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  "name": "Garden value-yield system",
  "description": "Turn the El Segundo native planting palette from Block 0331 into an interactive site-fit, value-score, and establishment planner.",
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  "generatedAt": "2026-04-27T06:20:45.475Z",
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    "id": "0331",
    "title": "Native planting palette for El Segundo",
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  },
  "mode": "ecological value yield, not financial yield",
  "metrics": [
    {
      "id": "pollinator",
      "label": "Pollinator traffic",
      "short": "Pollinators",
      "read": "Bloom, host-plant value, and small-insect usefulness."
    },
    {
      "id": "waterFit",
      "label": "Water fit",
      "short": "Water",
      "read": "How well the kit belongs in a dry coastal, fast-draining setup."
    },
    {
      "id": "habitat",
      "label": "Habitat structure",
      "short": "Structure",
      "read": "Shelter, edge, seedhead, berry, and scrub mass value."
    },
    {
      "id": "seasonal",
      "label": "Seasonal signal",
      "short": "Season",
      "read": "How clearly the planting changes across the local year."
    },
    {
      "id": "careEase",
      "label": "Care ease",
      "short": "Care",
      "read": "Low-maintenance fit after establishment."
    }
  ],
  "sitePresets": [
    {
      "id": "balcony",
      "label": "Balcony pot",
      "areaSqFt": 8,
      "sun": "full",
      "drainage": "fast",
      "water": "low",
      "wildness": 42,
      "read": "A compact container set: low plants first, one visible bloom, no oversized scrub."
    },
    {
      "id": "parkway",
      "label": "Parkway strip",
      "areaSqFt": 24,
      "sun": "full",
      "drainage": "mixed",
      "water": "low",
      "wildness": 62,
      "read": "A street-edge patch that can look a little loose while staying legible."
    },
    {
      "id": "yard",
      "label": "Dry yard edge",
      "areaSqFt": 64,
      "sun": "full",
      "drainage": "mixed",
      "water": "low",
      "wildness": 70,
      "read": "A layered coastal-scrub edge with anchor shrubs, bloom, and shelter."
    },
    {
      "id": "repair-patch",
      "label": "Repair patch",
      "areaSqFt": 36,
      "sun": "part",
      "drainage": "fast",
      "water": "medium",
      "wildness": 82,
      "read": "A loose restoration grammar for tired soil: fast bloom, nitrogen help, cover, structure."
    }
  ],
  "plants": [
    {
      "slug": "seacliff-buckwheat",
      "role": "anchor",
      "minSqFt": 8,
      "containerFit": true,
      "sun": [
        "full",
        "part"
      ],
      "drainage": [
        "fast",
        "mixed"
      ],
      "water": [
        "low"
      ],
      "wildness": 64,
      "bestFor": [
        "parkway",
        "yard",
        "repair-patch"
      ],
      "quantityPer12SqFt": 0.8,
      "placement": "Use as the sunny anchor where drainage is real and flowerheads can stay visible.",
      "establishment": "Plant in the cool season, water deeply but infrequently through the first dry stretch.",
      "maintenance": "Let dry seedheads stand; shape lightly only after bloom.",
      "value": [
        "host-plant symbolism",
        "pollinator magnet",
        "dune grammar"
      ],
      "scores": {
        "pollinator": 96,
        "waterFit": 88,
        "habitat": 72,
        "seasonal": 84,
        "careEase": 76
      },
      "name": "Seacliff buckwheat",
      "scientific": "Eriogonum parvifolium",
      "form": "shrub",
      "source": {
        "label": "CNPS coastal native garden",
        "url": "https://www.cnps.org/gardening/the-coastal-native-garden-5526"
      }
    },
    {
      "slug": "beach-suncups",
      "role": "low bloom",
      "minSqFt": 3,
      "containerFit": true,
      "sun": [
        "full"
      ],
      "drainage": [
        "fast"
      ],
      "water": [
        "low"
      ],
      "wildness": 46,
      "bestFor": [
        "balcony",
        "parkway",
        "repair-patch"
      ],
      "quantityPer12SqFt": 2.4,
      "placement": "Put at the front edge or in sandy pockets where small yellow flowers can read low.",
      "establishment": "Use lean soil and avoid burying it under taller neighbors.",
      "maintenance": "Refresh with light reseeding or replacement if the patch thins out.",
      "value": [
        "ground-level bloom",
        "dune signal",
        "container scale"
      ],
      "scores": {
        "pollinator": 74,
        "waterFit": 92,
        "habitat": 46,
        "seasonal": 80,
        "careEase": 72
      },
      "name": "Beach suncups",
      "scientific": "Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia",
      "form": "groundcover",
      "source": {
        "label": "CNPS South Coast plant list",
        "url": "https://chapters.cnps.org/southcoast/2024/10/07/ca-native-plants-for-the-s-ca-habitat-garden/"
      }
    },
    {
      "slug": "deerweed",
      "role": "repair",
      "minSqFt": 10,
      "containerFit": false,
      "sun": [
        "full",
        "part"
      ],
      "drainage": [
        "fast",
        "mixed"
      ],
      "water": [
        "low",
        "medium"
      ],
      "wildness": 86,
      "bestFor": [
        "parkway",
        "yard",
        "repair-patch"
      ],
      "quantityPer12SqFt": 0.9,
      "placement": "Use where a looser restoration look is welcome and soil needs help.",
      "establishment": "Give room for airy stems and expect fast seasonal change.",
