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NATIVE SUCCULENTS 
D. laxa (Cotyledon laxa) — 15 in. Narrow elongated light green leaves. Red 
flower stalks. Yellow flowers. Rocky ground of central California to 5500 
ft. Hardy. 
Gormania watsoni —Prostrate. Succulent gray leaves in large rosettes. Pale 
yellow flowers. Rocky ridges of Pacific Northwest mts. Hardy. 
Sedum integrifolium (Rhodiola rosea var. integrifolia), King’s Crown— Alpine, 
5 in. Small leaves. Dense heads of deep rich red flowers. High peaks of 
Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mts. Hardy. 
S. rhodanthum, Rose Crown — 8 in. Narrow leaves. Racemes of attractive old' 
rose flowers. High montane along streams of Rocky Mts. Hardy. 
S. spathulifolium — Matted growth. Rosettes of gray-green leaves. Sprays of 
yellow flowers on four-inch stems. Foothill rocks to 5000 ft. and north 
to British Columbia. Hardy. 
S. stenopetalum— Bronze mat of small thick linear leaves. Bright yellow flow¬ 
ers. Talus slopes of Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mts. to 10,000 ft. Hardy. 
S. yosemitense —Rosettes of broad green to reddish leaves. Sprays of orange 
flowers on 4-in. stems. Sierra Nevada Mts. to 7000 ft. Hardy. 
Yucca angustifolia (Yucca glauca)—Rosette of very narrow thick leaves. Short 
raceme of white bell-shaped flowers. Plains of Southwest. The best 
Yucca for rock-gardens. Hardy. 
Y. elata— White-margined leaves. Flowering stem 12 ft. high. Panicle of large 
creamy-white flowers. Utah to Texas. Hardy. 
Y. whipplei, Our Lord’s Candle— Long gray-green leaves. Flowering stem, 12 
ft. Three- to six-foot panicle of large creamy-white bell-shaped flowers. 
Chaparral belt of central and southern California. 
FOR COASTAL PLANTING 
In the following list are plants useful for sand dune gardens, 
for sea bluff gardens and for any other 
type of coast garden. 
Abronia alba var. pi 
Abronia latifolia (sand dunes) 
Abronia maritima (sand dunes) 
Abronia umbellata (sand dunes) 
Allium dichlamydeum 
Antirrhinum speciosum 
Arabis blepharophylla 
Arctostaphylos hookeri 
Arctostaphylos pumila 
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 
Armeris vulgaris 
Baeria maritima 
Castilleia latifolia 
Convolvulus soldanella (sand dunes) 
atyphylla (sand dunes) 
Coreopsis gigantea 
Coreopsis maritima 
Coreothrogyne californica 
Dudleya caespitosa 
Dudleya farinosa 
Erigeron glaucus 
Eriogonum latifolium (sand dunes) 
Eriogonum parvifolium 
Erysimum capitatum (sand dunes) 
Lupinus arboreus 
Lupinus varicolor 
Oenothera cheiranthifolia 
Phacelia viscida 
