Our Plants (List)

Deer grass is arguably the most widely planted California native plant. It has that combination of characteristics that make for a great landscape grass: upright form, attractive foliage and flowers stalks, and adaptability. Also, deer grass does not spread readily by either seed or runners and so is not weedy….

San Clemente Island chicory is endemic to San Clemente Island, the most southerly of the California Channel Islands. This rare plant grows in a low mound of solid green, shiny leaves of an angular, lobed shape. The summer flowers are a panicle of small lavender blooms. On its island home,…

Parry’s nolina is endemic to California’s dry mountain slopes in scattered locations from about Bakersfield south. It grows much like a yucca or agave, with a rosette of narrow leaves of olive green. Unlike the yucca and agave, the leaves are not formidably sharp and rigid. Highly variable, Parry’s nolina…

The oso berry is found in many habitats around California and beyond. The leaves are apple-green and lance shaped. In the winter, oso berry will begin to leaf out and produce a small panicle of bright white flowers. This is the easiest time to find an oso berry in the…