Alkali sacaton is a robust warm season grass with fine-textured foliage that grows with a clumping habit 2-3 ft.. high. It produces attractive flower panicles in late spring that can grow 3-4 ft. tall. These flower panicles are branched and produce a delicate and transparent appearance in mid summer, and are very attractive when highlighted […]
The Pozo Blue, or Gray Musk sage, sage grows into a medium size mounding shrub 3-4 ft. tall and 4-7 ft. wide. Foliage is comprised of pale-green leaves, 1-2 in. long and heavily wrinkled on the surface. Large numbers of colorful violet-blue flowers occur in distinct whorls mid to late spring for a showy floral
The Chaparral currant is a tough deciduous shrub that naturally occurs in coastal areas of California. It can grow 4-6 ft. tall and produces small clusters of fragrant rose colored flowers in the spring. Medium green leaves have rough surfaces, serrated margins and three lobes. The Chaparral currant is a good understory plant around the
Pomegranates are large deciduous shrubs or small trees that are widely known and often planted for their edible fruit. A variety of cultivars are available; some are compact, others have attractive flowers with no fruit, and others produce delicious edible fruit. Most have glossy medium green that turn bright yellow before winter. Fruit develop during
Coffeeberry is an evergreen shrub that is native to many parts of California. Across this range, most plants develop a mounding habit and are highly variable in size from 5 – 10 ft. and occasionally to 15 ft. in height. Leathery leaves grow to 3 in. long, and 1 in. wide; tiny inconspicuous yellow-green flowers
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The California aster is a very low growing perennial with silvery gray-green leaves and bright pink daisy-type flowers. Its naturally occurs in coastal, foothill and valley habits in many parts of California where it proves to be a tough and adaptable species to sun and summer drought with a loose and scraggly habit. In comparison
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The Prickly pear is one of the largest species of cacti with a long history of use by indigenous cultures throughout the Southwest and Mexico. This species can eventually grow with an upright habit 10-18 ft. tall with with long medium green flattened pads, 12-18 in. long. Pale yellow to white flowers occur in spring
The Red-hot poker, or Torch lily, is easily recognized by its distinctive and dramatic flower spikes during its springtime flowering cycle. When not flowering, it is recognized as a clumping perennial with soft and flexible strap-like leaves often growing 2-3 ft. high and as wide. The Red-hot poker is a popular seasonal flowering accent plant.
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The Southern California black walnut is a large deciduous shrub or tree that commonly grows with many trunks. Over time it can reach heights of 20-35 ft. Leaves are deep green and pinnately divided into 11-19 leaflets. Flowering occurs in early spring; small round walnuts mature by late fall. The nuts are of little commercial
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Desert lavender is a tough woody shrub that is native to desert habitats throughout the Southwest and Baja California. It grows best along seasonal washes where it benefits from seasonal rainfall and runoff; it sheds leaves and becomes sparse during hot and dry summer conditions. When the desert lavender is grown in gardens and landscapes,
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