Plants For Riparian (rivers & creeks)

Lathyrus jepsonii californicus - grid24_12
Lathyrus jepsonii var. californicus

A curly little perennial the grows in the hills and mountains of Central and Northern Calif.. It is native down the road under Quercus agrifolia, Pinus Sabiniana and Quercus Douglasii. It is on the n... Learn more.

Lepidospartum squamatum, Scale Broom, is a strange-looking plant that attracts insect pollinators, and controls erosion here in its seasonal creek habitat.  - grid24_12
Lepidospartum squamatum Scale Broom

A shrub that can grow to chin height. It looks like a bunch of green corn stalk brooms tied together with yellow flowers on top. It grows in season stream bottoms. Very showy when in flower, ugly the ... Learn more.

Lilium kelleyanum, Kelly's Lilly flowers - grid24_12
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 tall, out of their habitat they make a delicat... Learn more.

Lilium pardalinum, Panther Lily, is called that because of its spots, seen here on the recurved tepals. - grid24_12
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... Learn more.

Here a clump of Lilium pardalinum var.  giganteum "Sunset" are flowering in the Santa Margarita nursery. - grid24_12
Lilium pardalinum var. 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 listed b... Learn more.

Liliium parvum, Sierra tiger lily in a Sierra stream  - grid24_12
Lilium parvum Sierra Tiger Lily

Sierra Tiger Lily or Alpine Lily grows up in the Sierras This little lily grows along streams and meadows in the Eastern Sierras at near the summits. Learn more.

Lilium wigginsii, Wiggins Lily, is now considered a subspecies of Lilium pardalinum, and has been very easy to grow. - grid24_12
Lilium wigginsii Wiggins Lily

Lilium wigginsii, Wiggins Lily,  plant that looks like a delicate Leopard Lily. This lily grows in bogs, creeks, lakes and seeps  up on both sides of the California Oregon Border under Douglas Fir, W... Learn more.

Here is a portion of the inflorescence of Lobelia cardinalis, Cardinal Flower, with the opened flowers below, and the unopened buds above.   - grid24_12
Lobelia cardinalis Cardinal Flower

Cardinal flower is a flat perennial herb with 1-2 inch red flowers in 1-2 foot spike of 20 or more. It grows in bogs. Cardinal flower has nice cut flowers. It is a hummingbird flower. Useful in the ... Learn more.

Ludwigia peploides peploides Water Primrose - grid24_12
Ludwigia peploides var. peploides Water Primrose

Water primrose grows directly in the water fromm S.America to Baja and north to Oregon. Flowers are a delightful 1 inch(10-20 mm.) sunflower yellow. These plants are easy to grow, just put them into a... Learn more.

Mahonia aquifolium Compacta Creeping Oregon Grape. - grid24_12
Mahonia aquifolium 'Compacta' Creeping Oregon Grape.

Mahonia aquilfolium Compacta is probably a native plant, but there seems to be little information of it's origins. (If you hold the patent on it we never found you.) Compacta likes coastal sand. If yo... Learn more.

Mahonia piperiana x M.aquifolium x M. amplectans, Golden Abundance flowers. We sometimes grow this because some cutomers like the big flower show. - grid24_12
Mahonia M. piperiana x M. aquifolium x M. amplectans 'Golden Abundance'

A hybrid of three California native Oregon grapes. It's always been confusing calling a Mahonia or Berberis Oregon Grape. It's not a grape and they are native from California up in to Idaho and Britis... Learn more.

Mentha arvensis, Field Mint, is one of the mint species that is used commercially in mint tea.  - grid24_12
Mentha arvensis Field Mint

A small little 1' perennial with a small blue flower clusters on a spike of scented green leaves. This one grows at higher elevations along creeks and in meadows. It has managed to make its way around... Learn more.

The flowers of Mimulus cardinalis, Scarlet Monkey Flower, have an unusual shape or form in comparison to many other Mimulus species.  - grid24_12
Mimulus cardinalis Scarlet Monkey Flower

A perennial to 3'. It likes sun to full shade and regular water. It has 2" red tubular flowers most of the year. An aggressive seeder that should be used in revegetation or large gardens, (or for thos... Learn more.

Mimulus guttatus, Seep Monkey Flower - grid24_12
Mimulus guttatus Seep Monkey Flower

Mimulus guttatus is an annual to sometimes perennial that grows in seeps, springs or along creeks. Useful along the edges of ponds or the fountains. Very floriforus for months in spring-summer. Seep ... Learn more.

This Mimulus lewisii, Monkey Flower, is a particularly beautiful, low-growing, herbaceous perennial Mimulus species.  - grid24_12
Mimulus lewisii Monkey Flower

Similar to Mimulus cardinalis but flowers are rose red or pink and it needs more water than Mimulus cardinalis. 20" tall. Native to middle to high elevations of the Sierra Nevada and much of the highe... Learn more.

Mimulus moschatus Musk Flower

A seep monkey flower from the forests of central and northern California. Click here for more about Monkeys in Learn more.

Mimulus tilingii, Creeping Monkey, grows mostly in the mountains of California.  I think Jepson had a sense of humor when he tagged this form of Tillingii with Mimulus tilingii var. corallinus when he found it in Horse corral meadow. - grid24_12
Mimulus tilingii Creeping Monkey

A creeping perennial with 1 inch yellow flowers that make a 1 ft carpet of yellow at high elevations throughout most of the western states. It does o.k. here but needs constant moisture. Good near str... Learn more.

Oenothera caespitosa ssp. marginata, Evening Primrose, possesses the most wonderful fragrance, when the flowers emerge in the dusk of the evening. - grid24_12
Oenothera caespitosa var. marginata Evening Primrose

A short-lived perennial (ours seem to last 5-6 years). The native range is in the desert ranges from S.Ca. to E.Wash and Utah. It has white-pink 3" flowers that fade to pink. The 12" leaves are from b... Learn more.

Parnassia palustris californica Grass-of-Parnassus - grid24_12
Parnassia palustris var. californica Grass-of-Parnassus

(Syn. Parnassia californica) A plant to be included in a meadow or along a high alpine stream. Circumpolar. The California form having smaller flowers that are cream colored (with less green). It is n... Learn more.

Physocarpus capitatus Ninebark, flowers are white - grid24_12
Physocarpus capitatus Ninebark

Physocarpus capitatus, or Ninebark, is a deciduous bush with tiny white flowers in 3"-5" clusters, flowering May through July. Native to the coast ranges and the Sierra Nevada mountains to British Col... 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.

Populus angustifolia Mammoth Narrow Leaf Cottonwood - grid24_12
Populus angustifolia 'Mammoth' Narrow Leaf Cottonwood

This Sierran tree looks like a narrow leaf Black Cottonwood. crossed with a quaking aspen. The cottonwood of much of the Rockies makes it into California around Bishop, Mammoth and the White Mountains... 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 fremontii,  Zapata Fremont Cottonwood tree with fall color - grid24_12
Populus fremontii 'Zapata' Fremont Cottonwood

''Zapata'comes from a parent tree that is 80' tall and 40' wide out in a stream bed of a customers property. I had to stand on my pickup roof with a 10' pole pruner to get a bottom branch. It is nativ... Learn more.

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