The Spanish lavender is the most colorful of the garden lavenders. It grows as a rounded shrub 24-30 in. high, and 2-3 ft. wide. Foliage is comprised of small linear gray-green leaves; flowers spikes feature several large and showy intense purple bracts, and occur on stems extending 4-6 in. above the foliage in early spring. […]
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English lavenders are among the most popular garden plants of all time that are valued for their flower color and foliage fragrance and oils. This species grows into round shrub, 2-3 ft. high and as wide. It has narrow bluish gray-green leaves to 1 in. long that have smooth margins and are held upright. Flowers
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 Sunset rockrose include Allen Chickering sage, Baja fairy duster, Sunset manzanita, brittle bush, Santa Cruz Island buckwheat, St. Catherine’s lace,
While we prefer to recommend California native plants whenever possible, Dwarf bottlebrush is a popular choice for Mediterranean style gardens that may receive more water than many California native plants prefer. Hummingbirds will visit the blooms for nectar. Depending on the situation, a few California native plants to consider using instead of Little John bottlebrush
While dwarf strawberry tree is a tough shrub in southern California gardens, we would not necessarily recommend it more most plantings. There are a number of lovely evergreen California native shrubs which will require less water in most gardens and provide greater additional benefit for songbirds and butterflies. Top choices to consider instead of dwarf
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The Mediterranean fan palm is one of the toughest and most durable palms in cultivation. It tolerates temperatures below 10°F and heat above 115°F. It grows throughout the Inland Empire where it commonly develops numerous trunks of varying heights from its base. Some trunks can grow 15-20 ft. tall. Leaves are pale green, 2-3 ft.
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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. A fatal bacterial disease for olives, known as xylella is becoming wide spread in southern California. It is spread by a tiny insect, the glassy-winged sharpshooter, that sucks sugars out of olives and other
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The Blue hesper palm is single trunk fan palm growing slowly to 30-40 ft. tall with 24-30 in. diameter trunks. Distinctive fan-shaped fronds are chalky blue-gray in color with sharp spines on the petioles; fronds persist on the trunk until removed. Long and arching creamy-yellow inflorescences occur for several weeks in summer for a dramatic
Please note: For most situations, we would not recommend installing this plant in new gardens, landscapes, or plantings in southern California. Our top recommendations for spreading ground cover shrubs to consider instead of floral carpet roses include Mrs. Beard sage, Theodore Payne buckwheat, Point Sal sage, and Pigeon Point coyote brush. This plant profile is
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Violet trumpet vine grows into a medium to large size evergreen vine with glossy green foliage and colorful lavender flowers. It is a fast growing vine with clinging tendrils, with stems capable of growing 15-25 ft. and longer. Leaves grow 2-3 in. long and produce deep shade when grown on a trellis or arbor. Heavy
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