25 Recommended Plants

By KAREN DARDICK

Sept. 16, 1995 12 AM PT

Here are some water-thrifty plants suggested by Susan Frommer of Dry Plants for Dry Places nursery and Jeff Bohn of Tree of Life Wholesale Nursery:

* Acacia redolens-- prostrate acacia

* Achillea ‘Moonshine’--yarrow

* Antigonon leptopus-- San Miguel coral vine

* Aquilegia formosa-- red columbine

* Arctostaphylos densiflora ‘Howard McMinn’--McMinn manzanita

* A. edmundsii ‘Carmel Sur’--Carmel Sur manzanita

* A. edmundsii ‘John Dourley’--John Dourley manzanita

* Artemisia ‘Powis Castle’--wormwood

* Baccharis pilularis ‘Pigeon Point’--coyote bush

* Ceanothus--wild lilac

* Centranthus ruber-- Jupiter’s beard

* Encilia californica-- coast sunflower

* Epilobium (Zauschneria) californica--California fuchsia

* Erigeron glaucus ‘Arthur Menzies’--compact seaside daisy

* Eriogonum--wild buckwheat

* Fremontodendron californicum-- flannel bush

* Heuchera hybrids--hybrid coral bells

* Lavatera assurgentiflora-- tree mallow

* Mahonia ‘Golden Abundance’--hybrid Oregon grape

* Rhus integrifolia-- lemonadeberry

* Romneya ‘White Cloud’--White Cloud Matilija poppy

* Rosemarinus--rosemary

* Salvia--sage

* Sisyrinchium bellum-- blue-eyed grass

* Teucrium flavens-- germander

* Verbena lilacina-- lilac verbena