Plants For Coastal Sage Scrub

Phacelia tanacetifolia Lacy Phacelia - grid24_12
Phacelia tanacetifolia Lacy Phacelia

An annual wildflower of sizable portions that grows under creosote and other desert shrubs in the Mojave, Quercus dumosa, Q. Douglasiana and Juniperus californica and other dryland trees in the Califo... Learn more.

Pinus contorta ssp. contorta, Beach Pine, grows well in coastal environments in California. - grid24_12
Pinus contorta var. contorta Beach Pine

A midget pine that grows along the Northern California coast to Alaska. It's good for bonsai. Do not expect a straight tree as they are always crooked and windswept. It will grow right on coastal clif... Learn more.

Pinus muricata, Bishop Pine, is found on the coast and in the coastal mountains from forests to chaparral.  - grid24_12
Pinus muricata Bishop Pine

Pinus muricata, Bishop Pine,  is a fast dark green pine to 40 ft. It is good to use in place of Pinus radiata for fence hedge. It's excellent near coast. We've had very good luck inland. There is one ... Learn more.

Pinus remorata, Santa Cruz Island Bishop Pine, or Pinus muricata, is a closed-cone pine.  - grid24_12
Pinus remorata Island Bishop Pine

Very similar to Pinus muricata. Considered by some to be Pinus muricata. A pine that has done fine in the San Joaquin Valley and interior heat. The motherstock for our trees came from an old customer... Learn more.

Pinus torreyana, Torrey Pine, is photographed in this photo, at Torrey Pines State Park, California.  - grid24_12
Pinus torreyana Torrey Pine

A gray conifer to 40 ft.. There are two wild colonies left in San Diego and on Santa Rosa Island. A tree with open habits and fast growing. It has proven to be drought tolerant here with little or no ... Learn more.

Plantago erecta - Dot-seed Plantain - grid24_12
Plantago erecta Plantain

Low Annual, with villous hairs (long, soft hairs), covering the leaves, the flowers are colorless, in spikes, still attractive, leaves in a cluster at the base of the plant, nice for a small annual na... Learn more.

In this photo you can see the pattern of the bark of a Platanus racemosa, California Sycamore, growing in Arroyo Grande, California.  - grid24_12
Platanus racemosa California Sycamore

A fast 75' deciduous tree. It will grow to 15-20 ft. in 5-10 years. It is along creeks in the foothills and coast ranges of Calif.. It takes takes wind, heat, but not drought tolerant until establishe... Learn more.

Pluchea sericea Arrow Weed

A 5ft evergreen (gray) bush. It grows in sandy washes where there is moisture. Native from the San Luis Obispo county into the Deserts to Texas.. The flowers are lavender and relatively showy. This on... Learn more.

A closeup photo of Polypodium californicum, California Polypody, so you can see the detail of the fronds. - grid24_12
Polypodium californicum California Polypody

A creeping perennial fern that grows in moist rock crevices. Almost always associated with seeps in the coastal areas and in the middle Sierras. Usually in part-shade, sometimes in the fairly deep sha... Learn more.

Populus fremontii, Western Cottonwood along hwy 58 - grid24_12
Populus fremontii Western Cottonwood

A deciduous tree. Plant and stand back, very fast with regular water, on one site 30' in a year. We grow male trees, females have cotton. An excellent shade tree. Keep away from septic system. Do not ... Learn more.

Populus trichocarpa,  Black Cottonwood fall color - grid24_12
Populus trichocarpa Black Cottonwood

Populus trichocarpa,  Black Cottonwood.is a deciduous tree, fast to 100'. Native from San Diego County to Alaska. I've seen it a quarter mile from the ocean where the salt spray had blown the top... Learn more.

Beach sand almond, Prunus fasciculata puncata - grid24_12
Prunus fasciculata var. punctata Sand Almond

Sand almond is a deciduous sub-shrub up to three feet tall. It has small white flowers in spring and, later in the year, small almonds. Sand almond is native to southern San Luis Obispo County and ... Learn more.

