Many cultivars of flax are available from nurseries and garden centers. One cultivar, P. ‘Guardsman’ is a large growing selection that provides vivid red and maroon foliage color. It can grow 4-6 ft. tall and slowly form large clumps. As with other New Zealand flax cultivars, it is best to avoid placement within hot […]
The Date palm is widely recognized for its edible date-type fruit and stately growth habit. This species commonly grows 50-60 ft. tall with long feather-type fronds. These fronds are pale gray-green, 15-20 ft. long and develop an upward arching habit. Colorful orange inflorescences develop below the fronds; fruit begins to develop in spring and ripens
The Jerusalem sage is mounding to sprawling shrub with herbaceous stems and foliage growing 3-4 ft. tall and 4-5 ft. wide. Heavily textured leaves are 2-3 in. long, pale yellow-green above and white and woolly beneath. Bright yellow flowers occur in candelabra-like whorls on long stems during spring and intermittently over summer. Jerusalem sage is
The Russian sage is a distinctive flowering perennial growing with several upright branches from the base, reaching 3-4 ft. tall. Pale gray green leaves are finely divided and produce a soft color and texture value. Most leaves drop off during the winter. Small flowers are intense lavender-blue and produce a colorful display on branched stems
Lady’s slipper is a unique succulent shrub comprised of densely packed lime-green cylindrical stems that can reach 3-4 ft. tall. Attractive orange and yellow slipper-shaped flowers provide accent color on the tops of stems in spring and fall and attract hummingbirds. Native to the Sonoran Desert of northwestern Mexico and Baja California, Lady’s slipper is
The Palo brea grows into a small to medium size deciduous tree, reaching 20-25 ft. high and as wide. Trunks and branches are very distinctive due to their bright chartreuse-green bark and twisting branch character. Medium green leaves are bipinnately divided into 1-2 pairs of leaflets and attach to stems covered with many thorns. Early
The sweet olive grows into a large evergreen shrub or small tree, 12-15 ft. tall, 8-10 ft. wide. Clusters of tiny cream colored flowers with abundant fragrance occur in both spring and fall. Sweet olive is native to China and Japan where it grows with cool and moist winters and warm summers. Throughout the Inland
The Prickly pear is a large species of cactus with distinctive round pale green to light gray pads. These circular pads can reach 18 in. in dia. and are protected by a grid pattern of long sharp spines. This species can eventually reach 12-15 ft. high. Prickly pear is native to Mexico and is widely
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Catmint is a low spreading herbaceous perennial that grows 12-15 in. high and spreads 2-4 ft. wide. Its aromatic foliage is comprised of pale green heart-shaped leaves with serrated margins; tall spikes of deep lavender-blue flowers occur in mid to late spring. This catmint is a hybrid resulting from the crossing of N. racemosa and
The Fernleaf Catalina ironwood is native to San Clemente, Santa Rosa and Santa Cruz Islands off the Coast of Southern California. It grows on north facing slopes and in canyons where it can receive additional moisture from winter rains. In ornamental landscapes it is an evergreen tree that can reach heights of 25 ft. to
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