Showing 209–224 of 353 results
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…
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,…
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…
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…
Western marsh rosemary This herbaceous perennial grows to 1-foot tall with a thick woody base and has large, wide basal leaves. In its natural environment, this plant grows in salt marshes and the coastal strand plant communities. Pale violet flowers from July to December. The flowers are more delicate and paler that the exotic species…
Woolly Fruited Lomatium Woolly fruited lomatium is a smallish very drought tolerant perennial herb and can grow in full sun. This dainty carrot family plant sports a cluster of hairy cream colored flowers set against its frilly leaves. It grows to about 1 1/2′ tall. It is a great addition to a butterfly garden as…