The California fan palm is a bold and imposing tree. It can develop a massive trunk and grow to 35-50 ft. and taller. Pale green fan-shaped leaves grow 3-6 ft. across, are deeply cut and have many thread-like filaments growing from the tips and margins of leaflets. Clusters of tiny creamy-white flowers occur on 8-10 […]
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The Desert Museum palo verde is a fast-growing deciduous tree of medium size that develops an upright canopy habit, 20-30 ft. tall, 20-25 ft. wide. In contrast to other types of palo verde, this cultivar has thornless chartreuse-green stems and branches. Vast numbers of lemon-yellow flowers are produced each spring for a dramatic display. Desert
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The Desert willow grows into a large deciduous shrub to medium size tree with a low branching habit, usually from 15-20 ft. in height and spread. Rarely older individuals can be over 30 ft. tall. Long narrow linear leaves are 5 in. long and drop under moisture stress as well as during winter. Colorful trumpet-shaped
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In recent years the Lilac verbena has become widely recognized for being a premier butterfly attracting plant for gardens throughout the Inland Empire. Part of this is due to its long flowering cycle from spring into summer. Native to Cedros Island off Baja California, it grows into a loosely mounding perennial, 2-3 ft. tall and
The Matilija poppy is one of California’s most striking perennial plants. Over time, it can grow into large sizes with seasonal heights of 6-10 ft. tall and spreading by underground stems 10-12 ft or more across. Blue-green leaves are cut into 3-5 deep lobes. Flowers are the largest of any California native plant. One cultivar,
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The Showy penstemon is one of the outstanding native perennials of Southern California where it commonly grows in sage scrub and chaparral plant communities. It is a tall species that produces numerous 3-5 ft. tall stems that become covered with rich purple-blue flowers in mid to late spring. Showy penstemon is naturally suited to native
Sticky monkey flower gets its common name from its long and narrow leaves with surfaces coated in a sticky resin. It is a delightful small evergreen shrub growing 2-4 ft. tall that becomes totally covered with colorful tubular orange flowers. Cultivars available from different nurseries and garden centers offer plants with white, yellow, orange and
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Grape soda lupine gets its name from its sweet grape-like flower fragrance. It is a small shrubby perennial growing to 2-3 ft. tall and spreads 4 ft. wide with silvery foliage and tall spikes of purple-blue flowers. One of the easiest to grow in gardens for bold spring color value; it often reseeds and generates
This is a vigorous and low growing ground cover reaching 18-24 in. high and spreading 4-6 ft. across. Medium green foliage is comprised of 2-3 in. long leaves that are heavily pungent when cut or crushed. Numerous spikes of pale blue flowers occur in early to mid spring for pleasing accent value. Mrs. Beard sage
The Creeping barberry is a tough and attractive spreading shrub growing to an average size of 1.5-2 ft.tall and 2-3 ft. wide, then very slowly spreading. Its evergreen foliage is comprised of leaves divided into 5-7 dull green leaflets that have prickly spines on the margins. These leaflets turn bright purple and red during the
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