Blue elderberry is a small to medium size deciduous tree native to the coastal sage scrub, southern oak woodland and chaparral plant communities across California. It has light green foliage and produces large umbels of creamy-white flowers in spring; dark blue berries mature in summer and are favored by birds. It tolerates many soil types, […]
The native black sage is a woody shrub growing with a mounding to sprawling habit, 3-4 ft. tall and 5-7 ft. wide. Dark green leaves have a wrinkled surface and are ver pungent when crushed. Tall stems bearing numerous whorls of pale blue to white flowers occur from late spring into early summer, and will
The Point Sal Spreader purple sage is a robust spreading shrub that matures to 3 ft. tall, 6 ft. wide. It has similar pale green foliage and light purple flowers as the species, but is valued as a ground cover plant in native gardens for its contrasting foliage color. It is also a good plant
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Please note: For most situations, we would not recommend installing this plant in new gardens, landscapes, or plantings in southern California. This plant is sometimes found in local nurseries, but there are so many other beautiful sages available that are native to California, generally longer lived, and likely more beneficial to native songbirds and pollinators.
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This California native shrub grows with a rambling branch habit up to 4-5 ft. tall and 5-7 ft. wide. It’s aromatic foliage is comprised of medium to dark green leaves, 3-4 in. long, 1/2 in. wide with a wrinkled upper surface. Bright blue to pale lavender flowers develop in whorls on 10-12 in. long spikes
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Bee’s bliss sage is a low growing and spreading shrub with ascending stems that can reach1-3 ft. tall and up to 5 ft. wide. Leaves are pale green with a wrinkled surface and strongly pungent when crushed. Medium blue-purple flowers develop on 6-10 in. long ascending spikes in early spring. Like many sages, bees find
The Coral plant, also known as the Firecracker plant, is a sprawling evergreen subshrub with arching green stems and tiny scale-like leaves, growing 3-4 ft. tall and 4-6 ft. wide. Intense coral-red tubular flowers occur in spring and early summer. Coral plant is native to mild climate zones of Mexico and is best adapted to
The Mexican petunia is a low mounding perennial with long dark evergreen leaves and purple-blue flowers that cover the plant from spring into summer. This species grows 12-15 in. high and to 24 in. wide with a compact habit. One popular cultivar, R. b. ‘Katie’, is smaller with a mature size 12-15 in. in height
The golden currant is a medium to large size deciduous shrub, developing both upright and arching branches, 4-6 ft. tall, 3-7 ft. wide. Thin light green leaves grow 1-2 in. wide and have 3 major lobes. Bright golden-yellow flowers hang in small clusters in early spring; colorful yellow to orange and black berries mature in
The pink-flowering sumac is a medium size evergreen shrub growing with a dense branching habit, 4-8 ft. tall, 5-6 ft. wide. Its broadly elliptic leaves are leathery in texture, pale bluish-green in color, have wavy margins and distinctive veins. Colorful bright rose-pink flowers grow in terminal clusters in late winter to early spring and attract
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