Please note: For most situations, we would not recommend installing this plant in new gardens, landscapes, or plantings in southern California. Depending on the situation, a few top flowering shrub recommendations to consider instead of orchid rockrose include Allen Chickering sage, Baja fairy duster, brittle bush, Santa Cruz Island buckwheat, St. Catherine’s lace, and wooly […]
Grevilleas are sometimes used as showy accent plants in waterwise gardens. While adapted to low water use, they primarily come from areas of acidic clay soil in their native Australia which means they can be challenging to grow in the many areas of southern California with quickly draining slightly alkaline soil. They tend to turn
Grevilleas are sometimes used as showy accent plants in waterwise gardens. While adapted to low water use, they primarily come from areas of acidic clay soil in their native Australia which means they can be challenging to grow in the many areas of southern California with quickly draining slightly alkaline soil. They tend to turn
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The Santa Cruz Island buckwheat grows into a mounding evergreen shrub reaching 3-4 ft. tall, 5-6 ft. wide. Pale gray-green leaves are narrow in width and attached in whorl-like clusters at the ends of branches. Soft pink to rose flowers occur from early spring into summer and then age into attractive reddish-brown seed heads by
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Inciensio is a fast growing shrub typically developing a mounding form, 3-5 ft. high and as wide with distinctive 3-4 in. long whitish-gray leaves. Intense displays of bright golden-yellow daisy-like flowers occur in early spring; a second flower cycle can occur in late fall following the occurrence of rain or summer irrigation. Incienso is the
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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. The flowers are pretty, but there are overall more attractive and better adapted perennials to grow in our region. Top choices to consider instead include Margarita BOP penstemon, red buckwheat, firecracker penstemon, yarrow, and
Spice bush is a large deciduous shrub that is native to moist and shady habitats in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, north coast ranges and southern reaches of the Cascade range. It grows with a stiff branching habit reaching 8-10 ft. tall and as wide. Foliage is quite large and distinctive; leaves are deep
The Sandpaper verbena gets its name from its rough textured leaves that feel like sandpaper when touched. It is a low spreading perennial with unique flattened stems and deep purple flowers in the spring. It can reach 8-12 in. high, 3-4 ft. across in 2-3 years time. The Sandpaper verbena is native to South America,
Evergreen currant is a rambling evergreen shrub with long arching branches and glossy deep green foliage that grows 2-3 ft. tall and spreads 5-7 ft. wide. Elliptical leaves have coarsely toothed margins and produce a spicy fragrance when crushed; tiny maroon flowers occur in early spring. Evergreen currant is native to shaded slopes and canyons
Deer grass is a highly popular clumping grass for commercial and residential plantings. This is a very robust species, growing with a mounding habit, 2-3 ft. high and 4-5ft. wide, with narrow pale green foliage. Long arching flower panicles have a cream color when they develop in late spring that fade to straw by end
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