Noted: Great Design Plant: Low-Maintenance Allium Cernuum via Houzz

Great Design Plant: Low-Maintenance Allium Cernuum via Houzz

When the weather cools in fall, it’s time to plant spring-blooming bulbs. Most of the familiar ones are from faraway places: tulips have their origins in the Mediterranean region and Asia Minor (Turkey), and daffodils originate from southwestern Europe. There are a number of bulbs that hail from North America, but they are less commonly used. Among these natives are more than 100 species of alliums. Most native alliums originate in western or midwestern parts of North America. Nodding onion (Allium cernuum) is one of the few allium species whose native range includes the eastern United States.

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Noted: Great Design Plant: Encelia Californica via Houzz

Great Design Plant: Encelia Californica via Houzz

 
California brittlebush (Encelia californica) is a must for low-water habitat gardens. This vigorous and dependable subshrub shows off its exuberant mass of large daisy-like flowers in spring and fall. Its long, bountiful bloom periods, combined with its food offerings of both pollen and nectar, make Encelia highly attractive to native bees and other pollinators. Pollinating insects are then food for birds and other critters.
 

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