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Feather bush

The Feather bush grows into a large shrub to small deciduous tree with a low branching structure and soft foliage character. As a large shrub, plants grow 12-15 ft. tall and as wide; trees can reach up to 25 ft. tall. Medium to deep green leaves are bipinnately divided into many tiny leaflets and produce […]

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Sawleaf zelkova

Please note: For most situations, we would not recommend installing this plant in new gardens, landscapes, or plantings in southern California. In large public spaces like park, it is a large tree species that will survive when planted in lawns and regularly watered. Our top recommendations to consider instead of this tree include Western Sycamore

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Beaked yucca

The Beaked yucca is a handsome species of yucca that grows with a single trunk and dense crown of foliage, 6-15 ft. tall; sometimes two or more heads develop on mature plants. Stiff blue-green leaves are 2 ft. long, have drooping tips and together create a large circular canopy; old leaves persist on trunks for

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Chaste tree

The Chaste tree grows into a large deciduous shrub and small low branching tree growing 15-25 ft. high, 15-20 ft. wide. Its palmately divided leaves are pale green above, whitish below and are strongly scented when crushed. Colorful spikes of fragrant lavender-purple flowers reach 7-8 in. long and occur in summer; flowers attract bees and

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Bush germander

Bush germander is a reliable foliage and flowering accent plant. It develops into a large evergreen shrub, 4-8 ft. high, spreading 8-10 ft. across. Distinctive foliage is gray-green above with silvery white hairs beneath. Colorful pale lavender flowers are heaviest in winter to early spring and intermittently throughout the year. Bush germander comes from rocky

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Pink trumpet tree

The Pink trumpet tree grows into a medium size deciduous tree with an open branching habit and rounded canopy shape that grows 30-50 ft. tall, 30-40 ft. wide. Foliage is comprised of dark green palmately divided leaves that have 5 leaflets. Bright pink to magenta tubular flowers with yellow throats develop in large round clusters

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Mescal bean

  Please note: For most situations, we would not recommend installing this plant in new gardens, landscapes, or plantings in southern California. While Mescal bean is a low water demanding plant, it is rarely available at local nurseries and surprisingly difficult to grow in southern California gardens. Depending on the situation large shrubs / small

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Jojoba, Goatnut

Jojoba is a medium to large sized evergreen shrub mounding 8-10 ft. tall, spreading 10-12 ft. across with a very dense foliage habit comprised of stiff pale gray-green leaves. Inconspicuous yellow-green flowers occur in early spring. Female plants produce a small fruit capsule containing seeds that mature in late fall. These seeds contain an oil

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Feathery cassia

While this plant has some attractive visual aspects, in generally we recommend selecting an attractive native species instead that will better support local songbird, butterfly, and native pollinator populations. Our top recommendations for native shrubs that have pale silver or white foliage and are more valuable to include in a California landscape include brittlebush, white

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Green lavender cotton

Green lavender cotton is a small mounding shrub to 2 ft. high, spreading 3 ft. wide. Deep emerald-green scale-like leaves contrast boldly against bright yellow flowers during spring. It produces a very fresh and lush foliage character in dry garden settings. Native to the Mediterranean region, this species provides deep green foliage character in addition

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