The Fortnight lily gets its name from its recurring two week flowering cycle during spring and into summer. This is a narrow-leaved species that grows to 30 in. tall with medium green leaves that quickly grows to form dense clumps in gardens and landscapes. Pale yellow flowers to 2 in. in dia. have broad overlapping […]
The Variegated flax lily has a clumping habit in size to 2 ft. tall and stiff pale green sword-like leaves with white striping. Inflorescences of tiny white and yellow flowers occur in spring and are often unnoticed. The Variegated flax lily draws from its parentage in South Australia and Tasmania; it grows best in understory
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A medium to large evergreen shrub with a mounding habit growing 6-10 ft. tall and as wide. Foliage is comprised of 3-5 in. long oval leaves that are pale blue-green; intense sulphur-yellow flowers are cupped upward, reach 2-3 in. across and are very showy during spring. Island bush poppy is native to Santa Cruz and
The Mexican grass tree is the largest growing species of Dasylirion in cultivation. It is a natural specimen and focal accent plant due to its very long and cylindrical foliage and tall flowers spikes. A stout trunk can develop over many years and eventually reach 8-10 ft. in height; some specimens will develop branched trunks.
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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. Our favorite, tall and narrow tree to recommend instead of Italian cypress for most situations is Catalina cherry. This plant profile is included in this site as a reference for two primary reasons: If
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Tecate cypress is an upright tree growing 20-30 ft. tall, 12-15 ft. wide. Foliage is comprised of tiny scale-like leaves that are pale green; surface bark on trunks is reddish to mahogany in color and flakes off each year. This tree is native to a few isolated locations within the coastal and inland foothills of
The Arizona cypress is a medium to large evergreen tree, slowly growing 35-50 ft. tall. Foliage is comprised of pale blue-green to yellowish, scale-like leaves; coarsely shredded red-brown bark covers mature trunks and branches. This southwestern native is adapted to heat, cold, drought, wind and aridity. It has proven well adapted to desert landscapes and
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This is somewhat interesting, but usually slowly growing plant that is very rarely available at nurseries in southern California. It is included on this site primarily for reference information, but we do not recommend you plan for it in a landscape design because you will not likely be able to find it. Little-leaf cordia is
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The wild olive, also known as Texas olive grows into a large evergreen shrub or low branching tree that can commonly reaches 10-12 ft. tall and as wide. Large, 5 in. long leaves are medium green above, pale green below and covered with numerous short hairs that produce a rough surface. Showy white flowers with
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The Deodar cedar is one of the heritage scale trees of Southern California, with a long history of being planted throughout the Inland Empire. Large and mature specimens can be see along streets, in parks and commercial landscapes almost everywhere. It is adapted to moist winters with snow and summer heat with drought, and can
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