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Fremontodendron mexicanum
Southern Flannel Bush
(Fremontia)Evergreen shrub, 15 ft., bright yellow flowers 3 inches across, April-Aug., fuzzy grey-green foliage, San Diego Co., full sun to part shade, excellent drainage, little or no water, rock mul...
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Garrya veatchii
Silk Tassel Bush
Silk Tassel bush is a six foot tall evergreen shrub with very showy male flowers hanging in long white catkins from the end of the branches. It grows on dry slopes in chaparral, central and southern ...
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Gnaphalium microcephalum thermale
Feltleaf everlasting
(syn. Gnaphalium canescens ssp. thermale, Gnaphalium albidum, Pseudognaphalium thermale) A grey short lived perennial that grows in open loose ground. Common in fresh road cuts or in burned over area...
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Horkelia cuneata puberula
Star Potentilla
This little perennial grows from San Luis Obispo County down through San Diego county in the sandy moist spots away from the coast. Plant with monkey flowers, Deer grass, and Calfiornia fuchis in par...
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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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Juglans californica
California Walnut
(Juglans californica var. californica) Uncommon shrub or tree to 15-25 ft., grows along stream beds from Ventura south. This plant is important to wildlife as it provides food and nesting sites for ma...
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Keckiella ternata
Summer Bush Penstemon
A very attractive perennial sub-shrub with bright red flowers that attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. Usually grows on exposed areas of north slopes. You'll usually find Dudleyas, Keckiella antirr...
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Lasthenia glabrata
Goldfields
A small little early spring annual that is a pioneer species in many bad habitats. In the San Joaquin Valley it makes mass displays of bright yellow in areas that are still intact. It will grow in any...
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Lathyrus jepsonii 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...
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Lepechinia calycina
California Pitcher Plant
A 3-5' tall and 1-2' wide evergreen perennial or shrub with white digitalis-like flowers in April to June. Native to chaparral areas in central and southern California. This perennial likes sun to pa...
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Leptodactylon californicum
Prickly Phlox
Subshrub, 1-3', flowers bright pink, 1" across, spring, small, spiny leaves, San Luis Obispo Co. to Los Angeles, stunning spring color, looks tacky in late summer, full sun, excellent drainage or will...
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Linanthus grandiflorus
Mountain Phlox
An annual that grows about a foot tall with 1" light purple flowers. Open woods and sandy places near the coast. We're not sure where the name 'mountain' came from......
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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 benthamii
A 1-2' annual with deep blue flowers. Native on the nursery site in gravelly soil in part shade to full sun. Foliage delicately dissected, not coarse like some of the other lupine species. more specif...
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Lupinus longiflorus
A silky gray shrub with blue flowers. Showy. This one grows from Lompoc to San Diego and inland to the eastern edges of the Coastal Sage Scrub(San Dimas). Fast and somewhat unstable. 'Normal life' @ 5...
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Lupinus nanus
Sky Lupine
An annual that covers many of the fields from Santa Barbara to Santa Cruz inland to the Sierras. Native on the nursery site in full sun on sandy loam to clay....
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Lupinus succulentus
Arroyo Lupine
This is a very big annual.
It grows to waist high with deep blue flowers.
It is very useful for bank stabilization as it has a 3 foot root system.
Typical western San Luis Obispo County...
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Lupinus truncatus
A taller annual, w/ violet flowers, clustered that form spires, very showy, found in open areas and also after burns, fixes atmospheric nitrogen, (increases the fertility of the soil) integral to pla...
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Marah fabaceus fabaceus
Wild Cucumber
climbing or trailing perennial vine, with very large tuberous root, called man-root, prickly fruits that looke similar to cucumbers, not edible, but used medicinally by the Native Californians, and th...
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Melica imperfecta
California Melic
California Melic is a two feet high delicate perennial grass. In inland areas commonly on east/north slope, in part shade, under trees and shrubs, Pinus sabiniana, Quercus agrifolia, in oak woodland...
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Mentzelia lindleyi
Blazing Star
Blazing Star is a very large and showy annual. Its three inch, yellow flowers stand out like a small California Flannel Bush (Fremontodendron species). One plant may have 25-35 flowers. It is native ...
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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...
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Monardella villosa subserrata
Coyote Mint
A bright blue-purple Coyote Mint. It looks like a garden perennial that lights up the garden. Native to the middle Sierras and middle Coast ranges up to Oregon. It ranges in the areas where the Canyon...
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Monolopia lanceolata
Common Monolopia
A very showy annual native that lives in openings throughout the interior. Monolopia is one of the annuals that were part of the spring flush(moisture and energy capture) of many of the interior (non...
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Montia perifoliata
Miner's Lettuce
The delicate little plants commonly under Oaks in spring. These plants give the appearance of a lush fairy woodland to the Nursery in Spring, by mid-summer they've completely disappeared. Other forms ...
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