Dudleya Species, Lanceleaf Liveforever, Southern California Dudleya

turns out these are native plants on my property in the Antelope Valley at about 3000' elevation where it snows a bit nearly yearly. We ...Read Morelive on a hill and they are all over the southwest sides of it.

Dudleya Lancelota is locally native in my area (north Orange County, Calif) and I rescued some on land being bulldozed. Exposure was hal...Read Moref-day sun on a gentle slope with eastern exposure. In my garden, it makes a nice groundcover if placed in filtered shade or half-day sun (not full sun all day). Even though it is drought tolerant, it appreciates weekly water in porous soil (well-drained sandy loam). The rare Sonoran Blue butterfly depends on Dudleya as its larval (caterpillar) food plant.