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Fragaria californica
Wood Strawberry
A spreading perennial, white flowers, edible red fruits, spreads by horizontal above ground stems, good ground cover for dry to damp shady areas or sunny areas with moderate water. Native to shady pla...
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Garrya elliptica James Roof
Native coast ranges San Luis Obispo Co. to Ore.. An evergreen shrub to small tree with yellowish male catkins 10 inches long in early spring. They turn gray as they age. The name silk tassel describes...
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Gaultheria shallon
Salal
A 1-4' high sub-shrub that grows along the coast from S.cal to B.C.. It grows in the pine barrens through the redwoods. In its range it is a lovely easy groundcover. (It will stay low as long as it ca...
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Gilia capitata
Globe Gilia
A rather robust annual with 1-2" clusters of blue flowers in spring that are used by many butterflies. It is native in many places in our area in rocky screes with too much sun. The meager grass on th...
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Heleocharis macrostachya
Common Spike Rush
A 1 foot high rhizomatous dark green plant. It looks like a miniature rush, or a funny-looking lawn grass. It needs regular moisture. It grows throughout the west and much of the world along streams, ...
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Heleocharis palustris
A one foot high rhizomatous dark green plant. It looks like a miniature rush, or a funny-looking lawn grass. It needs regular moisture. It grows throughout the west and much of the world along strea...
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Heteromeles arbutifolia
Toyon
Toyon, or as it's sometimes called, Christmas Berry, is an evergreen shrub to small tree that usually grows to 6-8 ft. high and 4-5 ft. wide. Toyon can go to 15-20' tall if it's old and happy and beco...
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Heuchera micrantha
Alum Root
This Alum Root is a 1' perennial with a 2'spike of very dainty white flowers, a hundred or so spikes at a time on a happy plant. Foliage in clumps 1-2 feet across with 4" reddish-green leaves. A littl...
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Holodiscus discolor
Cream Bush
Holodiscus discolor commonly known as Ocean Spray, Cream Bush, California Spiraea, Meadow Sweet. Holodiscus discolor is a deciduous shrub that normally grows to 4-5 feet but can grow to 7feet. The 5 i...
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Iris douglasiana
Douglas Iris
A 1 ft perennial with rhizomes that spread slowly into a 2 to 4 ft wide clump. The flowers arise on a 1 to 2 ft high stem, are cream to purple and three inches wide. Native from Santa Barbara to Orego...
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Iris fernaldii
Fernalds Iris
Fernald's Iris spreads by underground rhizomes. It is a one foot tall Iris with 2-3 inch yellow flowers. Fernald's Iris is found from Santa Cruz to Santa Rosa in full sun near the coast, and aftern...
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Iris longipetala
Long Petaled Iris
Bailey is the only key that is easy on iris A 2 ft. perennial, non-rhizomorphic. It has large 4-6 inch, blue flowers, and grows in clay soils around S.F. bay. This one has done well here with once/we...
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Iris macrosiphon
Rhizome, 2 ft. in height, yellow to purple flowers, north central Calif., full sun to part shade, does best with some organic matter, leaf mulch, on soil....
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Juncus occidentalis
Western Rush
Western rush occurs in spots throughout the west. Never in covering hillsides, always in a nook or cranny that is seasonally wet in winter and dry in summer. This is a very nice looking plant that sho...
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Keckiella corymbosa
Redwood Penstemon
Red Penstemon is a trailing perennial that grows in the mountains of central and northern California. You'll find it in serpentine soils, or the redwood belt or volcanic soils.Dark green foliage and d...
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Lewisia cotyledon
Siskiyou Lewsia
Perennial, flowers rose-pink, 2" across, June, narrow, red-green leaves form basal rosette in early spring, leaves die back in June, British Colombia to San Bernardino Mtns. to Rocky Mtns., not alkali...
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Lewisia rediviva
Bitter Root
Perennial, flowers rose-pink, 2" across, June, narrow, red-green leaves form basal rosette in early spring, leaves die back in June, British Colombia to San Bernardino Mtns. to Rocky Mtns., not alkali...
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Libocedrus decurrens
Incense Cedar
(syn. Calocedrus decurrens)An evergreen tree fairly slow to 150', in your or my lifetime we might see a 30' tree. Native from Ore. to Baja. It's serpentine tolerant, heat and drought tolerant. It will...
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Lilium kelleyanum
Kelly's Lilly
Lilium kelleyanum is a wonderful lily from the Sierra Nevada mountains. Native along streams and moist areas in part-shade. In their habitat they are 4-6 tal; out of their habitat they make a delicate...
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Lilium pardalinum
Panther lily
Lilium pardalinum is similar to Lilium Humboldtii but a species that is next to streams. (The British call it a panther lily, California calls it Leopard Lilly) It needs a little more water and is a...
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Lilium pardalinum giganteum
Sunset
As pardalinum but bigger flowers. The British have cultivar names \'Red Giant\' and \'Sunset\' This one tolerates sun and heat better than the straight species and is half of the height. This is list...
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Lithocarpus densiflorus
Tanbark Oak
An evergreen tree slow to 80'. (We have some that are 5 years old and 8' tall.) The leaves are green on upper surface, fuzzy on lower surface. Native from Ventura Co. to southern Oregon. A very beauti...
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Lithophragma heterophylla
Perennial herb, small, 12" white flowers, plant seems to disappear in summer heat, for woodland garden, north slope, full shade, a plant for mossy areas....
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Lonicera hispidula
California Honeysuckle
A climbing deciduous shrub with large pink flowers. Native throughout much of California and up into Washington. California honeysuckle can handle full sun to shade. It's drought tolerant. Use as a ba...
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Lupinus bicolor
Pigmy-leaved Lupine
A fuzzy little lupine with gray leaves and blue flowers. Useful in revegetation mixes as I've seen it growing on some bad sites. Source: western San Luis Obispo County, California, Godd 9, February 22...
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