| Beach and Coastal Garden Plants |
| Plant List for Coastal Gardens |
A comprehensive list of plants for the edge of the breakers back across the coastal strand. |
| Our Plants for the Beach |
Plants we currently grow for the beachside garden. |
| Bird & Butterfly Plants | Check out the San Diego Zoo's list of Nectar & Host Plants to attract hummingbirds and butterflys to the garden. |
| Eucalyptus Understory | Having problems growing plants under the big gum tree? Take a look at these choices. |
| Gardening and Wildfire |
Wildfire is a concern for all who live in the urban/ rural interface. Firescape, a Santa Barbara Fire Department project looks at this problem and offers suggestions. |
| Gardening in the Deer Zone | Looking for plants the deer don't like? Try our deer resistant plant list. - Warning a hungry deer will eat nearly any plant! |
| Poisonous Plant Lists |
| FDA Poisonous Plants | Worried about planting the wrong plant in your yard? Here is what the FDA has to say. |
| UC Davis Toxic Plants | A plant list from Dr. Ann King Filmer, of the College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences. |
| Protea in California Gardens | Protea Expert Dennis Perry's Tips from the 1998 San Marcos Growers Field Day. |
| Unwanted Pond Visitors? | Try this simple solution for keeping them away. |
| USDA Zone Map | Map of the different temperature zones within the United States. |