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Seaside Woolly Sunflower Seaside Woolly Sunflower, also named lizard tail, is a compact shrub that grows to about 3′ tall and 3′ wide. It is perfect in a coastal garden, and picture perfect partnered with coastal Lupines & Coyote Brush. A wonderfully easy to grow sub-shrub found along the coast where the gray foliage becomes…
Western wallflower Foothill wallflower is a fragrant perennial (often biennial) that usually grows to a height of 1-2′, but can reach a size of 2′ wide by 3′ tall showing 25+ flower sprays. This short lived or biennial plant will re-sow and replace the mother plants. The fragrant flowers range in color from yellow to…
California poppy This herbaceous perennial wildflower is our beloved California state flower. Blooms close at night and during cloudy weather. In the landscape, use in borders, bulb cover, in containers, massing/bedding, and in rock gardens. Plants will re-seed – to avoid this simply remove the old flowers. Blooms March to October.
Mahogany Red Poppy This selection of Eschscholzia californica was bred in England for its deep-red flowers. Like its golden counterpart, Mahogany Red will bloom through the summer with a bit of regular water. Remove spent heads to promote another round of blooms. For those concerned with cross-pollination: You can preserve the red hues of successive…
Moonglow Poppy This herbaceous perennial wildflower is a color variety of our beloved California state flower. A form of the California poppy with cream to white flower that seem to glow. It is drought-tolerant, self-seeding, and easy to grow in gardens. To avoid the self-seeding, simply remove the old flowers. Blooms close at night and during…
Purple Gleam Poppy This herbaceous perennial wildflower is a color variety of our beloved California state flower. A form of the California poppy with pink to purple flowers. It is drought-tolerant, self-seeding, and easy to grow in gardens. To avoid the self-seeding, simply remove the old flowers. Blooms close at night and during cloudy weather. In…
Apache plume Apache plume is a fast growing deciduous or semi-evergreen medium sized shrub. It is native to the southwestern US and northern Mexico in desert woodlands and scrub. It grows 2-6 feet tall and spaced at 4-6 feet apart. This super showy shrub is drought tolerant has a bit of a unkempt look prior…
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…
Idaho fescue Despite the name this luscious evergreen bunchgrass is a California native along with other western states. It keeps a compact form of about 1 foot tall. Space 1 to 3 ft apart, depending on aesthetics. Idaho fescue is a lush bunchgrass with finely textured blue to gray-green leaves which makes for good texture…
Red Fescue This rhizomatous to clumping perennial grass grows fast to 1 foot tall with flower spikes up to 2 feet tall. Space 12 to 14″ apart. Red fescue makes a lovely naturalistic “lumpy lawn” or soft groundcover that can be mowed to 2 inches. Does not need to be cut back but can be…
Red Fescue The Molate red fescuse is rhizomatous to clumping perennial grass grows fast to 1 foot tall with flower spikes up to 2 feet tall. Space 12 to 14″ apart. The local Molate form of Red fescue is more drought tolerant than other varieties. It makes a lovely naturalistic “lumpy lawn” or soft ground…
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…
Beach strawberry This fast evergreen, spreading groundcover grows to about 6″ tall covering the ground with glossy dark green foliage and bright white flowers. Good as a lightly trafficked turf, on broad hillsides, or in parking strips and walkways. Plant 12-18” apart. Fruits are edible. Prune annually to renovate and prevent thick-layered colonies. Flowers April…
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:…
California coffeeberry An evergreen shrub that grows fast to 6-8’. It is called coffeeberry because its berries contain seeds which look like coffee beans. Coffeeberry is an excellent foliage plant with showy fruit. It’s branches take on a beautiful reddish color and has beautiful deep green lustrous leaves, well suited to pruning and landscape work. …
Eve Case Coffeeberry Eve Case is an evergreen shrub that grows more compact than the common coffeeberry species. It will typically grow no more than 6′ tall but can get to 10′ when mature It grows in a mound and can spread 8-10 feet. Its compact form can give it a more refined or formal…