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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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