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Tufted hairgrass This pretty perennial bunchgrass grass grows 2’h x 2’w. Beautiful when covered with dew in the morning. A superb ornamental forms a mound of about 18″, from which its flowers rise to about 2′. Much valued for its neat, dark, evergreen foliage & for the cloud-like quality of its flowering stalks that can…
Sticky monkeyflower This sub-shrub grows to 3 to 4 feet tall and is an excellent choice for a hardy, deer resistant Sticky monkeyflower blooms prolifically with one inch orange flowers that attract hummingbirds. For the best care plant in well drained soil and give very little water once established – too much water can cause…
Sierra bush monkeyflower Azalea-flowered monkeyflower is a low growing evergreen sub-shrub that grows to about 2′ tall and wide. There is no mistake in this variety name as this smallish shrub packs on a floristic punch. During the spring through fall it will be covered in large pale apricot flowers. These flowers also attract the…
Red Bush Monkeyflower Red Monkeyflower is a small, fast-growing shrub that reaches about 2′ tall. This southern cousin differs from our local orange flowered monkeyflower by producing bright red flowers. This glorious trumpet shaped flowers can last for most of the year (depending on rainfall pattern). This is great news for the humming birds that…
Saltgrass This rhizomatous grass grows 6”-1′ tall and is the only host plant for the larvae of the wandering skipper butterfly, Panoquina errans. Space 15-24″ apart. Found in salt and brackish coastal marshes, this plant can tolerate poor, salty soil and will grow into large monocultures. It is an important food source for geese and…
Sticky cinquefoil This easy to grow herbaceous perennial and relative to the rose grows 1-2 ft. high by 1 ft wide and has creamy yellow flowers, soft leaves and red stems. It works beautifully in containers as well as perennial gardens. The flowers last longer in part shade with moderate water, but this perennial grows…
Rock Lettuce This colorful succulent is found in rock areas in the low elevations of the California mountains. It will grow to about 12″ tall. The red-orange stems are topped with yellow-red clusters of flowers that attract hummingbirds from March through July. Dudleya cymosa is also the larval host plant for the Sonoran blue butterfly….
Bluff lettuce This dudleya grows about 1′ tall and 1′ wide. is variable in appearance, growing from a branching caudex and forming a basal rosette of wide, pointed, spade-shaped leaves, each up to about six centimeters across. The leaves are generally very pale green but they often have edges or tips of bright colors, particularly…
Chalk dudleya Dudleya pulverulenta is an evergreen compact succulent that grows 1-2′ wide. The spike of red flowers occurs May through July. These spikes are very striking against the whiteish stalks and leaves. Hummingbirds are very attracted to the flowers. A lovely addition to a rock garden or in a container. Make sure to provide…
Bright Green Dudleya Bright Green Dudleya is a succulent perennial that is native to Catalina Island. It spreads slowing forming clump around 4 feet across. It is a rare plant with a limited distribution. Space 6-12″ apart. Yellow flowers appear in the spring, attracting hummingbirds. It will do best with well drained soils or conditions…
Spike rush This is a rhizomatous perennial generally reaching heights between 1.5-3′. Pale spikerush is a plant of varied moist habitats, including freshwater lakes and brackish marshes and ponds, ditches, vernal pools, and wet meadows. It has bright green erect stems and straw-colored basal leaves. That would provide a lush boarder around a backyard pond….
Squirreltail Squirreltail (a species of wild rye) is a long lived perennial bunch grass growing to around half a 1.5′ in height. Space 36″ apart. It is adapted to a wide range of soils. It can withstand high salt, alkali, and high lime, and grows well in deep to shallow soils of textures ranging from…
Blue wildrye A perennial grass that grows in small, but tall tufts, reaching 3 to 5 feet tall. Typically found in open meadows, fields, ditch banks, road cuts, etc. Space 1-3′ apart. Blue wildrye can be used ornamentally for its gray foliage, or to hold slopes for erosion control. Short-lived and rather weedy, it naturally…
American Dunegrass American Dunegrass is a fast-growing coastal grass that can grow up to 4ft tall and 1.5-3ft wide. This species serves an important role in dune ecology as it is one of the first plants to establish during ecological succession in the early stages of the development of a sand dune. It is able…
Big squirreltail This perennial, cool season native bunch grass grows in clumps 1-3′ tall. Big squirreltail prefers well drained soils, often found on rocky or brushy hillsides and open dry woods and plains. Similar to E. elymoides, but grows in slightly more mesic areas. Provides fair forage in the spring. Useful for quick stabilization. It…
Creeping wild rye This long-lived semi-evergreen, spreading perennial grass grows 1.5 to 4′ tall. Near riverbanks, this native great for erosion control because of its rhizomatous growth habit. Also, it tolerates trampling and mowing. It has been a superstar at out-competing some invasive weeds. One of our more common riparian understory grasses, this grass stays…