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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…
Southern Monkeyflower Southern Monkeyflower is a small sub- shrub that grows 1-3′ tall. The tubular flowers are lighter colored compared to our local sticky monkey flower that varies from light orange to yellow. A little shade bit of summer water will keep it more attractive and it will flower for months and months. Dead heading…
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…
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…
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…
Coast dudleya Coast dudleya is a perennial succulent that grows along the coastline from San Francisco to Los Angeles. It starts as a rosette with pale green finger like fleshy leaves. In the spring through summer spikes of yellow-orange flowers appear followed by hummingbirds to drink their nectar. A nice addition to a drought tolerant…
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…
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…
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…
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…
California fuchsia This attractive herbaceous perennial grows 1.5 feet tall and 2 feet wide. Space 36-48″ apart. In the garden it is well-suited in containers, rock gardens, informal gardens, and cascading down rock walls. It is particularly stunning when planted on a rocky slope nestled between boulders. A terrific hummingbird plant, California fuchsia blooms during…
Carmen’s Grey Ca. Fuchsia Carmen’s Grey is a semi-decidous perennial. It will grow about 2′ tall and 4′ wide. The dense, furry gray foliage is carpeted with tubular red-orange flowers in late summer and fall, frequented by nectar seeking hummingbirds. Full sun, not much summer water once established, well-drained soil. Will work well as a…
Dense spike primrose Dense Spike-primrose is an erect annual with stems that often exceed 3 ft. in height. In the summer hairy, leafy, densely flowered inflorescences bloom with striking pinkish purple flowers. Sometimes the petals are nearly white with dark veining. This species is a great addition to bird, hummingbird, and butterfly gardens! The bright…