines of these cactus won't impale your family or guests, who knows, you might have cactus wrens nesting there a few years from now. Grows slowly but eventually forms thickets many feet wide. A fire retardant plant for full sun. Beautiful yellow flowers are followed by orange/ red edible fruit. |
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*Cholla Cactus Opuntia prolifera An upright segmented cactus with wine red flowers but also armed with barbed spines that are very painful when encountered. It is also knows as " jumping cactus" because the segments detach easily and the spines cling to anything that brushes against them. It will grow 4' to 6' high and provides a secure nesting site for cactus wrens. Not recomended for home gardens except as part of a cactus garden where it can't be touched by anyone. An important coastal bluff scrub habitat component that we can grow for restoration projects. |
| *Locally native to the Palos Verdes/ South Bay area |