List of Plants for a Slope, Part 2

Here are the plants I like to use when designing a slope.  Some of these plants work best in combination with other similar plants (like California Natives).   

Botanical Name                    Common Name              #Type of Slope

#Mimulus hybridus             Monkey Flower                      Bunny

Myoporum parvifolium       Creeping Myoporum             Both

Myrtus communis                Variegated Myrtle                 Bunny

   'Variegata'

Pelargonium peltatum         Ivy Geranium                         Bunny

Pennisetum setaceum          Fireworks Fountain Grass    Bunny

   'Fireworks'

Perovskia atriplicifolia         Russian Sage                           Bunny

Phormium tenax                  New Zealand Flax                  Bunny

    'Maori Chief''

Photinia x fraseri                  Fraser’s Photinia                   Bunny

Pittospoum tobira                Varigated Mock Orange       Bunny

  'Variegata'

*Platanus racemosa             Caifornia Sycamore               Bunny

Plumbago auriculata            Cape Plumbage                      Both

Rhus lancea                           African Sumac                       Both

Rosmarinus officinalis          Prostrate Rosemary             Bunny

   'Prostrata'

*Salvia clevelandii                 Cleveland Sage                      Both

Senecio mandraliscae           Blue Chalk Sticks                  Both

Teucrium fruiticans              Bush Germander                  Bunny

Tristana conferta                  Brisbane Box                         Bunny

Vitex agnus-caste                 Chaste Tree                           Bunny

  

*California Native

If you are not sure which plant combinations work best, then send me an email (my address is listed at the top of the page).

#Bunny slopes are those easy slopes that you skied on when you were a kid.  Bunny slopes are 5 to 20 degree slopes that you can walk up and down without having to hold onto anything. Both refers to Bunny or Cowabunga slopes.  Cowabunga slopes are those steeper inclines that teenagers go snowboarding down yelling “COWABUNGA!!!!!” as they rip and shred everything in their path.  Cowabunga slopes are in the 25-60 degree range and require some type of aid (railing, fence, etc.) for you to hold onto in order to go up and down the hill.