Plants For Southern Oak Woodland

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Quercus john-tuckeri Tuckers Oak

(syn. Q. Turbinella californica, see also Q. dumosa, Q. wiz.fru., Q. durata and Q. Alvordiana) Another confusing scrub oak. Probably a form of this is native on both nursery sites, but the taxonomy i... Learn more.

Quercus lobata, White Oak with fall color. - grid24_12
Quercus lobata White Oak

Quercus lobata is a deciduous white oak tree that can grow to 70'. The fastest of our California Oaks. This native oak has deeply-lobed leaves with no bristles. The coloration is green with a little ... Learn more.

Rhamnus crocea, Redberry - grid24_12
Rhamnus crocea Redberry

An evergreen shrub that usually grows to 2' inland and flat near coast. It will get to about 6' across. Native to the coast ranges from Napa to Baja. It likes full sun near the coast and afternoon sha... Learn more.

Ribes aureum gracillimum, Golden Currant has reddish yellow flowers. - grid24_12
Ribes aureum var. gracillimum Golden Currant

Golden Currant, Ribes aureum gracillimum is very similar to Ribes aureum aureum but has yellow flowers that turn red. They are both forms of Golden currant. BUT, Ribes aureum aureum grows in places l... Learn more.

Ribes quercetorum. Oak Gooseberry, Yellow Gooseberry - grid24_12
Ribes quercetorum Yellow Gooseberry

A sprawling 3' deciduous shrub. Its flowers are yellow in Mar.-May. Native to foothill slopes in south coast ranges and Sierra Nevada. It likes sun to part shade, partly dry to moderate water. This is... Learn more.

Salix lasiolepis, Arroyo Willow, as bush - grid24_12
Salix lasiolepis Arroyo Willow

A 10-20\' deciduous shrub or tree. We list it for stream bank stabilization. This one is native to most of Ca. north to Idaho and Alaska. It is native on the nursery site in the seasonal creek. A pion... Learn more.

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Salvia 'Gracias' Creeping sage

Salvia sonomensis X Salvia clevelandii 'Gracias' is all the information we can find as to the history of the plant. The plant is definitely a Salvia sonomensis, the hybridization with S. clevelandii ... Learn more.

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Salvia 'Pozo Blue' Grey Musk Sage

Salvia Pozo Blue is very drought tolerant three foot green-gray perennial. A hybrid of Salvia clevelandii and Salvia leucophylla. It is one of our older Las Pilitas selections. We named it for th... Learn more.

Salvia columbariae, chia flowers. - grid24_12
Salvia columbariae Chia

A little annual sage that doesn't look like a sage. Not much scent but nice 1 inch flowers on a 1-2 foot plant. Native on the south slopes on rock or gravel. Chia grows commonly on disturbed soil. But... Learn more.

Salvia spathacea, Hummingbird Sage, don't the flowers  look edible? - grid24_12
Salvia spathacea Hummingbird Sage

Hummingbird Sage is an one foot high perennial that spreads by rhizomes. This sage is native to coastal California from Napa to Orange. As the name implies Hummingbirds work this species very heavily... Learn more.

Salvia spathacea, Topanga flowers - grid24_12
Salvia spathacea 'Topanga' Los Angeles Hummingbird Sage

Many decades  ago we did a few plant sales at the Topanga RSCD office.  Exploring about we  found this Hummingbird Sage deep in the Santa Monica mountains west of Los Angeles. At the Santa Margarita n... Learn more.

Sanicula crassicaulis, Pacific blacksnakeroot, Pacific Sanicle - grid24_12
Sanicula crassicaulis Snakeroot

Native in our San Luis Obispo area in the shade of Quercus douglasii and Pinus Sabiniana. In oak woodland/chaparral sites where the understory is dominated by alien, annual grasses, this Sanicule su... Learn more.

Satureja chandleri,  Shrubby Yerba Buena flowers - grid24_12
Satureja chandleri Shrubby Yerba Buena

San Miguel savory Satureja chandleri is an inch to foot high by 3 foot perennial with very fragrant foliage. With semi-regular water and shade this savory can be easily be kept a few inches tall and... Learn more.

Saxifraga californica, California Saxifrage - grid24_12
Saxifraga californica

A perennial, 1" white flowers on 1' stems, a north slope plant to include with ferns, excellent drainage. Learn more.

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Senecio clevelandii

A Perennial, 1-2' high with orange plumes off a leafy base. Native to Napa and Lake Counties in serpentine soils. A little grey perennial with yellow composite flowers. An important butterfly plant in... Learn more.

Senecio douglasii,  Butterweed overlooking the nursery - grid24_12
Senecio douglasii Butterweed

A two-three foot perennial with one-inch yellow daisies. It looks like a grey marguerite. It is useful in revegetation, bank stabilization, or in dryland gardens. Give sun and little or no water in mo... Learn more.

Solanum xanti, Purple Nightshade with it's hanging flowers - grid24_12
Solanum xanti Purple Nightshade

Purple nightshade is a 2-3' tall perennial with one inch wide purple flowers and dark green foliage. It is native in areas that receive 10-20" of rainfall. The variation obispoense (Hoover) is nativ... Learn more.

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Stachys albens White hedge nettle

This hedge nettle is native to moist spots in much of California. A good plant to put under the bird bath, in a dryland garden. Stachys albens will increase by rhizomes to the edge of the moist spot.... Learn more.

Stachys pycnantha Short-spiked Hedge Nettle - grid24_12
Stachys pycnantha Short-spiked Hedge Nettle

Short-spiked Hedge Nettle is a light green perennial with globe-shaped, compact, clusters of white/maroon flowers and fragrant leaves. Commonly associated with serpentinite soil. This perennial needs... Learn more.

Stipa cernua, Nodding needlegrass is commonly brown - grid24_12
Stipa cernua Nodding needlegrass

Nodding Needle Grass is a 2-3' perennial bunch grass that grows in the foothills of California. Leaves glaucous,(covered with a thin film of wax, that makes the leaf appear more bluish, whitish) gray... Learn more.

Stipa pulchra with Eriophyllum confertiflorum and Eriogonum sp. - grid24_12
Stipa pulchra Purple Stipa

Purple Needle Grass is dry-land bunch grass. In the wild it is in the open spots in Oak Woodland mixed with Calochortus species, Long stem Buckwheat, Yucca whipplei, Golden Yarrow and wildflower... Learn more.

Styrax officinalis fulvescens, Southern Snowdrop bush in flower. - grid24_12
Styrax officinalis var. fulvescens Southern Snowdrop bush

(Styrax officinalis var. redivivus), SOuthern Snowdrop Bush, is native in San Luis Obispo county about 15 miles from us, and south down through San Diego. Grows on reddish sand stone or decomposed gra... Learn more.

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Symphoricarpos mollis Southern California Snowberry

Creeping Snowberry grows on north slopes, in ravines, and sometimes is all that's left of an oak woodland in full sun. The more coastal the setting the more sun this snowberry can handle. In som... Learn more.

Thalictrum polycarpum Meadow Rue - grid24_12
Thalictrum polycarpum Meadow Rue

A 2\' perennial with flowers arising 1\' above it. The foliage is green-grey with a leaf much like its columbine cousin. The flowers are an unusually delicate assortment of 1/2\" chinese lanterns, tas... Learn more.

Poison Oak - grid24_12
Toxicodendron diversilobum Poison oak

Poison-oak is a suckering deciduous shrub that can become a vine if given something to climb onto. Poison oak uses aerial roots to sucker and to latch onto trees or walls. We do not grow it as we've ... Learn more.

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