Fire Safe Sources:

Click here to read - Beyond the 4 Zones: the Fire Safe Cottage Garden

Plants in order of mention:

Wooly Thyme, Thymus pseudolanuginosus
Coreopsis, Coreopsis grandiflora
Blue Hill Penstemon, Penstemon heterophyllus
Scabiosa, Scabiosa 'Butterfly Blue', 'Butterfly Pink'
Rosa 'Graham Thomas', 'Abraham Darby'
Alstromeria
Verbena bonarensis
Arctotis
Achillea filipendulina 'Coronation Gold', 'Moonshine'
A. millefolium 'Summer Pastels'
Gaillardia 'Goblin'
Aster oblongatus 'October Skies'
A. X frikartii 'Monch'
Daylily, Hemerocallis hybrids
Heuchera
Southern Highbush Blueberry, Vaccinium 'Top Hat'
Spanish Lavender, Lavandula stoechas
Shasta Daisy, Chysanthemum maximum
Verbena lilicina 'De la Mina'
Bronze Fennel, Foeniculum 'Smokey'
Dwarf Foothill Sedge, Carex tumulicola
Cercis Canadensis 'Forest Pansy'
Zauschneria californica
Ceantohus 'Centenial'
Oenothera speciosa 'Siskiyou'

Bibliography

Firescaping by Douglas Kent, Wilderness Press, www.wildernesspress.com

California Native Plants for the Garden by Bornstein, Foss, and O'Brien, Cachuma Press www.cachumapress.com

Sunset New Western Garden Book, Sunset Books, www.sunset.com

Sunset New Western Landscaping Book, Sunset Books, www.sunset.com

Links:

Big Sur Volunteer Fire Brigade, www.bigsurfire.org

Sierra Azul Nursery and Gardens, Watsonville, CA. www.sierraazul.com

Forestfarm, Williams OR. www.forestfarm.com

Monrovia Growers, www.Monrovia.com

 

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