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Nama demissum deserti
Desert Nama
A glorious annual from the desert edges of the Sierras. We don't grow. Nama is included only for drool purposes....
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Oryzopsis hymenoides
Indian Rice grass
Indian rice grass is a one foot perennial with a delicate lace work of seed 'pods'. It looks like a bunch grass that was electrocuted. The Indians used the seed for food. Use in small grass garden or...
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Oxytropis sericea
White locoweed
Silky locoweed is a nitrogen fixing perennial that grows from the Yukon down into New Mexico, east to Oklahoma and west to the White Mountains of California. The silky white foliage and indigo blue fl...
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Penstemon heterodoxus
Sierra Penstemon
A perennial that is 2\" tall with purple flowers in clusters covering the plant bring the total height of the plant to 6\" with a width of 1\'. Native to the Sierras 8000-12000\' and White Mountains. ...
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Penstemon procerus
Small penstemon
Small Penstemon is native in the higher elevations of California throughout much of the rest of the US and Southern Canada. Useful in a small moist rock garden. Use with Eriogonium umbellatum, a boul...
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Penstemon roezlii
Roezl's penstemon
Roezl's penstemon is a little rock garden perennial to grows from north western Nevada through north eastern California, Northern Sierras and southern Oregon. This Penstemon grows in open rich ground ...
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Penstemon rostriflorus
Mountain Fountains
(Penstemon rostriflorus,Penstemon bridgesii, penstemon bridgesii amplexicaulis.), Bridges Penstemon is a 1-2' perennial with 2-3' spikes of 2 inch red flowers in summer. It likes moderate to high elev...
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Philadelphus microphyllus
Littleleaf Mock orange
Littlefeaf Mock Orange is a small banana/orange/pinapple/vanilla scented fragrant shrub that is drought tolerant. This mock orange grows in light shade to full sun and unlike it's cousin does not lik...
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Pinus flexilis
Limber Pine
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Pinus murrayana
Lodgepole Pine
Pinus murrayana,(P.contorta murraya or P. contorta latifolia, HA! It doesn't look the same, smell the same, or grow the same as P. contorta. A very different tree and the botany has caused our custome...
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Pinus washoensis
Washoe Pine
A higher elevation form of Pinus ponderosa. This pine has done fine in the nursery here. It does not grow nearly as fast as P. ponderosa. It seems to be nice looking and very cold tolerant. It grows o...
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Poa fendleriana
Mutton Grass
Mutton Grass is so called as it grows a bunch grass in many of the drier plant communities of the west and plains and is preferred by sheep. A fair sized bunch grass of soft texture, humm-m, tasty. I ...
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Populus tremuloides
Quaking Aspen
A deciduous tree to 20 or 30 foot. It does not like to live at lower elevations. It has survived in some spots where it shouldn\'t for a long time. But it is slow compared to its speed at higher eleva...
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Potentilla fructicosa
(Syn. Pentaphylloides f., Dasiophora f., Potentilla fruticosa var. parvifolia, Potentilla floribunda, Fragaria fruticosa) Shrubby Cinquefoil grows along streams, in meadows and in openings in the fore...
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Ribes aureum aureum
Golden Currant
A 3-6' short deciduous shrub. The flowers are scented yellow. It flowers from April to May. Native to moist areas, central Sierra Nevada east to Rocky Mtns. It likes sun to part shade. It can tolerate...
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Rosa woodsii ultramontana
Mountain Rose
A fragrant rose that needs some summer water and part shade in the interior. In higher elevations or near the coast give it sun and good air flow. This rose has the best hips for tea of any I've smell...
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Stipa columbiana
(Syn. Achnatherum nelsonii ssp. dorei)A narrow grayish perennial bunchgrass. Where it gets semi-regular water it has naturalized in the nursery. Native from Northern Calif to Alaska to Tex....
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Stipa comata
Needle and thread grass
Needle and thread is a tufted little perennial grass that is probably the most wide ranging bunch grass of the west....
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Symphoricarpos oreophilus
Roundleaf Snowberry
(syn. S.rotundifloius)A 3-4' deciduous sub-shrub, with small pink flowers. We've seen this plant N. of Bishop next to Pinus jeffreyi, Purshia tridentata and glandulosa, Eriogonum umbellatum var. chlor...
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Symphoricarpos rotundifolius
Roundleaf Snowberry
A 3-4' deciduous sub-shrub, with small pink flowers. We've seen this plant N. of Bishop next to Pinus jeffreyi, Purshia tridentata and glandulosa, Eriogonum umbellatum var. chlorothamnus and Penstemon...
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Symphoricarpos vaccinioides
Roundleaf Snowberry
A 3-4\' deciduous sub-shrub, with small pink flowers. We\'ve seen this plant N. of Bishop next to Pinus jeffreyi, Purshia tridentata and glandulosa, Eriogonum umbellatum var. chlorothamnus and Penstem...
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Thalictrum fendleri
Mountain Meadow Rue
A perennial with delicate columbine -like flowers that is covered with spires of very airy, dainty flowers in spring, and with beautiful, delicate foliage. Perfect for a shade garden, with some moistu...
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Trifolium
Clover
Our Native clovers are mostly annuals. We do not sell the seed but we do encourage the plants. The native clovers should not mowed or killed until the flowers are allowed to produce seed.
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Wyethia mollis
Woolly Mule's Ears
Woolly Mule Ears grow on both sides of the Sierras from Fresno County up into Eastern Oregon and Nevada. Wyethia mollis (syn. Alarconia a., Helianthus longifolius, H. Hookerianus, robusta, foliosa, so...
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