Ripe fruit on the Hollyleaf  Cherry, Prunus ilicifolia - grid24_12
Prunus ilicifolia Holly-Leafed Cherry

Hollyleaf Cherry, Prunus ilicifolia is an evergreen shrub to tree, average 14 ft. high and  has clusters of white flowers in spikes in March that cover the entire plant, and in the fall is very sh... Learn more.

Catalina Cherry, Prunus Lyonii - grid24_12
Prunus lyonii Catalina Cherry

Catalina Cherry, Prunus lyonii, is a narrow evergreen tree to 30 ft native to the Channel Islands. It has white flowers in spikes in April-May. It has large black edible cherries that are all seed an... Learn more.

Psoralea macrostachya,  Leather Root flowers - grid24_12
Psoralea macrostachya Leather Root

Synonym: Hoita macrostachya. A deciduous perennial that grows to 6 ft. tall with pea-shaped purple flower clusters. The Indians used the roots as rope fiber. Psoralea macrostachya is a stream-side or... Learn more.

Psoralea orbicularis, Giant Clover has big flowers. - grid24_12
Psoralea orbicularis Giant Clover

Synonym: Hoita orbicularis. Picture a patch of clover, but the foliage is huge, each 3 leaf cluster is 2-3 inches across. The patch forms a 1 foot high mat that can commonly be 10 ft across. Useful i... Learn more.

Pteridium aquilinum pubescens, Brake - grid24_12
Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens Brake

A creeping fern of mountainous hillsides. Bracken ranges throughout most of the west from northslopes in Baja to Alaska and N. Dakota. Although the old timers ate the new shoots, it is not recommended... Learn more.

Quercus agrifolia, Coast Live Oak silhouette.  - grid24_12
Quercus agrifolia Coast Live Oak

This California oak tree has dark green holly-like leaves and is native to the coast ranges of California. This, like most of the other oaks is a climax species and needs a little protection and lov... Learn more.

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Quercus cornelius-mulleri Mullers Scrub Oak

One of the oaks that used to be lumped with Quercus dumosa.(Now changed to Q. berberidifolia)Another of the scrub oaks. Muller's oak can usually be differentiated as the small tree that looks a littl... Learn more.

Island Oak, Quercus tomentella is native to  the Channel Islands - grid24_12
Quercus tomentella Island Oak

Island Oak lives on most of the California channel islands in moist canyons and upper ridges on sandstone. Sometimes on near solid rock. The tree itself looks like what it is, a historical throw back... Learn more.

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Rhamnus californica Coffeeberry

Coffeeberry is an evergreen shrub that grows fast to 6-8, sometimes as high as 10 ft.. Coffeeberry is native from the Oregon Coast ranges through most of California into Arizona and Baja. Coffeeberry... Learn more.

Rhamnus californica Leather Leaf, Leather Leaf Coffeeberry - grid24_12
Rhamnus californica 'Leather Leaf' Leather Leaf Coffeeberry

This coffeeberry has dark leaves that are little thicker than a regular coffee berry. The form is more moundy, similar to 'Eve Case' and should be effect mixed with 'San Bruno', 'Eve Case' and maybe '... Learn more.

Rhamnus california, Mound San Bruno coffeeberry - grid24_12
Rhamnus californica 'San Bruno' Mound San Bruno Coffeeberry

Rhamnus californica 'Mound San Bruno' Coffeeberry is an attractive evergreen that can be a shrubby groundcover, border planting, or foundation plant. .Tolerates shearing and can be shaped into a poodl... Learn more.

Rhamnus californica, Eve Case coffeeberry in a conventional shopping center garden. - grid24_12
Rhamnus californica var. Eve Case Eve Case

Rhamnus californica 'Eve Case' is a lower form of Rhamnus californica that grows slightly slower, and has a more refined and formal look. I think this form came from the bluffs of Big Sur as the plan... Learn more.

Rhamnus californica Tranquil Margarita Tranquil Coffeeberry - grid24_12
Rhamnus californica var. Tranquil Margarita Tranquil Coffeeberry

Tranquil Margarita Coffeeberry is the most beautiful coffeeberry I've ever seen. (At first I didn't realize it was a coffeeberry!) Leaves are clean, shiny and rich looking. The whole plant looks like... Learn more.