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Santa Barbara sedge This evergreen spreading perennial grows to 1-3′ tall. In the garden, this sedge is great for pond edges,containers, and soil stabilization due to its strong root systems. Birds will eat the seeds and use grass fibers for nesting material. Historically, people used the fibrous roots for basket weaving. Plant with water loving…
Harford’s sedge This perennial mat forming sedge, can get quite tall, with reaching 4′ at their tallest. This sedge would be perfect for a perennial wet area of a garden or around a pond in pots. The colors are green in the spring and summer and straw-colored to reddish brown as the fruits appear from…
Yerba buena This prostrate herbaceous perennial grows to 1” tall to 6’ wide. Yerba buena spreads by stolons and takes low amounts of foot traffic. It will survive with no summer water but with some summer water or exposure to fog, it will look its best. The natural habitat for this plant is in the…
Pacific dogwood This deciduous shrub is native to the Sierra Nevada Mountains. It can grow 20 – 30′ tall. Space 20-30′ apart. It’s long-lived and easy to grow as long as it’s planted in its natural range and in the right site and planted in cool, rich, deep and well draining soil, in part shade,…
American dogwood This deciduous shrub grows to 15’ tall and 25’ wide. It spreads by rhizomes and will quickly fill in a wet area of the garden. Redstem dogwood makes a beautiful winter accent with its wine colored bark and excellent for creek side erosion control. Dogwood is often planted as an ornamental, both to…
California hazelnut This deciduous shrub (to small tree) grows 5-15’ tall and wide. Space 10-20′ apart. It is a good choice among small trees to create a “woodland” effect in small gardens, especially under conifers. In the wild, it is found along damp slopes and stream banks. This species grows with a spreading and airy…
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…
Wood Fern Wood fern is a beautiful evergreen fern that grows about 3′ high x 3′ wide. Tolerating more sun than other northwest ferns, this species is found growing on steep wooded slopes or on sunny riverbanks. More drought tolerant than many ferns. Lovely dark green foliage that would add to a woodland garden. It…
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…
California Bottle Grass California Bottle Grass is a bunching tall robust grass that grows to about 3′ tall or more. It naturally occurs along the coastal habitats from Drakes Bay and southward to Santa Cruz. That’s it. Very uncommon and a prize to grow in a shady moist place in your garden. The inflorescence can…
Stream orchid This rhizomatous perennial orchid grows from 12-18” tall. The beautiful showy flowers are the largest flowers of all the California native orchids. This California stream orchid grows in permanently wet soil and so it makes a beautiful and well behaved addition to any bog. The Landscape uses are abundant. Plant near waterfall, ponds,…
Field horsetail Equisetum arvense is thought to be the oldest vascular plant genus, so ancient that Dinosaurs were most likely munching on this herbaceous perennial. Like an erect horse’s tail, with tubular stems fronds sticking out from a main shoot, this prehistoric plant grows to about 1.5 ft tall, and may have up to 20…
Seep Monkeyflower This annual/perennial grows to about one foot, and self sows. Beautiful when planted around water features or in wet meadows or containers. Useful along the edges of ponds or fountains. Seep monkey flower is well liked by hummingbirds and disliked by deer. Long blooming period from Spring through Summer.
California fescue This perennial evergreen bunch grass that grows 2-4′ tall and 2-3′ wide. An easy to grow plant, it is an excellent choice as a groundcover for slopes among oaks, California bays, or pines. Space 2’0″ apart. A truly beautiful, mid-sized bunch grass. The graceful, fountain-like, blue-green foliage grows 2’ tall. The showy flower…
Desert Olive Desert Olive is a deciduous shrub to tree that grows to 5′-10′ tall and 4′-5′ wide, often forms thickets in moister areas of otherwise dry environments, frequently mixing with oaks. Space 4-6 ft apart. These plants have an erect development. In the lower part they usually show a bare stem, while towards the…
Woodland strawberry This fast growing ground cover is great for shade and does well planted under oaks. Plant has lighter green leaves than beach strawberry and produces smaller but more flavorful fruit (yum!) Plant it under a canopy of mature trees with Berkeley sedge, giant sword fern, and Douglas iris. Flowers March to June. Sun:…