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Quailbush This evergreen (drought deciduous) shrub grows to 8′ tall and can be used in the native garden as a border or windbreak. The yellowish flowers are small, but the bloom is followed by an attractive and abundant display of pinkish fruit. A great plant for tolerating salty soils; also excellent for bird and butterfly…
Beach Salt Bush Beach Salt Bush This is a short, sprawling perennial reaching a maximum height near 1 foot tall. It is native to the coastline of California and Baja California, and the Channel Islands, where it is a resident of beach dunes and other sandy areas. It will grow happily in all garden type…
Marsh Baccharis This spreading herbaceous perennial grows to 3 feet and requires moist soil for best performance. Plant in the background of your native garden to attract wildlife, and enjoy having a plant that deer won’t touch. The plant’s nectar is a source for predatory wasps and small native butterflies. Flowers late summer. Previously named…
Twin Peaks II coyote brush Twin Peaks II’ is one of the fastest, toughest, densest evergreen native large scale ground covers. Grows easily to 8 ft. wide and 2 – 3 ft. tall. Drought tolerant but monthly water helps it look better – shear hard annually in spring to keep rejuvenated. Sun on coast, afternoon…
Prostrate Coyote Brush This low mounding form of coyote brush is a fast growing evergreen shrub that reaches 3-4′ in height and 4 – 6′ wide. It is perhaps the best all-around western-native ground covers. For those who garden for wildlife this is an ideal candidate for providing habitat for insects, butterflies, and birds. When…
Coyote brush This evergreen shrub grows 3-6′ tall and matures in one to two years. Use this classic Californian shrub in the landscape as an evergreen hedge and prune to desired shape or grow loosely with plants such as California rose, sticky monkey flower, or California sagebrush. Coyote bush can be used for restoration and…
Mule fat This deciduous perennial shrub is fairly drought-tolerant, and exhibits rapid growth to 8-10′ tall. Mulefat grows in dry rocky arroyos with an upright open form. It sprouts suckers, forming a graceful thicket which can provide good cover for birds. Excellent screening replacement plant for Oleander. Good for habitat gardens as both cover and…
Oregon Grape Oregon grape is a low growing evergreen sub-shrub that creates a stiff, spreading ground-cover growing 1′ tall to 4-5.’ wide. Space 4-6′ apart. An excellent ground cover or foundation plant that will do well in shady garden. Oregon grape will tolerate clay soils but does best with moist, loamy soil. Adds color to…
Creeping Oregon Grape Creeping Oregon Grape (also called Dwarf Mahonia) is a low-growing variety of Berberis aquifolium that reaches 2-3 ft. tall and up to 5 ft. wide with a mounding and spreading form. It has dense yellow flower clusters in the spring that then transform into edible dark purple-blue berries like that of its…
Nevin’s barberry Nevin’s Barberry is an endangered evergreen shrub that is endemic to chaparral washes of the San Fernando Valley. Adapts to most soil types but does best in coarse, well drained slopes. Grows slowly to about 6′-10′ wide and tall, can reach up to 13′ at the highest. Layered spikes of cup-shaped fragrant blossoms…
Smooth Bur Marigold Smooth Bur Marigold is an annual herb that grows 1-3 feet tall Large yellow daisy like flowers June through October. Naturally grows in sandy to clayey soil in a bog or on the edge of marshy areas, along creeks and pond edges. Add this cheery flower to a bioswale or frog pond…
Blue grama Blue grama is a perennial drought-resistant short grass – grows about 1 foot tall. Grows in bunches that can spread through tillers. Space 15-18″ apart. Blue grama has become a popular garden accent grass due to its green to greyish color and interesting seed heads which resemble small penants. It is a great…
California brodiaea This perennial bulb in the lily family has an upright growth habit, reaching 1-2 feet in height. The dainty flowers vary in color from white to lavender and occasionally pink. Blooms from May – July. Found in open valley grassland and in the dappled light of foothill woodland, California brodiaea grows fast in…
California bromegrass California brome is a short lived medium-tall, competitive, native bunchgrass valued for its rapid and easy establishment for re-vegetation and erosion control purposes. Space 30-36″ apart. The deep fibrous root system makes the plant fairly resistant to grazing and drought. Provides good cover for wildlife and the seed is consumed by quail and…
Island morning glory This versatile morning glory can take the form of a low herbaceous vine or a stout, woody, climber approaching 9 meters in length. The flowers change from white to pale-pink during their long bloom period, which lasts from February through July. It has a handsome appearance even without flowers. In the winter,…
Western chaparral morning-glory This trailing or climbing perennial vine behaves itself in the garden as it is deciduous and dies back each year. In the spring, the vine will grow to several feet in a matter of a few months producing a flower show of large white, funnel-shaped flowers Makes a living fence here at…