One way to help a California native garden "look good" in a conventional sense throughout the entire year is to have a balance of "evergreen" plants that appear green and relatively lush looking year-round combined with colorful spring blooming plants like sages and wildflowers.
This list features our top natives that can be used for that evergreen backbone of a garden, whether it be for a more formal design using California native plants or to "balance" the look of a space when combined with wilder looking or seasonally dormant native plants.
These would also be our top recommendations to start with for people who like the idea of working with native plants but prefer a "traditional" look for their landscape.
An online resource for you to learn about and choose the best plants for your inland Southern California landscape.
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We provide programs, services, and resources to serve audiences of all ages to cultivate a community-wide conservation ethic and build regional capacity for water resilience.
Choose between a list or map view of all signs found in our waterwise garden and park.
This is a digital registry created to offer further information on the physical signs in our waterwise garden and park premises.
Would you like a few tips on how to use this tool?
Using the map view, you can preview what each specific sign is about by tapping on the plus icon.
You can view these tips at any time by tapping the Help link in the top left.
