Our Plants (List)

Bear Valley buckwheat is native to the northern Sierra Nevada and the Cascades. It is very low growing, reaching a height of just a few inches, It spreads to form a wide dense mat over time. The leaves are similar to those of the ‘Shasta Sulfur’ buckwheat: oblong and lance…

The golden yarrow is widespread in the coastal ranges and Sierra foothills from about the latitude of Sacramento into northwestern Baja. It grows as an upright, rounded shrub with grayish green foliage. In mid-spring it is topped with clusters of bright yellow flowers for many weeks. The flower clusters are…

This little sunflower is prevalent throughout the mountains of Northern California, becoming a rare find as one moves toward the Transverse Ranges. It forms a low mound of deeply dissected leaves of a silver-gray color. The leaf surfaces are covered by fine hairs, which are not irritating to the skin….

Woolly sunflower is found in many habitats from the Transverse Ranges north into Oregon, usually in sunny sites with well-draining, gritty soil. The many naturally occurring varieties all share soft, deeply dissected leaves of silvery gray and bright yellow flowers. The ‘Siskiyou’ selection grows as a low spreading mound of…

Menzies’ wallflower is a rare coastal native found in just a few locations. It is upright in form with light green, lance-shaped leaves. The plant is topped with several tightly bunched bright yellow flowers in the spring and summer. Summer flowering may be encouraged with the removal of spent flowers…