Please note: For most situations, we would not recommend installing this plant in new gardens, landscapes, or plantings in southern California. This plant profile is included in this site as a reference for two primary reasons: If you already have this plant in your landscape, this information can be used to know how to care […]
Red buckwheat is one of the most attractive of our California native buckwheats. This variety comes from parts of San Miguel and Santa Cruz Islands, has a clumping habit and produces rose-pink flowers that ascend on 18-24 in. tall above attractive pale green foliage. Red buckwheat is recommended for bank and border plantings in combination
Please note: For most situations, we would not recommend installing this plant in new gardens, landscapes, or plantings in southern California. This plant profile is included in this site as a reference for two primary reasons: If you already have this plant in your landscape, this information can be used to know how to care
The Mexican daisy is a mounding to spreading perennial with delicate foliage character, native to Mexico and south to Venezuela. It grows 6-15 in. high, 3-4 ft. wide; trimming in the winter can manage its size and renew its foliage character. Small flowers first develop white and then age to deep magenta resulting in a
The Beach aster is native to coastal sand dunes and bluffs from Oregon to Southern California. It is a low mounding perennial species that grows 10-12 in. high and spreads to 2 ft. across. Flowers are purple with yellow centers and occur from spring into summer. Beach aster has proven to be an easy to
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The California coast sunflower is a medium size evergreen shrub with a mounding habit growing 3-4 ft. tall and 4-5 ft. (occasionally 6′) wide. Foliage is comprised of deep green leaves that contrast well with showy lemon-yellow daisy-like flowers with dark centers. Coastal encelia is a California native plant that occurs on several coastal islands
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Pride of Madeira is a fast growing shrub with a mounding form and woody branching structure that easily reaches 6-8 ft. tall and 8-10 ft. wide when given space. Foliage is comprised of soft gray-green tapered leaves that attach to heavy stems. Dramatic spikes of blue to purple flowers cover the plant in early to
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The Texas ebony, native to southern Texas and the Gulf of Mexico, grows into a large evergreen shrub or small tree, eventually 20-25 ft. tall and wide. Dark glossy green leaves are bipinnately divided; branches are heavily armed with spines. Clusters of creamy-yellow flowers occur briefly in late spring; large seed pods, grow 4-6 in.
Silver carpet is a ground-hugging perennial, growing 1-3 in. high and slowly spreading several feet wide. Its silvery foliage is comprised of narrow leaves that are pale green above and silvery-white below. Small yellow daisy-like flowers grow to 1 in. across and provide modest accent character in spring and summer. Native to South Africa, silver
Rosea ice plant is dense and low growing succulent that becomes 4-6 in. high; it’s ground hugging stems will root in moist soil and enable this plant to grow many feet across. Tiny pale green leaves glisten with translucent dots; a carpet of shocking fluorescent-pink flowers occur in spring and can last for 2-3 weeks.
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