Plant Types for San Diego

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Bougainvillea

Botanical Name: Bougainvillea
Common Name: Bougainvillea
Height: 15- 30 ft
Width: 15- 30 ft
Annual or Perennial: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full sun
Foliage: Long needlelike thorns arm stiff stems that are moderately to densely covered in 2 1/2 in heart shaped leaves
Flower Color: Bright colored flowers vary by variety
Description:

Fast Growers.
Mandevilla

Botanical Name: Mandevilla
Common Name: Mandevilla
Height: Slower climber. Starts out 2-3 ft then eventually twines to 15-20 ft.
Width: 15-20 ft.
Annual or Perennial: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full sun or partial shade
Foliage: Blossoms have five broad lobes that flare out from a tubular throat. Plants climb by twining.
Flower Color: Blossoms have five broad lobes that flare out from a tubular throat
Pandorea jasminoides

Botanical Name: Pandorea jasminoides
Height: Fast growth to 20-30ft.
Width: 20-30ft.
Annual or Perennial: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial shade in hottest climates.
Foliage: Leaves are rich green, glossy and divided. Often foliage is so attractive the vine is beautiful without a bloom. Each leaf has 5-7 oval 1-2 in long leaflets with pointy tips.
Flower Color: Flowers are white with pink throats 1 ½ -2 in long. Twining vines with clusters of trumpet shaped flowers.
Parthenocissus tricuspidata

Botanical Name: Parthenocissus tricuspidata
Common Name: Boston ivy
Annual or Perennial: Annual
Sun Requirements: Sun or shade
Foliage: Leaves are glossy to 8 in wide variable in shape, usually three lobed or divided into 3 leaflets
Flower Color: Autumn colors vary from orange to wine red
Description:

Clings tightly grows fast to make a dense uniform wall cover. Native to china and japan
Thunbergia gregorii

Botanical Name: Thunbergia gregorii
Common Name: Orange clock vine
Height: Twines to 6 ft or higher
Width: to 6 ft
Annual or Perennial: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial shade in hottest climates
Foliage: Gray-green triangular ,tooth-edged leaves to 3 in long
Flower Color: Tubular flaring bright orange flowers are borne singly on 4 in stems
Wisteria senensis

Botanical Name: Wisteria senensis
Common Name: Chinese wisteria
Annual or Perennial: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full sun
Foliage: Leaves are 10-12 in long divided into 7-13 leaflets
Flower Color: Clusters of violet-blue slightly fragrant flowers grow up to 1 ft
Pasiflora jamesonii

Botanical Name: Pasiflora jamesonii
Common Name: Passion vine
Height: 20-30 ft
Width: 20-30 ft
Annual or Perennial: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full sun or partial shade
Foliage: Glossy three lobed leaves
Flower Color: Profuse unscented salmon pink flowers
Description:

Quick cover for bank or fence
Rosa banksiae

Botanical Name: Rosa banksiae
Common Name: Lady banks rose
Height: Vigorous grower to 20ft or more
Width: to 20ft or more
Annual or Perennial: Perennial
Foliage: Stems have few if any prickles
Flower Color: Large clusters of small flowers in early to late spring
Description:

everygreen grower.
Wisteria floribunda

Botanical Name: Wisteria floribunda
Common Name: Japanese Wisteria
Annual or Perennial: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full sun
Foliage: Silky-haired leaves 12-16 in long dived into 15-19 leaflets
Flower Color: Fragrant 1 ½ ft clusters of violet or violet blue flowers during leafout