      "maintenance": "Cut back selectively after seed if it overwhelms smaller neighbors.",
      "value": [
        "soil repair",
        "insect food",
        "fast early structure"
      ],
      "scores": {
        "pollinator": 82,
        "waterFit": 84,
        "habitat": 78,
        "seasonal": 76,
        "careEase": 70
      },
      "name": "Deerweed",
      "scientific": "Acmispon glaber",
      "form": "perennial",
      "source": {
        "label": "CNPS South Coast plant list",
        "url": "https://chapters.cnps.org/southcoast/2024/10/07/ca-native-plants-for-the-s-ca-habitat-garden/"
      }
    },
    {
      "slug": "coyote-brush",
      "role": "structure",
      "minSqFt": 18,
      "containerFit": false,
      "sun": [
        "full",
        "part",
        "soft"
      ],
      "drainage": [
        "fast",
        "mixed",
        "heavy"
      ],
      "water": [
        "low",
        "medium"
      ],
      "wildness": 72,
      "bestFor": [
        "yard",
        "repair-patch",
        "parkway"
      ],
      "quantityPer12SqFt": 0.45,
      "placement": "Set on the rear edge, wind side, or slope where evergreen mass is useful.",
      "establishment": "Water to settle roots, then step down to dry-season resilience.",
      "maintenance": "Choose a compact form for tight spots; prune after flowering if needed.",
      "value": [
        "wind buffer",
        "late-season pollen",
        "small wildlife shelter"
      ],
      "scores": {
        "pollinator": 78,
        "waterFit": 82,
        "habitat": 94,
        "seasonal": 66,
        "careEase": 82
      },
      "name": "Coyote brush",
      "scientific": "Baccharis pilularis",
      "form": "shrub",
      "source": {
        "label": "CNPS South Coast plant list",
        "url": "https://chapters.cnps.org/southcoast/2024/10/07/ca-native-plants-for-the-s-ca-habitat-garden/"
      }
    },
    {
      "slug": "lemonade-berry",
      "role": "large scrub",
      "minSqFt": 36,
      "containerFit": false,
      "sun": [
        "full",
        "part",
        "soft"
      ],
      "drainage": [
        "fast",
        "mixed",
        "heavy"
      ],
      "water": [
        "low",
        "medium"
      ],
      "wildness": 66,
      "bestFor": [
        "yard"
      ],
      "quantityPer12SqFt": 0.22,
      "placement": "Reserve for a larger yard edge, privacy run, or slope with real room.",
      "establishment": "Plant young and let the root system claim its space before expecting mass.",
      "maintenance": "Prune for path clearance, not for a clipped-product shape.",
      "value": [
        "bird value",
        "privacy",
        "coastal scrub mass"
      ],
      "scores": {
        "pollinator": 72,
        "waterFit": 78,
        "habitat": 96,
        "seasonal": 72,
        "careEase": 80
      },
      "name": "Lemonade berry",
      "scientific": "Rhus integrifolia",
      "form": "shrub",
      "source": {
        "label": "CNPS coastal native garden",
        "url": "https://www.cnps.org/gardening/the-coastal-native-garden-5526"
      }
    },
    {
      "slug": "coast-sunflower",
      "role": "bright note",
      "minSqFt": 8,
      "containerFit": true,
      "sun": [
        "full",
        "part"
      ],
      "drainage": [
        "fast",
        "mixed"
      ],
      "water": [
        "low",
        "medium"
      ],
      "wildness": 58,
      "bestFor": [
        "balcony",
        "parkway",
        "yard",
        "repair-patch"
      ],
      "quantityPer12SqFt": 1.2,
      "placement": "Place where informal yellow bloom can carry the patch from across the sidewalk.",
      "establishment": "Give sun, drainage, and enough room for a relaxed shape.",
      "maintenance": "Deadhead lightly if you want longer bloom; leave some seedheads for texture.",
      "value": [
        "visual signal",
        "pollinator traffic",
        "fast gratification"
      ],
      "scores": {
        "pollinator": 88,
        "waterFit": 82,
        "habitat": 62,
        "seasonal": 92,
        "careEase": 74
      },
      "name": "Coast sunflower",
      "scientific": "Encelia californica",
      "form": "shrub",
      "source": {
        "label": "CNPS South Coast plant list",
        "url": "https://chapters.cnps.org/southcoast/2024/10/07/ca-native-plants-for-the-s-ca-habitat-garden/"
      }
    }
  ],
  "establishmentLoop": [
    {
      "phase": "Read the site",
      "timing": "Before buying",
      "action": "Map sun, drainage, wind, foot traffic, and how wild the place is allowed to look.",
      "check": "If water sits after rain, raise the planting or choose the heavier-drainage plants."
    },
    {
      "phase": "Plant with rain",
      "timing": "Nov-Feb",
      "action": "Install smaller plants into cool soil, mulch lightly with mineral material, and water deeply to settle roots.",
      "check": "Roots should be firm before the first long dry stretch."
    },
    {
      "phase": "Step water down",
      "timing": "First spring-summer",
      "action": "Water less often but more deeply. Do not train roots to expect constant surface water.",
      "check": "Leaf curl at noon is less important than overnight recovery."
    },
    {
      "phase": "Let value stay visible",
      "timing": "Year two",
      "action": "Keep seedheads, flowerheads, and loose scrub texture where they help insects and birds.",
      "check": "Prune for paths, safety, and neighbor legibility, not for catalog neatness."
    }
  ],
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