The Ground morning glory is a delightful eye-catching perennial that hugs the ground and flows around rocks and other plants with ease. Its fresh and attractive foliage is covered in spring with a flush of pastel blue flowers that bring cool color to both sunny and shady garden areas. The Ground morning glory quickly grows […]
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Please note: For most situations, we would not recommend installing this plant in new gardens, landscapes, or plantings in southern California. It is a low water plant, but more interesting options exist that also provide habitat for songbirds, butterflies, and native pollinators. Some recommended similarly shrubs to consider instead include Desperado sage, Concha ceanothus, hollyleaf
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This is a cool season grass that grows best with regular moisture and in sunny locations. The thin, linear foliage of the grass grows 2-3 ft. tall during the spring grown season; numerous flower stems develop 4-5 ft. tall in mid-summer and persist into fall. This grass should be cut down to the base in
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Currently, the Island oak is a relatively unknown California native tree throughout the Inland Empire. It is native to the coastal islands where it is adapted to winter rain, summer drought, fog, wind and humidity. Over time, a number of these trees have been planted throughout Southern California, including the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden,
Garden sage is one of the most widely grown garden herbs that is greatly appreciated for its culinary flavoring. The true species grows as a small herbaceous perennial that can live for many years in gardens. A number of cultivars have been produced and availability varies from nursery to nursery on a seasonal basis. Most
Baja spurge is a large shrub with many slender branches that weave into a intricate tangle of leafless stems 6-8 ft. tall and as wide. Large clusters of tiny pink and white flowers provide a colorful display in late spring. This Baja California native is adapted to arid climate zones where it receives little annual
Silver spurge is herbaceous shrub that produces many upward growing stems to 2 ft. high and 3-4 ft. across. It has distinctive silvery gray leaves attached to succulent stems; chartreuse flowers cluster at the top of stems in early spring for a bright display of color. The succulent stem die after flowering is complete and
Like other species of Euphorbia, the creeping spurge is well adapted to sun and low amounts of supplemental water. Care should be taken when removing old stems to avoid contact with the milky white sap that is highly caustic to skin as well as poisonous.
The Mediterranean spurge is a show-stopper during the late winter to early spring when the winter rains provide moisture for robust growth and flowering. The combination of blue-green foliage and chartreuse flower bracts achieve the appearance of giant puff-balls in the garden. No other plant achieves this unique color and character combination. The Mediterranean spurge
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Pork and beans is a garden succulent that grows 6-8 in. high and spreads 12-15 in. across. Colorful bean-like leaves are bright green in shady areas and turn to intense shades of pink and red when exposed to the sun. Showy yellow flowers occur in late winter to spring. This popular rock garden and container
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