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Iris leaved rush This spreading, evergreen, perennial grows 1-3 ft tall and spreads through creeping rhizomes. Its spreading habit makes it great for erosion control A pretty vertical element in a sunny, moist meadow area or at the edge of a water feature in a mountain garden. Will stay evergreen unless stressed by drought. Blooms…
Yellow Penstemon Yellow penstemon (formerly named Penstemon antirrhinoides) is a medium sized flowering shrub that grows from 1 1/2 – 6 feet tall and 2-4 feet wide. It has a rounded form and a moderate growth rate. It will do best with some drainage. Because of it’s adaptations to native area expect it to go…
Bush Beardtongue Keckiella is a low, bushy sub-shrub has many wandering branches, growing to 3′ high. It is native to many of the mountain ranges and foothills of central California. It has small, shiny, narrow-toothed green leaves and Purple-striped, white tubular flowers during midsummer (April – July). A good plant for tough situations along the…
Heart Leaved Keckiella Heart leaved keckiella is a fast growing, summer deciduous shrub that grows about 3′ tall and 3 feet wide. Known to do some spreading and climbing. In the spring and into summer this shrub will be aflame with tubular red orange flowers perfect for feeding humming birds. Best planted among evergreen shrubs…
June grass This small clumping perennial grass grows about 1-3′ tall. An attractive native grass, it looks like it belongs in a Japanese Garden. Ideal for drifts and masses, and will provide an effective slope or ground cover in hot, dry Summer climates. Space 2 ft apart. Its eye-catching blue-green leaves and upright chartreuse flower…
California goldfields Part of the sunflower family, Goldfields is a low-growing annual herb reaching 2 to 10 inches tall, and 8 to 18 inches in spread making it an excellent ground cover. This species produces large populations of blooms blanketing many coastal bluffs, and open fields from March until May. The flowers resemble tiny yellow…
Yellow rayed goldfields Spring blooming annual wildflower with profuse abundance of bright yellow flowers 6″ – 12″ tall. Yellow rayed goldfields will produce a carpet of color to any moist meadow garden. Good in masses as background for other wildflowers. Attracts the lovely and endangered Checker-spot butterfly.
Pitcher sage This semi-evergreen shrub grows to 3′ tall and 4-5′ wide and is best known for its soft and hairy, strongly fragrant leaves and long racemes of showy white flowers blushed with lavender. Plant performs beautifully when massed along a path with California poppies, Blue-eyed grass, and Mules ears. This plant is drought tolerant,…
Fragrant pitcher sage A small evergreen shrub up to 3 feet tall with a 2 foot spread. Giving it some summer water will help to retain the leaves. Fragrant pitcher sage has attractive flowers and the most pleasing scent. The fragrant showy, lavender flowers are produced along lax 1 to 2′ long flower clusters. To…
Elise Mix Lewisia Lewisias are found in the sub-alpine regions of CA where the soil is rocky, making them perfectly suited for a well-drained rock garden. This evergreen perennial grows from a rosette of fleshy foliage and produces spectacular funnel-shaped flowers that emerge from 10” stems. The flowers also attract hummingbirds. The better drainage, the…
Lewisias are found in the subalpine regions of CA where the soil is rocky, making them perfectly suited for a well-drained rock garden. This evergreen perennial grows from a rosette of fleshy foliage and produces spectacular funnel-shaped flowers that emerge from 10” stems. The flowers also attract hummingbirds. The better drainage, the happier they are….
Lewisia Little Peach Lewisias are found in the sub-alpine regions of CA where the soil is rocky, making them perfectly suited for a well-drained rock garden. This evergreen perennial grows from a rosette of fleshy foliage and produces spectacular funnel-shaped flowers that emerge from 10” stems. The flowers also attract hummingbirds. The better drainage, the…
Siskiyou lewisia Lewisias are found in the subalpine regions of CA where the soil is rocky, making them perfectly suited for a well-drained rock garden. This evergreen perennial grows from a rosette of fleshy foliage and produces spectacular funnel-shaped flowers that emerge from 10” stems. The better drainage, the happier they are. Prefers light shade…
Lewisia Rainbow mix Lewisias are found in the subalpine regions of CA where the soil is rocky, making them perfectly suited for a well-drained rock garden. This evergreen perennial grows from a rosette of fleshy foliage and produces spectacular funnel-shaped flowers that emerge from 10” stems. The better drainage, the happier they are. Prefers light shade…
Lewisia Sunset Strain Lewisias are found in the subalpine regions of CA where the soil is rocky, making them perfectly suited for a well-drained rock garden. This evergreen perennial grows from a rosette of fleshy foliage and produces spectacular funnel-shaped flowers that emerge from 10” stems. The better drainage, the happier they are. Prefers light…
Nevada Lewisia Lewisia nevadensi has almost stemless white or pale pink flowers open on very short stems above a rosette of fleshy, strap-shaped leaves. This unusual plant is a deciduous lewisia, that is, it dies away to a tuber in the winter, then in the spring reappears! It is perfectly suited for a well-drained rock…