The demonstration garden occupies a corner of the CNPS nursery and is a valuable example of what homeowners can accomplish on a small suburban lot. Diligent plant labeling makes it especially useful for beginner botanists. This garden was created in 2019 by sustainable landscape designer Christine Kelly, with the help of CNPS and Helping Humboldt volunteers. Visitors can view the garden during weekly Nursery Volunteer Hours and also get a glimpse of nursery activity behind the scenes.

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Coastal Bluffs

Perennial herb
Photo: Calscape

Sea Thrift

Armeria maritima
Perennial herb
Photo: Calflora

California Aster

Corethrogyne filaginifolia
Perennial herb
Photo: Calflora

Coast Buckwheat

Eriogonum latifolium
Perennial herb
Photo: Calscape

Beach Strawberry

Fragaria chiloensis
Perennial herb
Photo: Calscape

Oregon Gumweed

Grindelia stricta
Perennial herb
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Beach Knotweed

Polygonum paronychia
Succulent
Photo: Calflora

Canyon Dudleya

Dudleya cymosa
Succulent
Photo: Calflora

Bluff Lettuce

Dudleya farinosa
Succulent
Photo: Calflora

Broad-leaved Stonecrop

Sedum spathulifolium
Annual herb
Photo: Calscape

Coast Phacelia

Phacelia californica

Grassland & Chapparal

Perennial herb
Photo: Calscape

Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium
Perennial herb
Photo: Calflora

One Leaf Onion

Allium unifolium
Perennial herb
Photo: Calflora

Narrow Leaf Milkweed

Asclepias fascicularis
Perennial herb
Photo: Calscape

Showy Milkweed

Asclepias speciosa
Perennial herb
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White Globe Lily

Calochortus albus
Perennial herb
Photo: Calflora

Beach evening-primrose

Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia
Perennial herb
Photo: Calflora

Cobweb Thistle

Cirsium occidentale
Perennial herb
Photo:

Yerba Buena

Clinopodium douglasii
Perennial herb
Photo: Calflora

Twining Snakelily

Dichelostemma volubile
Perennial herb
Photo: Calflora

Seaside Daisy

Erigeron glaucus
Perennial herb
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Sulphur Buckwheat

Eriogonum umbellatum
Perennial herb
Photo: Calflora

Common Woolly Sunflower

Eriophyllum lanatum
Perennial herb
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Douglas Iris

Iris douglasiana
Perennial herb
Photo: Calscape

Columbia Lily

Lilium columbianum
Perennial herb
Photo: Calflora

Mountain Coyote Mint

Monardella odoratissima
Perennial herb
Photo: Calflora

Leafy Aster

Symphyotrichum foliaceum
Tree
Photo: Calscape

California Buckeye

Aesculus californica
Annual herb
Photo: Calflora

Punch Bowl Godetia

Clarkia bottae
Annual herb
Photo: Calflora

Chinese Houses

Collinsia heterophylla
Annual herb
Photo: Calflora

Common Meadow Foam

Limnanthes douglasii
Grass
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California Fescue

Festuca californica
Grass
Photo: Calphotos

California Melicgrass

Melica californica
Grass
Photo: Calscape

Deergrass

Muhlenbergia rigens
Shrub
Photo: Calflora

Climbing Penstemon

Keckiella cordifolia
Shrub
Photo: Calscape

White Sage

Salvia apiana

Redwood & Mixed Evergreen Forest

Perennial herb
Photo: Calflora

Coast Onion

Allium dichlamydeum
Perennial herb
Photo: Calscape

Western Columbine

Aquilegia formosa
Perennial herb
Photo: Calphotos

Elk's Clover

Aralia californica
Perennial herb
Photo: Calscape

Wild Ginger

Asarum caudatum
Perennial herb
Photo: Calscape

Brook Foam

Boykinia occidentalis
Perennial herb
Photo: Calflora

Golden Globelily

Calochortus amabilis
Perennial herb
Photo: Calphotos

Common Camas

Camassia quamash
Perennial herb
Photo: Calscape

Bleeding Heart

Dicentra formosa
Perennial herb
Photo: Calscape

Mahogany Fawn Lily

Erythronium revolutum
Perennial herb
Photo: Calflora

Bigelow's Sneezeweed

Helenium bigelovii
Perennial herb
Photo: Calscape

Crevice Alumroot

Heuchera micrantha
Perennial herb
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Yellowleaf Iris

