Artemisia californica ‘Canyon Gray’ is a selection of native sagebrush that was taken from plants found growing on San Miguel Island. It has a very low and prostrate growth habit, 15-18 in. tall and a rambling nature to 8-10 ft. across. It provides a soft textured appearance and distinctive silvery foliage color for pleasing color […]
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Powis Castle artemisia is a low mounding shrub, herbaceous in character, that grows 2-3 ft. tall, 4-6 ft. across. Silvery gray-green foliage is finely divided and soft in appearance; flowers are inconspicuous. Discovered in Powis Castle, Wales, Powis Castle artemisia has quickly become a popular garden plant in the Inland Empire due to its relatively
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Armeria maritime is known by several common names, including common thrift and thrift seapink. It grows into a small mounding evergreen perennial growing 6-8 in. tall, 10-12 in. wide and has narrow dark green . Showy deep pink ball-shaped flowers develop on thin stems above foliage and are very attractive in mid to late spring.
Arctostaphylos edmundsii ‘Carmel Sur’ is one of the best manzanita ground covers for southern California where it shows good tolerance of heat, sun and periodic summer irrigation. This low spreading cultivar can reach 18 in. high and eventually spread 7-10 ft. across. The Carmel Sur manzanita is best suited to California native gardens where it
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Sunset manzanita is a medium to large evergreen shrub that grows with a mounding habit, 8-10 ft. tall and as wide. Deep green leaves grow to 1 1/2 in. long, have a broad base and pointed apex. Clusters of colorful light white-pink flowers can cover the plant in late winter. Shredding and peeling bark develops
The Strawberry tree becomes a dense evergreen tree, slowly growing 15-30 ft. tall and as wide. Twisting trunks and branches are covered with rough brown bark. Leathery dark green leaves have toothed margins, and grow 2-3 in. long. Clusters of white to pink urn-shaped flowers are noticeable in late fall and early winter. Showy red
The Fan aloe is a perfect container, raised planter and rock garden plant in both residential and commercial plantings. It is a slow growing species with thick branching stems slowly growing 5-6 ft. tall and as wide. Pale gray-green leaves, 10-12 in. long, grow in attractive opposite fan-like layers. Orange flowers occur on unbranched spikes
Looking for a living sculpture for your garden? The Tree aloe may be the perfect centerpiece for a rock garden, raised planter or focal element on a garden slope. This tree-size aloe eventually develops massive trunks and branches; when planted in the ground it can reach 20-30 ft. tall. Long, curved leaves are fleshy and
The Torch aloe is one of the most commonly grown aloes throughout Southern California and the Inland Empire. It grows into a dense mounding shrub comprised of many entangled stems with rosettes of thick succulent leaves. Mature plants grow 6-12 ft. tall and spread 10-12 ft. across and wider. Leaves are pale to medium green,
Blue elf aloe is a densely clumping cultivar that grows 15-18 in. tall and eventually up to 2 ft. wide. Each plant in the clump produces a 18-24 in. tall flower spike in mid winter with colorful orange-red flowers. Leaves are toothed on the margins, pale blue-green in color and grow tightly together in an
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