We were recently contacted by Marin Living Magazine for a story they are putting together on innovative ways to incorporate fire safe landscape practices. With the drought this year and California’s ever increasing fire danger, it’s an important subject.
A good fire safe landscape scheme is one that mitigates risk by using appropriate plantings, defensible space, smart design (especially next to buildings), and appropriate construction materials. One great resource is Fire Safe Marin and their list of fire resistant plantings.
Here are some our favorite choices for fire safe plantings from the Marin list via our awesome Plantmaster database online software.
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Fire Safe Plants
| Botanical | Common |
|---|---|
| Tree | |
| Arbutus unedo | Strawberry Tree |
| Cercis occidentalis | Western Redbud |
| Feijoa sellowiana | Pineapple Guava |
| Pistacia chinensis | Chinese Pistache |
| Prunus laurocerasus | English Laurel |
| Punica granatum | Pomegranate |
| Rhus lancea | African Sumac |
| Shrub | |
| Arbutus unedo ‘Compacta’ | Dwarf Strawberry Tree |
| Berberis thunbergii ‘Atropurpurea Nana’ | Dwarf Deep Red Barberry |
| Buxus ‘Green Beauty’ | Green Beauty Boxwood |
| Camellia japonica | Japanese Camellia |
| Camellia sasanqua | Sasanqua Camellia |
| Coleonema pulchellum ‘Sunset Gold’ | Golden Breath Of Heaven |
| Coprosma x kirkii | Creeping Mirror Plant |
| Erysimum ‘Bowles Mauve’ | Bowles Mauve Wallflower |
| Euonymus japonicus | Japanese Euonymus |
| Lantana montevidensis ‘White’ | White Trailing Lantana |
| Liriope gigantea | Giant Lily Turf |
| Punica granatum ‘Nana’ | Dwarf Pomegranate |
| Ground cover | |
| Achillea hybrids | Yarrow Hybrids |
| Coreopsis auriculata | Eared Coreopsis |
| Epilobium canum ‘Calistoga’ | Calistoga California Fuchsia |
| Erigeron glaucus | Blue Beach Aster, Seaside Daisy |
| Heuchera maxima | Island Alum Root |
| Iberis sempervirens ‘Little Gem’ | Little Gem Evergreen Candytuft |
| Lantana montevidensis | Trailing Lantana |
| Trachelospermum jasminoides | Star Jasmine |
| Perennial | |
| Agapanthus ‘Storm Cloud’ | Lily of the Nile, Storm cloud |
| Agapanthus ‘Tinkerbell’ | Dwarf Blue Lily of the Nile |
| Epilobium canum ‘Bert’s Bluff’ | Bert’s Bluff California Fuchsia |
| Hemerocallis hybrids | Daylily hybrids |
| Kniphofia ‘Poco Red’ | Poco Red Hot Poker |
| Lavandula species | Lavender varieties |
| Thymus praecox arcticus ‘Elfin’ | Elfin Creeping Thyme |
| Tulbaghia violacea | Society Garlic |
| Tulbaghia violacea ‘Silver Lace’ | Silver Lace Society Garlic |
| Grass | |
| Festuca rubra | Creeping Red Fescue, Red Fescue |
| Broadleaf Evergreen | |
| Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald Gaiety’ | Emerald Gaiety Euonymus |
| Conifer | |
| Podocarpus gracilior | Fern Pine |
| Podocarpus henkelii | Long- Leafed Yellowwood |
| Fern | |
| Polystichum munitum | Western Sword Fern |