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Control wind erosion by providing a ground cover, while
blending with native chaparral. Annual flowers for first year color and quick
establishment with perennials, and low shrubs, all needing only one mowing year.
Plant in the spring, irrigate the first summer to establish. Additional
irrigation will prolong the blooming period.
It is a balanced blend of erosion controlling, decorative, low
water use native grass, flowers and shrubs for revegetation of disturbed soil
and slopes in the Lancaster, 322Ag subsection of California. There is a quick
start annual legume to protect soil, and add nitrogen and organic matter yet
allow slower perennials to do their permanent cover in years to come. The mix
will require that some cost be allocated for initial maintenance which will be
primarily weed control. This problem can be addressed chemically or culturally.
The common cultural practice of mowing, fertilizing and irrigation has been
used successfully in the establishment of perennial crops. Yearly mowing and
fertilizing may be done depending on esthetics of owners.
| Species |
Common Name |
Height |
Color |
Habit |
Type |
| Argomone munita |
Prickly Poppy |
12"-36" |
W |
P |
SHB |
| Baileya multiradiata |
Desert Marigold |
1’-2’ |
Y |
P |
FLR |
| Cassia covessii |
Desert Senna |
1’-2’ |
Y |
P |
SHB |
| Clarkia amoena |
Farewell To Spring |
18 |
PK,R |
A |
FLR |
| Coreopsis biglovii |
Dessert Coreopsis |
2’-3’ |
Y |
P |
SHB |
| Eschscholzia californica |
California Poppy |
6"-24" |
O |
BI |
FLR |
| Gaillardia pulchella |
Indian Blanket |
2’ |
R,Y |
A |
FLR |
| Kecckiella antirrhinoides |
Bush Penstemon |
2-5’ |
Y |
P |
SHB |
| Layia platyglossa |
Tidy Tips |
1’ |
Y,W |
A |
FLR |
| Linum lewisii |
Blue Flax |
1’-2’ |
BL |
P |
FLR |
| Lupinus arizonica |
Arizona lupine |
4"-16" |
BL,W |
A |
FLR |
| Nemophila menziesii |
Baby Blue Eyes |
6"-12" |
BL |
A |
FLR |
| Penstemon speciosa |
Penstemon |
2’-3’ |
BL |
P |
FLR |
| Phacelia campanularia |
Calif Bluebell |
6"-12" |
BL |
A |
FLR |
| Stipa speciosa |
Desert Needelgrass |
1-4’ |
 |
P |
GRS |
| Verbena enceliodes |
Crownbeard |
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- HEIGHT
- 18-36 inches (Most of the year the vegetative portion of the plants will
remain 18-24 inches it is only in spring and summer that flower and seed heads
will bolt above the leaf)
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- EMERGENCE
- 10-15 Days after fall rains that wet for five days the surface soil, and
soil temperature>62 but < 74° F.
- ESTABLISHMENT
- 50 Days to 90% cover after emergence
- COST
- $35.00 per lb.
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