The Big Three Native Shrubs For The Bay Area
California is blessed with an incredible diversity of native plants, but not all are easy to grow in managed landscapes. To look their best, some plants require an exact match to their native water, soil, and sun exposure preferences. The following three are exceptions and they are exceptionally well suited to gardens. All are evergreen shrubs, so they look great year-round. They attract pollinators with their colorful flowers and birds with their small fruits, and they need no irrigation after establishment. Now that is a water…