Pigeon Point coyote brush is a cutting grown cultivar of Baccharis pilularis with a low and spreading growth habit that makes it highly suited for use as a ground cover. It is an evergreen shrub that has bright to medium green rounded leaves and flexible stems. It matures around 18-36 in. high and 6-9 ft. […]
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The Monterey carpet manzanita is an attractive evergreen shrub with slender and intricate branching that has proven to have good garden tolerance and a consistent growth habit to 1-2 ft. tall with the potential to spread up to 8-12 ft. across. It has medium green leaves, 1 in. in size, distinctly pointed and have minute
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The Cleveland sage grows into medium size mounding shrub 3-5 ft. tall and 3-5 ft. wide. Foliage is comprised of pale-green leaves, 1-2 in. long and heavily wrinkled on the surface. Large numbers of colorful pure blue flowers occur in distinct whorls mid to late spring for a showy floral display. Both leaves and flowers
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Sugar bush is a large evergreen shrub with a dense foliage habit that commonly grows 10-15 ft. high and as wide. However, some long lived plants have developed into small trees with twisting trunks up to 35 ft. tall. Thick leaves are 1-3 in. long, deep glossy green and have a pointed apex. Attractive clusters
The Ray Hartman ceanothus is one of the largest cultivars to be grown in ornamental landscape and gardens. It becomes a large mounding shrub to small tree, growing 15-20 ft. tall and as wide. Dense foliage is comprised of large 1-3 in. long leaves that are dark glossy green above and pale beneath. Large plumes
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Concha ceanothus is a medium to large mounding shrub with arching stems and a mounding habit, 6-9 ft. tall, 8-12 ft. wide. Its narrow leaves grow to 1 in. long, 3/8 in. wide, are dark glossy green and heavily wrinkled. Very showy flowers are dark cobalt-blue and occur in numerous tight round clusters in late
The John Dourley manzanita is one of the most garden adapted manzanita cultivars for Inland Empire gardens. It grows into a small to medium size evergreen shrub that first develops for several years as a low spreading plant with a twisting branching habit. As it matures it forms a mounding shape, growing 3-4 ft. tall
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The Howard McMinn manzanita grows into medium to large mounding shrub 8-10 ft. tall with an equal spread. Long and pointed medium green leaves are held upright on mahogany colored stems. Flowers are among the showiest of all manzanitas; large clusters of light pink to white flowers can cover the plant during late winter. Howard
The Coast live oak is one of the most distinctive and widely recognized trees native to many parts of the Inland Empire. Over time it can reach specimen sizes, 25-45 ft. tall and 30-40 ft. wide, and function as the cornerstone of residential and commercial landscapes. It is widely valued for its rich green foliage,
The Pink flowering currant is a deciduous shrub growing with an upright branching habit, 6-12 ft. tall, 5-6 ft. wide. Medium green leaves have a wrinkled surface marked by many veins and have heavily lobed margins. Large pendulous pink and white flowers grow in 4-6 in. long pendulous clusters in early spring. Pink flowering currant
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