ORGANISM OF THE FALL!
Belongs to the Primrose Family
Epilobium canum
In our garden, this is a favorite of hummingbirds and butterflies, especially the caterpillars of the White Sphinx moth. This plant blooms its bright red-orange tubular flowers from June to October. Its foliage varies from light green to dark green depending on the variant. It is a great short perennial shrub that can be used as ground cover; it resists our extreme ambient temperatures because it is a California native! This species can spread easily via its creeping roots. There are several variations in flower and leaf colors and growth patterns in horticulture.
California Fuchsia
Located
southeast of the Health & Life Science (HLS) building and northwest of the Gym building.
Our Herbarium
We also house a natural history collection for plants. The herbarium houses a diverse and impressive collection of native plant specimens from our region, which are fully catalogued and ready for study. Many of the specimens have been ethically collected by faculty and students since the 1920s. We offer the resources necessary for educational purposes and research studies. Our students enjoy plant studies in the San Gabriel Mountains, San Bernardino Mountains, Mojave and Colorado deserts.
Explore the wonders of a botanical garden where plants, birds, lizards, and an array of insects and other invertebrates thrive. Our garden offers a unique teaching and learning experience for students, faculty, and staff. It provides a beautiful outdoor space for our local community to enjoy.
This Botanical Garden is home to over 40 species of plants, each with unique vegetative and flowering characteristics, biological adaptations of fascinating evolutionary and ecological histories. The garden showcases different regions of our local plant biodiversity and it presents a sight of plant evolution with living fossils that evolved millions of years ago! Many of the species also have valuable sociocultural significance.