Welcome to California Horticulture

Hi there!

So, this is my first attempt at blogging. For some reason it feels like writing the annual, dreaded Christmas newsletter. The one that makes your friends groan upon receipt or laugh behind your back.

A little different, the blog will share information that I have gathered from the horticulture courses that I have taken and places that I have visited.

Concurrently, this blog might be used as my class project -- a photo journal of plants and places observed during field trips.

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Yerba Santa

BOTANICAL NAME: Eriodictyon californicum

COMMON NAME: Yerba Santa

FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceć (Water leaf)

PLANT TYPE: Perennial Shrub

LIGHT: Sun to part shade

BLOOM: late winter – spring

COLOR: Green-grey with purple flower

HABITAT: grows on the coast. Chaparral

COMMENTS: Good for soil stabilization. Drought tolerant as its fuzzy leaf retains water. It is considered a ‘sacred herb’ and used to relieve asthma, coughs, colds, headaches, stomachaches and as a balm for the eyes. Bees produce a spicy amber honey from its nectar. http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/y/yersan07.html#des

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