Our Plants (List)

Wind poppies are found in foothill habitats in the coastal ranges and Sierra Nevada from the Bay Area south into Baja. It is a gentle little annual, seldom reaching more than a foot tall, with finely divided leaves and a slender flower stock of one or more orange flowers with…

The blue palo verde is native to California’s deserts, the South West and northern Mexico. It begins life as a multi-trunk round shrub and develops into a multi-trunk or single trunk tree. The stems are waxy green with a potent complement of sharp spines. The mature bark is a furrowed…

The yellow palo verde is native to the US Southwest and northern Mexico. In California it is occasionally found along the Colorado River. It is one of many shrubs and trees of the pea family, Fabaceae, which become prevalent as one moves south into the deserts of the southern US…

The scarlet bugler grows in mountainous settings in the coastal, transverse and peninsular ranges from San Benito County down into Baja California. It has a sparse presence in other areas, but always in mountainous settings, like all penstemon, where it thrives in full sun and fairly well draining soil. The…

This rare penstemon is native to the eastern side of the Peninsular Ranges in Riverside and San Diego Counties. The waxy gray-green leaves are large, clasping and lance shaped. The generous flowers are magenta., held above the leaves on tall panicles. San Jacinto beardtongue accepts partial shade and regular water,…

This rare penstemon is native to the eastern side of the Peninsular Ranges in Riverside and San Diego Counties. The waxy gray-green leaves are large, clasping and lance shaped. The generous flowers are magenta., held above the leaves on tall panicles. San Jacinto beardtongue accepts partial shade and regular water,…