Our Plants

Here's a list of the 23 varieties of California native plants found at the Cahuenga Branch Library's gardens:

California Fuschia (Area 3)
Epilobum canum 'La Gloria'

California Golden Poppy (Areas 1, 3, 4)
Escholzia californica

California Sagebrush (Area 2)
Artemisa Californica 

Chalk Dudleya (Area 6)
Dudleya pulverulenta

Chaparral Yucca (Area 6)
Hesperoyucca whipplei

Cleveland Sage (Areas 3, 9)
Salvia clevelandii

Coffeeberry (Area 11)
Rhamnus californica 'Eve Case'

Coral Bells (Area 10)
Heuchera 'Old la Rochette'

Douglas Iris 'Canyon Snow' (Area 10)
Iris douglasiana 'Canyon Snow'

Evergreen Currant (Area 10)
Ribes vibrurnifolium

Deergrass
Muhlenbergia rigens

Giant Chain Fern (Area 10)
Woodwardia Fimbriata

Grand Canon Baja Bush Snapdragon (Areas 2, 3)
Galvezia juncea 'Gran Canon'

Hummingbird Sage (Areas 2, 3, 10)
Salvia spathacea

Oregon Grape Hybrid (Areas 2, 3)
Berberis aquifolium hybrid

Margarita BOP Penstemon (Area 1)
Penstemon margarita BOP

Matilija Poppy (Area 3)
Romneya coulteri

Pigeon Point Dwarf Coyote Brush (Area 2)
Baccharis pilularis 'Pigeon Point'

Purple Sage (Area 3)
Salvia leucophylla 'Pt. Sal'

Red Buckwheat (Area 3)
Eriogonum grande rubescens

Toyon (West Lawn, Area 3)
Heteromeles arbutifolia

Western Sword Fern (Area 10)
Polystichum munitum

White Sage (Area 3)
Salvia apiana

Woodland Strawberry (Area 1)
Fragaria vesca

Yankee Point California Lilac (Area 2)
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. griseus 'Yankee Point'


Here are some non-native plants that were put here in 1996 during the Library's last major renovation:

Lily of the Nile, African Lily
Agapanthus africanus

Bird of Paradise
Strelitzia reginae

Peruvian Pepper Tree
Schinus molle