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Abies bracteata
Santa Lucia Fir
Santa Lucia Fir (Abies bracteata) is an evergreen conifer that grows slowly to 70 feet. This fir is a lovely tree which grows in part-shade until established, under the fog drip of existing trees i...
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Abies concolor
White Fir
White Fir (Abies concolor) is not at its best where the summer temperatures commonly range above 100 degrees F, but this California fir is much easier in our climate than the Noble Fir (Abies procera)...
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Acer circinatum
Vine Maple
Native from British Columbia along the coast to northern California and up along much of the Cascade mountain ranges. Bark is smooth and reddish. Leaves are small for a maple, flowers are 10-20 in a c...
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Acer macrophyllum
Big Leaf Maple
Big leaf maple is a deciduous Tree, to 50 feet, but normally more like 30 feet ,often developing several trunks. Large maple leaves colorful in autumn. Native from Alaska to southern California.(You ...
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Acer negundo californicum
California Box Elder
A deciduous tree, usually 30', possible to 50'. California Box Elder is native to the mountains of central and northern California. Acer negundo var. californicum has a bad rap because of the box elde...
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Achillea millefolium californica
Yarrow
(Achillea borealis ssp. californica (Munz)) Western Yarrow, A perennial that spreads by rhizomes. It varies by locale from 1-4'. The cream-colored (off-white?) flowers are in 3- 4"clusters. It's nati...
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Achillea millefolium lanulosa
Mountain Yarrow
Mountain Yarrow's leaves are smaller and tighter than the common native yarrow in California. The plants are lower to the ground, flowers are as large and a bright, pure white. Achillea lanulosa grow...
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Achillea millefolium rosea Island Pink
Pink Yarrow
(Achillea borealis ssp. californica (Munz)) Island Pink. Yarrow is a perennial that spreads by rhizomes. It varies by locale from one to four feet. Some plants of each population will have 3- 4"clu...
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Actaea rubra
snakeberry
Baneberry is a small perennial that grows in deep woods, north slopes and in meadows from Southern California up into Alaska, Alberta and across to New Mexico. In small doses Baneberry was used by Nat...
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Agastache urticifolia
Horse Mint
Licorice Mint is a perennial with whorls of lovely rose-colored flowers and a delicate fragrance. Best in sun if you want to attract the butterflies. This is a hardy perennial, that is very happy in ...
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Agoseris grandiflora
Mountain dandelion
Mountain dandelion is a little perennial with large dandelion seed 'balls'. These 'balls' (head of fruits) are up to 2 inches across. Large yellow flowers, leafless flowering stems, leaves near the b...
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Alnus incana tenuifolia
Thinleaf alder
Mountain Alder is small deciduous tree that grows from Tulare County in the Sierras to Alaska and into the Rocky Mountains. Mountain Alder frequents the stream banks and north slopes. If you are a fl...
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Alnus rhombifolia
White Alder
White alder is a fast deciduous tree to 20' first years then slower to 50 ft.. Native to moist canyons on the west coast. A nice- looking and fragrant shade tree. It likes sun and water. It is not ...
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Amelanchier alnifolia
Western Service Berry
This Service Berry, is a very slow-growing, deciduous shrub to 10', with edible blue berries 1/4" across. This good wildlife plant ranges from North Dakota to southern California, is an attracti...
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Amelanchier utahensis
Utah Service Berry
Utah Service Berry is a very different looking shrub. The bark is off-white, foliage is green-grey, foliage is predominantly on the outer tips of the stems. Associated plants include Keckiella ternatu...
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Amorpha californica
Indigo Bush
Indigo Bush is a aromatic shrub to about six feet. This shrub in the pea family is native to central and southern California, where it prefers lightly filtered sun to nearly full shade. It commonly g...
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Anemone multifida
Pacific Anemone
Pacific Anemone is a cool little windflower to grows on mountain tops through much of north America and even Chile. Good for a part shade or cool rock garden. Not for Mesa Arizona, better chance in P...
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Antennaria microphylla
Littleleaf Pussytoes
This is a cute little perennial that has a cute little flower that looks like littleleaf pussytoes.
This Antennaria is the the most wide ranging of the Pussytoes growing from California to Ontario Ca...
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Aralia californica
California Spikenard
Elk Clover is our native relative to Ivy. Both are in the Ginseng family, But Aralia californica has medicinal uses as a tonic. In your yard it has a wonderful use, it grows in heavy shade as long as ...
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Arctostaphylos canescens
Hoary Manzanita
Hoary Manzanita is an evergray shrub to 6', and grows in sand or rocky soil along the northern California coast. This species needs good drainage (no standing water after 60 minutes in a 1 foot deep ...
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Arctostaphylos glandulosa adamsii
Laguna Manzanita
Laguna manzanita is a sprawling evergreen manzanita shrub that will form a knee high groundcover. VERY gray with red stems. Seems to be very drought tolerant, deer tolerant and tolerant of neglect a...
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Arctostaphylos glandulosa campbelliae
Eastwood Manzanita
Evergreen bush manzanita, usually about 4' tall. It has 1 1/2" gray leaves, red- brown stems. Among the toughest of the manzanita, roots and spreads to 10' wide, usually on sandstone or clay. This wou...
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Arctostaphylos glandulosa glandulosa
A very diverse manzanita that grows in the coastal mountains of much of California. The botanists have been arguing for years about varieties, forms, subspecies of this species. Who cares! They are ev...
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Arctostaphylos glandulosa mollis
Evergreen bush, usually about 4' tall. It has 1 1/2" gray leaves, red-brown stems. Amoung the toughest of the manzanitas, roots and spreads to 10' wide, usually on sandstone or clay. This would be one...
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Arctostaphylos hooveri Hoovers Manzanita
Hoovers Manzanita is an evergray 10' X `6' bush with red stems that has proved intractable in our climate and soil. This species has an interesting leaf appearance, because of the long, silvery, hair...
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