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Vine maple Vine maple grow to 12’x12′ but easily adapted to espalier or container. Space 3-5′ apart. It is prized for its graceful habit & fall color, a wonderful addition to a woodland garden & a nice alternative to Japanese maple. Lovely planted with Redwood Sorrel & native ferns. In shade it has more of…
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$9.90 – $38.50
Bigleaf maple This deciduous tree grows 40-100’ making it a suitable choice for large gardens and parks. Space >40′ apart. Squirrels & chipmunks relish seeds, and it provides valuable shelter for wildlife. If properly watered, young trees will establish fast (>3 feet per year). Once established, they are fairly drought tolerant (growth slows to ~1…
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$9.90 – $38.50
Box-elder This deciduous tree grows to 30′ to 50’ and is an excellent stream side stabilizer. A great plant to attract wildlife as many species of birds and squirrels feed on the seeds. Young shoots grow quickly (~2 feet per year) and will establish a dense shady canopy in a few years. Space 25′ apart….
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$1.65 – $14.50
Yarrow This Semi-evergreen herbaceous perennial grows 1-3 ft tall and is a perfect choice for growing in a meadow garden. The ferny foliage will stay green all year with some summer water and the white umbels make good cut flowers. Cut back after blooming which takes place from March through June. Yarrow spreads by rhizomes,…
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$8.80
Baneberry This low growing deciduous perennial shrub grows to 2 feet tall. A very ornamental plant with lush green dissected foliage and an excellent choice for a woodland garden. Also works well as a mounding ground cover in moist shade (woodland). Its small snowflake-like flowers bloom from June to July followed by showy white or…
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$6.38 – $15.70
Chamise Chamise tends to be a medium to large shrub, 5-8′ tall by 8-12′ wide. Its name originates from its fascicled (clustered) leaves. A very tough plant used as a screen, informal hedge, or wind break and it’s a super, excellent erosion control species. In the wild Chamise also protects the soil after fires as…
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Southern maidenhair fern The southern maidenhair fern gets to about 2 feet tall and wide. This drooping fern has distinctive fan-shaped leaf segments This graceful fern has fluffy, airy, and elegant foliage, which works well in containers in a rock garden or in open ground. It’s a perfect plant for providing light, airy texture to…
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$14.30 – $42.40
California buckeye This drought tolerant deciduous tree grows 15-40′ tall with a spread of 30-60′. A moderately paced grower, it will reach about 20′ in 8 years, growing at a rate of about 3′ per year. Space 30’0″ apart. California buckeye provides year-round beauty to the garden. During the dormant season, the handsome, thick-stemmed silhouette…
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Iodinebush Iodinebush is a perennial low-lying shrub found in sandy, often salty alkaline soils. It will grow from 1-3.’ feet tall. It would be a point of interest in a sunny well drained garden shouting out it’s claim to fame being the only species in the Allenrolfea genus. OK maybe this one is a garden…
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One leaf onion One of California’s easier native onions, this vigorous bulb will spread out and fill an area with it’s offsets and innumerable seedlings. Actually growing several leaves per plant, the blue green growth is contrasted by the vibrant rose-pink clusters of flowers that explode from the tips of their 1′ long stalks. Adaptable…
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$2.25 – $42.40
White alder This fast growing deciduous tree grows to 50’ tall and 30’ wide. Space >40′ apart. Excellent choice for a quick growing shade tree that is heat tolerant. Great for bird and butterfly gardens or creek-side erosion control, where the tree can be planted right next to the water. Roots have nitrogen fixing bacteria….
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Red Alder Red alder is a deciduous, fast growing medium sized tree reaching 80-120 feet tall and 1 to 3 feet in diameter. Space 20-40′ apart. Alders provide filtered light, not the dark shade of other trees. They are excellent for waterside and boggy sites. Their chief beauty is the speckled bark that shows well…
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$1.50 – $7.15
Silvery beachweed Silvery beachweed is sprawling perennial that grows about 1′ tall and 5′ wide. Grows on sand dunes and in gravelly places along coast. Plant smells sweet. In ancient times people thought eating sweet-smelling plants rendered long life, as Ambrosia, food of the gods, rendered immortal life. Sun: Full Sun, Part Shade Water: Light,…
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$6.60 – $7.30
Menzies’ fiddleneck This herbaceous annual blooms early spring through midsummer. Typically grows 4″-15″ but mature plants have been known to reach up to 4′ tall. Fiddlenecks are common over a wide range in open ground from coastline to mid elevations. Because it reseeds heavily and establishes well in disturbed areas, it is a good plant…
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$5.93 – $7.90
Yerba mansa This deciduous perennial is one of our favorite plants! It grows to a height of about 1 ft. and has beautiful white compound flowers in spring and early summer. Being a marsh plant, it requires a warm position with shallow water or a wet muddy humus-rich soil. It also performs best when allowed…
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$7.28 – $9.70
Coast Angelica Coast Angelica is a tall evergreen biennial or perennial adapted to a coastal garden. It grows to 3-4′ tall with large bold leaves. In the late spring through summer the umbel shaped white flowers appear and provide nectar and pollen to the delight of many pollinators. As the flowers age they become purple…