Iris chrysophylla
Perennial herb
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Douglas Iris

Iris douglasiana
Perennial herb
Photo: Calscape

Del Norte County Iris

Iris innominata
Perennial herb
Photo: Calscape

Ground Iris

Iris macrosiphon
Perennial herb
Photo: calphotos

Toughleaf Iris

Iris tenax
Perennial herb
Photo: Calscape

Tiger Lily

Lilium pardalinum
Perennial herb
Photo: Calphotos

Meadow Lupine

Lupinus polyphyllus
Perennial herb
Photo: Calscape

Riverbank Lupine

Lupinus rivularis
Perennial herb
Photo: Calscape

False Lily Of The Valley

Maianthemum dilatatum
Perennial herb
Photo: Calscape

False Solomon Seal

Maianthemum stellatum
Perennial herb
Photo: Calflora

Slender Cinquefoil

Potentilla gracilis
Perennial herb
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Mosquito Bills

Primula hendersonii
Perennial herb
Photo: Calphotos

Large Flowered Fairy Bell

Prosartes smithii
Perennial herb
Photo: Calflora

California Romanzoffia

Romanzoffia californica
Perennial herb
Photo: Calflora

Checker Bloom

Sidalcea malviflora
Perennial herb
Photo: Calscape

Blue Eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium bellum
Perennial herb
Photo: Calscape

Bigflower Tellima

Tellima grandiflora
Perennial herb
Photo: Calflora

Foothill Meadow Rue

Thalictrum fendleri
Perennial herb
Photo: Calphotos

Sugar Scoop

Tiarella trifoliata
Perennial herb
Photo: Calflora

Piggyback Plant

Tolmiea diplomenziesii
Perennial herb
Photo: Calphotos

Northern Vancouveria

Vancouveria hexandra
Perennial herb
Photo: Calscape

Dog violet

Viola adunca
Perennial herb
Photo: Calscape

Evergreen Violet

Viola sempervirens
Perennial herb
Photo: Calflora

Bear Grass

Xerophyllum tenax
Fern
Photo: Calscape

Lady Fern

Athyrium filix-femina
Fern
Photo: Calscape

Deer Fern

Blechnum spicant
Grass
Photo: Calscape

Pacific Reedgrass

Calamagrostis nutkaensis
Annual herb
Photo:

Purple Clarkia

Clarkia purpurea
Annual herb
Photo: Calscape

Bolander's Phacelia

Phacelia bolanderi
Annual herb
Photo: Calflora

Cardinal Catchfly

Silene californica
Shrub
Photo: Calflora

Bush Monkeyflower

Diplacus aurantiacus
Shrub
Photo: Calscape

Western Azalea

Rhododendron occidentale
Shrub
Photo: Kellie

Red Flowering Currant

Ribes sanguineum
Shrub
Photo: Calflora

Huckleberry

Vaccinium ovatum

Riparian

Perennial herb
Photo: Calflora

California Pitcherplant

Darlingtonia californica
Perennial herb
Photo: Calflora

Blue Dicks

Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum
Perennial herb
Photo: Calflora

Scarlet Monkeyflower

Erythranthe cardinalis
Perennial herb
Photo: Calphotos

Coastal Miterwort

Pectiantia ovalis
Fern
Photo: Calscape

Nested Polypody Fern

Polypodium calirhiza
Fern
Photo: Calscape

Sword Fern

Polystichum munitum

Container

Annual herb
Photo: Calflora

Farewell to Spring

Clarkia amoena
Annual herb
Photo: Calflora

Diamond Clarkia

Clarkia rhomboidea
Annual herb
Photo: Larner Seeds

Coastal California Poppy

Eschscholzia californica v. maritima
Annual herb
Photo: Calscape

California Goldfields

Lasthenia californica
Annual herb
Photo: Calflora

Sky Lupine

Lupinus nanus
Annual herb
Photo: Calflora

Five-Spot

Nemophila maculata
Annual herb
Photo: Calscape

Baby Blue Eyes

Nemophila menziesii
Perennial herb
Photo: Calscape

Scarlet Larkspur

Delphinium cardinale
Perennial herb
Photo: Calflora

Scabland Penstemon

Penstemon deustus
Perennial herb
Photo: Calflora

Low Beardtongue

Penstemon humuilis
Shrub
Photo: Calflora

Mock Orange

Philadelphus lewisii