15 
PERENNIALS FOR MILD CLIMATES 
Packets 25 cents each unless otherwise indicated 
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Abronia alba var. platyphylla—Trailing. Pink flowers. Southern coast. 
A. latifolia, Yellow Sand Verbena—Trailing. Fragrant. Coastal. 
A. maritima —Trailing. Flowers dark red. Southern coast. 
A. pogonantha —Dainty airy trailing plant. Graceful sprays of lavender flowers. 
Very fragrant. Warm sandy slopes. Pkt. 50$. 
A. umbellata, Pink Sand Verbena—Trailing. Coastal. 
Antirrhinum speciosum —Evergreen, 3 ft. Scarlet flowers. Santa Barbara 
Islands. Limited quantity. Pkt. 50$. 
Asarum caudatum, Wild Ginger—5 in. Broad green leaves sheltering curious 
red-brown flowers. Deep redwood forests. 
Asclepiadora decumbens, Antelope Horns—Prostrate branches radiating from 
center. Round clusters of large fragrant pale green and purple flowers. 
Mesas of Southwest. 
Aster tortifolius—18 in. Downy foliage. Large glistening lavender flowers 
borne singly on tall stems. Hot sandy mesas and mt. slopes to 4000 ft. 
Campanula prenanthoides, California Harebell—12 in. Lavender-blue flowers 
on slender stems. Wooded slopes to 6000 ft. 
Castilleia foliolosa, Woolly Painted Cup—10 in. Branching. Stems and foliage 
strikingly white-woolly. Scarlet flowers. Dry hillsides to 4500 ft. 
C. latifolia. Seaside Paintbrush—10 in. Rounded flowers in thick spike, yellow 
to vermilion. Sea bluffs of central California coast. 
Convolvulus soldanella, Beach Morning-glory—Prostrate. Thick round shining 
leaves. Large beautiful pink flowers. Sand dunes. 
Coreopsis gigantea (Leptosyne gigantea), Tree Coreopsis—5 ft. Thick short 
stem. Finely cut foliage in rounded mass, above which rise large yellow 
flowers. Santa Barbara Islands and adjacent coast. 
Coreothrogyne californica, Woolly Aster—12 in. Prostrate or spreading. Sil¬ 
very foliage. Many pink-lavender flowers. Northern California coast. 
Cynoglossum grande, Western Hound’s Tongue—2 ft. Sprays of brilliant blue 
flowers. Wooded canons of northern California to 4000 ft. 
Datura meteloides, Tolguacha—Spreading, 2 ft. Large gray leaves. White 
trumpet-shaped flowers, 7 in. long. Sandy valley lands to 4000 ft. 
Delphinium cardinale, Scarlet Larkspur—5 ft. Loose erect sprays of scarlet 
flowers. Hot sandy washes. 
D. decorum —18 in. Graceful branching racemes of rich blue flowers. Open 
woods of central and southern California mts. 
