Our Plants (List)

The desert olive is one of California’s great little trees. It grows no taller than ten feet, is very easy to grow and tolerates extreme drought. It inhabits hot and dry areas of the Southwest, reaching its northern extent in the Diablo Range of the SF Bay Area. Desert olive…

This little wild strawberry is one of a handful of California native plants with a wide distribution in the northern hemisphere. It favors mountainous sites where it will form an expanding patch of compound leaves with three dark green pleated leaflets. The spring flowers are white with yellow centers. These…

Mountain strawberry grows naturally throughout North America except Mexico. Together with the beach strawberry, Fragaria chiloensis, it was a parent plant for the domestic strawberry. In California it is found in the Sierra Nevada and Cascades. This member of the rose family grows as a little clump compound leaves with…

This selection of the widespread coffeeberry was taken from the crest of the Santa Cruz Mountains. It is a rarity among coffeeberry selections in that it is a reliable compact form which is also fairly garden tolerant. The shiny dark green leaves form a dense mound to about three feet…