A basic guide to growing plants and trees  in Hollywoodland

The first three things to know about growing plants in Hollywoodland:

1. They preserve the natural beauty of Hollywoodland, as well as your home.

2.They provide vital habitat for birds and many other species of wildlife.

3.Because they are adapted to local environmental conditions, they require far less maintenance, saving time, money, and the most valuable natural resource, water.   MORE

Protected Trees in Hollywoodland

Any of the following Southern California native tree species ,which measures four inches or more in cumulative diameter, four and one-half feet above the ground level at the base of the tree:

(a) Oak tree including Valley Oak (Quercus lobata) and California LiveOak (Quercus agrifolia), or any other tree of the oak genus indigenous to California but excluding the Scrub Oak (Quercus dumosa).

(b) Southern California Black Walnut (Juglans californica var. californica)

(c) Western Sycamore (Platanus racemosa)(d) California Bay (Umbellularia californica)  MORE