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Common rush Common rush is a spreading evergreen perennial. The erect pale-green stems grows 2 – 5′ tall. Needs moist soils such as along stream edges and meadows. This clumping rush provides food and nesting for birds and other wildlife. Flowers May – August followed by rust colored fruit capsules that persist for into the…
Mexican rush Mexican rush is a spreading perennial. It grows to about to 2.5 feet tall. It has a moderate to fast growth rate and grows in moist to wet soils. This dark green rush is evergreen with year round water. Use this plant in your native garden for excellent erosion control near water sources…
Western rush Western rush is a a bunching, evergreen and extremely hardy perennial that grows 1-2 feet tall. This fast growing rush is most lush looking with seasonally wet in winters and will tolerate dry summers. A complement to the edges of Koi ponds. Western rush will provide a grassy look with dark green shiny…
Gray rush This evergreen clumping perennial grows 1-2 feet tall and has steely gray-blue stems and tan flowers Gray rush can be used in different garden situations from a dry garden in shade (once established) to 4″ deep in a pond. Gray rush evokes the presence of water and looks beautiful in Japanese-style gardens. Combine…
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.
Delta tule pea The Delta Tule Pea is a native perennial vine found mostly in the Delta region of the Central Valley, and in salt marshes and on tidal river banks of the San Francisco Bay Region. It is a climbing plant which generally grows up through and spreads over the top of other vegetation….
Rice Cutgrass Rice cut grass, a quick growing rhizomatous perennial grass grows from 2-4′ tall. The leaves of Rice cut grass form a very rough minutely toothed edge that makes it unpalatable to many herbivore mammals. Its a great grass to add to bioswales where there is a need to fill in. The seeds provide…
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,…
Leopard lily This towering member of the lily family is very elegant, and pleasing to the eye. Its 3-8 ft tall stalks bear up to 30 pendant blossoms in late spring or summer. The blooms, typically orange at the base and scarlet at the tips are flecked with maroon. Plant with ferns, coral bells, western…
Common Meadow Foam Also called “poached egg plant”, this low-growing annual meadowflower blooms from March – July. It is adapted for the poorly drained soils of vernal pools and spring meadows, but is occasionally found in drier environments. It is a popular ornamental plant, The blooms make wonderful cut flowers. These fragrant yellow flowers are…