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Abronia latifolia
Yellow Sand Verbena
A flat to mounding nearly non-frost tolerant perennial that will 'disappear' to the roots under stress. According to Parsons "The stout root . . . is sometimes eaten by the Indians." The flowers are ...
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Abronia maritima
Sand verbena
A flat nearly non-frost tolerant perennial that will \'disappear\' to the roots under stress. The flowers are pink and it grows in the sand along the immediate coast.. The soil must be fairly lose an...
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Abronia villosa aurita
Sand Verbena
Abronia villosa var. aurita has larger flowers than Abronia villosa var. villosa. It is found on the coastal side of the southern California mountains in chaparral and coastal sage scrub plant communi...
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Acer negundo californicum Bert's Toy Box
This is a male Box Elder that is native to California. A small flowering tree that is tidy, rather nice looking, not huge, somewhat tolerate of water or drought, and actually very useful. We've only g...
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Achillea millefolium californica
Yarrow
Western Yarrow is a small perennial that spreads by rhizomes. It varies by locale from 1-4'. The cream-colored (off-white?) flowers are in 3- 4"clusters. It's native to the western U.S. and is drough...
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Achillea millefolium rosea Island Pink
Pink Yarrow
(Achillea borealis ssp. californica (Munz)) Island Pink. Yarrow is a perennial that spreads by rhizomes. It varies by locale from one to four feet. Some plants of each population will have 3- 4"clu...
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Adenostoma fasciculatum
Chamise
Chamise tends to be a medium to large shrub, 3-10 ft., tall. Native to the coast ranges (Mendocino and Lake County south to Baja) and Sierra Nevada mountains (From about Tehama County, south). a very ...
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Adenostoma fasciculatum 'Black Diamond'
'Black Diamond' Chamise is a nice little dark green shrub with white flowers....
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Adenostoma fasciculatum Prostrate Chamise
Prostrate Chamise
A dwarf Chamise that stay smaller than the regular variety....
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Adenostoma sparsifolium
Red Shanks
Red shanks grows from the San Luis Obispo/Santa Barbara County line south in chaparral, down through the L.A. basin in coastal sage scrub and up on the edge of the pine forests in many areas like Mo...
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Aesculus californica
Buckeye
A deciduous, small tree, normally growing to 15'. The showy 6" creamy- scented flower spikes appear in April-May. Native to the central coast ranges and Sierra Nevada mountains in partial shade t...
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Agave shawii
Coastal Agave
A plant for containers or dry gardens. Native to the immediate coast of Baja and San Diego. Not common in California. Leaves in a rosette on a short two ft. stem (caudex), and flowering stem is up ...
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Agrostis hooverii
A small droopy bunch grass that grows in small openings in the coastal sage scrub in San Luis Obispo County. Use with June Grass (Koeleria cristata), California poppies, and Field Lupine(Lupinus nanus...
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Allium haematochiton
Red skinned onion
Red-skinned onion, Allium haematochiton, grows in openings and open fields throughout much of Southern California. Plant in a un-mulched section of the garden and plant a rock on to of a...
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Ambrosia psilostachya
Western Ragweed
A weedy , perennial, native with spreading rhizomes that grows in disturbed areas of native plant communities,. Use as an indicator of a site in trouble. Found in roadsides and dry fields, common, th...
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Amorpha fruticosa
False Indigo
Amorpha fruticosa (occidentalis) or False Indigo, grows in north slopes and moist spots through much of San Diego County, western Riverside county and cooler protected spots in Arizona and New Mexico....
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Anaphalis margaritacea
Pearly Everlasting
Pearly Everlasting is a rather weedy perennial that Painted Ladies visit. If you're old and male don't get excited, Painted Ladies are butterflies. PE has an interesting flower that looks like a small...
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Antirrhinum coulterianum
Coulters Snapdragon
Antirrhinum coulterium, Coulters snapdragon is another one of the many plants that is not supposed to be living on the Santa Margarita nursery site, but it is here. One of those surprise! Guess what I...
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Antirrhinum nuttallianum
Nuttall's Snapdragon
Nuttall's Snapdragon is a delicate, miniature snapdragon that is very short-lived, (annual), diminutive, climbs other plants for support, but is so pretty, that the work to grow it is worth it. It ...
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Arctostaphylos Baby Bear Manzanita Bush
Manzanita by the baby bear
Dark red bark, bright rose pink flowers, liked by hummingbirds, butterflies, bumblebees and other native bees, easy to grow, tolerates most soils, Baby Bear manzanita is like a huggable chocolate tru...
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Arctostaphylos cruzensis
Arroyo de la Cruz Manzanita
This manzanita is a little shrub that grows to 2-3' tall and 4-5' in width. It has auriculate leaves that are gray on smooth dark red stems. It grows on old ocean beaches and bluffs from San Luis Obis...
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Arctostaphylos cushingiana
Mound Manzanita
This species is now considered Arctostaphylos glandulosa ssp. glandulosa forma cushingiana. A sprawling evergreen shrub to 2' tall and 6' wide, with fuzzy (fine tomentose) stems, and gray foliage,...
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Arctostaphylos densiflora Harmony Manzanita
Harmony
Harmony manzanita is an evergreen shrub with pink flowers that commonly grows two or three feet high and six feet wide. Harmony manzanita can tolerate clay to sand, loam to gravel. It likes full sun...
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