california natives, TREES, AND WOODY SHRUBS THAT YOU WILL FIND AT THE OLD MILL:
Salvia leucophylla, ‘Bees Bliss Sage’
Umbellularia californica, ‘California Bay Laurel’
Juglans californica, ‘California Black Walnut’
Quercus agrifolia, ‘California Live Oak’
Platanus racemose, ‘California Sycamore’
Prunus ilicifolia ssp.lyonii, ‘Catalina Cherry’
Concha Ceanothus, ‘Ceanothus’
Heuchera sanguinea ‘Coral Bells’, ‘Coral Bells’
Vitus vinifera x Vitis girdiana, ‘Hybrid California Mission Grape’
Heuchera maxima, ‘Island Alum Root’
Rhus integrifolia, ‘Lemonade Berry’
Arctostaphylos 'Howard McMinn', ‘Manzanita Howard McMinn'
Rosa x damascene, ‘Rose of Castille’
Pinus torreyana, ‘Torrey Pine’
Heteromeles arbutifolia, ‘Toyon’
Cercis occidentalis, ‘Western Redbud’
Salvia apiana, ‘White Sage’
accredited arboretum:
In 2022, the Diggers Garden Club applied for and received a Level I Accreditation for the Old Mill gardens by The ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Program and The Morton Arboretum, for achieving particular standards of professional practices deemed important for arboreta and botanic gardens. The ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Program is the only global initiative to officially recognize arboreta at various levels of development, capacity, and professionalism. The Old Mill is also now recognized as an accredited arboretum in the Morton Register of Arboreta, a database of the world’s arboreta and gardens dedicated to woody plants.
