Davis Insectary Garden

2021 Location and Plants To Be Determined

Native California Plant Society Sacramento Chapter's 
Virtual Garden Tours:
https://www.sacvalleycnps.org/native-plant-gardening/garden-tour

 Native California Plant Society Sacramento Chapter's Recommended Plant list Link Below:
www.sacvalleycnps.org/26-drought/71-native-plants
&
​https://www.sacvalleycnps.org/26-drought/71-native-plants#list

Coming Soon!   It will be an interesting journey in garden discovery moving from Santa Barbara to Davis. Plants shown below will be some of the first to be tested in my new Davis garden Spring 2011. More information will be added, as I gather data regarding cold and heat tolerance, in phase one of my new Davis Insectary Garden.

Woolly Blue Curls, Hummingbird Sage, Lupine

Grindelia stricta, Coastal Gum Plant

Hyptis emoryi ‘Silver Lining’ Desert Lavender - These tiny flowers are 1/8" across.

Abutilon palmeri

Bee visiting Salvia 'Bon Bon'

Erigeron glacus, Seaside Daisy

Lobelia laxiflora (Red Fuschia flowers) Mexican Lobelia, Hummingbirds

Heuchera ‘Wendy’, Wendy Coral Bells

​Madia elegans, Spring Madia, Tarweed - flowers wilt mid-day to conserve moisture.

Sphaeralcea ambigua, Globe Mallow

Eriogonum arborescens, Santa Cruz Island Buckwheat

Carpenteria californica, Bush Anemone

Eriogonum grande rubescens, San Miguel Island Buckwheat

Encelia californica ‘Paleo Yellow’, Bush Sunflower

Eriogonum giganteum, St. Catherine’s Lace

Bouteloua ‘Blonde Ambition’, Blue Grama, Eyelash Grass

Eriophyllum nevinii ‘Canyon Silver’, Woolly Sunflower

Senecio palmeri ‘Silver and Gold’ Guadalupe Island Senecio

Aristolochia californica, California Dutchman's-pipe

Heuchera ‘Wendy’, Wendy Coral Bells

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Lupinus succulentus - Arroyo lupine

The first instectary began January 2018 Santa Barbara Mesa Insectary Garden

Insectary January 2018

Insectary January 2018

​Santa Barbara Mesa Insectary Garden December 2020

Click here to visit Santa Barbara Mesa Insectary Garden webpage.

If you would like to collaborate or have plants to trade or donate, please contact me, Trish Odenthal, using the About section in this website.

Photo Credits

• Photos By Trish Odenthal