Our Plants (List)

Yerba buena is found in the coastal hills from the Oregon border to Los Angeles County. It is very low mounding and spreading, often rooting where branches touch the soil. The leaves are bright green and quite fragrant when handled. The small tubular flowers are pure white. Yerba Buena grows…

Monkey flower savory is a rare California endemic from the interior coastal mountains from Monterey County south to Los Angeles County. It grows in a lush apple-green mound of soft leaves and will spread via rhizomes to wherever it finds water. The flower is tubular and orange-red in color. These…

The Bush Rue is the only member of its genus, and one of the few representatives of the citrus family (Rutaceae) in California. It is most prevalent in chaparral and coastal scrub in San Diego County. The form is open and mounding, with small linear leaves contrasting with light gray…

Grand collomia grows in mountainous habitats from British Columbia to Southern California. It forms a small mound of lance-shaped leaves to two feet in height, topped with clusters of white, orange or yellow flowers. The flower color will vary within each cluster. Unusual for an annual, grand collomia prefers partial…

The summer holly is a rare shrub found in coastal mountains from Santa Barbara south and the Channel Islands. It grows in a rounded form as a multi trunk shrub or small tree. In appearance it is similar to a toyon when not in flower. The bell-shaped white flowers, however,…

Desert lavender is native to our southeastern deserts into the Southwest and Mexico. The growth form is upright and open, with a dense covering of silver fragrant foliage and a spring bloom of many sprays of small lavender flowers. Although it can grow to twelve feet in the wild, it…

The desert lavender is one of many desert species that deserves to be widely planted. It grows as a rounded shrub with silvery – almost white – leaves and light violet flowers. In a sunny site with well-draining soil it performs quite well and looks great all year. It is…

This member of the mint family inhabits the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts in California’s southeast. From there it may also be found in the American Southwest and northern Mexico. It is not found in the Mediterranean type climate that Clifornia is famous for. One feature that distinguishes its desert environment…