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  • New native plants for sale

    Carol Rush|Mar 14, 2015

    The Tehachapi Resource Conservation District (TRCD) is still offering native plants for sale during its fifth annual Native Plant Sale, March 1 to April 3, 2015. This year several new drought resistant shrubs, grasses and flowering plants are being offered. One new flowering mint being offered is quite unique, being a variety developed in the Tehachapi area, at Mourning Cloak Ranch. This is the Coyote or Hummingbird Mint, Monardella macrantha 'Marian Sampson', also known as Scarlet Mint. I...

  • Native Plant Sale

    Carol Rush|Feb 28, 2015

    The fifth annual native plant sale is underway, and orders are now being taken on-line or by mail until April 3, 2015. This and previous plant sales have all been offered jointly by the Desert-Mountain Resource Conservation and Development Council (DMRC&D) and the Tehachapi Resource Conservation District (TRCD). Some new drought resistant species are being offered this year, such as Whitebark California Lilac, 4-Wing Saltbush, and grasses, such as Indian Ricegrass. Many flowering plants are...