Woody shrubs add year-round curiosity, fullness, and top to the panorama, defining borders or offering shade and privateness. These sizable choices usually bridge the hole between taller bushes and shorter annuals, grasses, and perennials. Many additionally present shelter, nectar, and berries for quite a lot of pollinators, birds, and different wildlife. In the event you’re on the hunt for the proper shrub or two so as to add to your NorCal panorama, California native shrubs needs to be on the very high of your procuring checklist. Not solely are they totally tailored to our summer-dry local weather (and due to this fact are drought tolerant), however they’re additionally simple to take care of, pest resistant, and unfussy. And since they’ve advanced proper alongside California native wildlife, they’re completely outfitted to offer the meals and shelter important to the well being of our native butterflies, bees, mammals, and birds.
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