The Marina Coast Water District Wellsite
The Marina Coast District Wellsite on Reservation and Salinas Avenue has many plants that thrive in Marina with only seasonal water. Below is tha partial list of the plants that do great in the local soil. The best time to plant a native is in the fall before the winter rains begin. All plants require water for the first year or two until established. Mulch is always good to retain moisture!
Trees and Large Shrubs - a partial list
Aesculus californica - California Buckeye
Arbutus 'Marina'
Arctostaphylos pajaroensis - Pajaro Manzanita
Arctostaphylos hookerI - Monterey Manzanita
Arctostaphylos edmundsii - Little Sur Manzanita
Berberis pinnata - California Barberry
Buddleyia davidii - Butterfly Bush
Ceanothus ’Ray Hartman’
Ceanothus thyrsifolius - Blue Blossom
Ceanothus cuneatus rigidus
Ceanothus ’Julia Phelps’
Cistus salvifolius - Sageleaf Rockrose*
Cistus skanbergii*
Cupressus macrocarpa - Monterey Cypress
Dendromecon hartfordii - Island Bush Poppy
Fremontodendron californica - Flannelbush
Garrya elliptica - Coast Silk Tassel tree
Galvesia speciosa - Island Snapdragon
Ribes sanguinium - Red-Flowering Currant
Ribes speciosum - Fuchsia-Flowering Gooseberry
Rhamnus californica - Coffeeberry
Romneya coulterI - Matilija Poppy
Quercus agrifolia - Coast Live Oak
Small Shrubs, Grasses and Annuals
Artemesia californica - California Sage Brush
Artemisia ’Powis Castle’
Baccharis pilularis - Coyote Brush
Baccharis' Twin Peak's
Camissonia chieranthifolia - Beach Primrose
Castilleja exserta ssp latifolia - Owl Clover
Cheiranthus cheiri - Wallflower
Clarkia unguiculata - Elegant Clarkia
Clarkia amoena - Godetia
Clarkia lewisii - Lewis’s Clarkia
Collinsia heterophylla - Chinese Houses
Diplacus parvifolius - Red Monkeyflower
Diplacus longiflorus - Southern Monkeyflower
Deschampsia caespitosa - Tufted Hair Grass
Epilobuim (Zauschneria) californium - California fuchsia
Ericamaria ericoides - False Heather
Ericameria fasciculata - Single leaf False Heather
Erigeron glaucus - Seaside Daisy
Eriogonum fasciculatum - Coast Buckwheat
Eriogonum grande rubescens - Red Buckwheat
Eschscholtzia californica - California Poppy
Festuca rubra - Creeping Red Fescue
Festuca glauca - Blue Fescue
Grindelia stricta - Gumweed
Helianthemum scoparium - Yellow Sunrose
Isocoma menziesii
Isomeris arborea - Bladder Pod
Lasthenia chrysostoma - Goldfields
Layia platyglossa - Gilia tricolor Bird’s Eye Gilia
Leymus glaucus - Blue Wild Rye
*Limonium sinuatum - Statice
Linanthus grandiflorus - Mountain Phlox
Lotus scoparius - Deer Weed
Lupinus bicolor
Lupinus nanus - Dwarf Lupine
Lupinus arboreus - Bush lupine
Mathiola longipetala - Evening Scented Stock
Mimulus aurantiacus - Sticky Monkeyflower
Nasella pulchra - Purple Needle Grass
Nassella cernua - Nodding Needle Grass
Nemophila menziesii - Baby Blue Eyes
Oenothera hookeri - Mexican Primrose
Pholistoma auritum - Fiesta Flower
Salvia - Black Sage
Salvia ClevelandiI - Cleveland Sage
Salvia spathacea - Hummingbird Sage
Salvia leucophylla - Purple Sage
Salvia africana lutea - Golden Sage, Beach Sage
Salvia mellifera
Salvia nemorosa
Salvia sonomaensis - Creeping Sage
Sysirinchium bellum - Blue Eyed Grass
Philadelphus lewisii - Western Mock Orange
Salvia sonomaensis - Creeping Sage
Grindelia stricta - Gumweed
Mathiola longipetala - Evening Scented Stock