Bahia dissecta
Ragged leaf bahia
Ragged leaf bahia is a little fuzzy gray perennial that kinda turns green and grows tall when it flowers with yellow flowers. You know, the little fuzzy wallflower and turns into a beautiful flower ri...
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Balsamorhiza sagittata
Arrowleaf balsamroot
syn Buphthalmum sagittata, Espeletia s., E. helianthoides, Balsamorhiza h..
Arrowleaf balsamroot grows from the Southern Sierra Nevada mountains up in British Columbia and across to Colorado. A large ...
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Betula occidentalis
Western mountains 200-8000 ft. moist but not wet situations, deciduous tree to 20 feet a beautiful background for azaleas and such under high shade, won't look at its best under drought but seems to s...
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Bouteloua gracilis
Blue Gramma
A tufted perennial grass. Florets and seeds are in a distinct ornamental structure. It is native in the upper elevations of the southern California desert mountains to Wisconsin and south into ...
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Boykinia occidentalis
Coast Boykinia
Western Boykinia grows in moist woods or along streams from the Santa Monica mountains up through both the coast ranges and Sierra mountains into Washington and east to Montana. A very nice perennial ...
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Brickellia grandiflora
Golden Sashay
It is like Brickellia california but needs a little more water and is more garden tolerant. Its flowers are bigger. A 2' perennial with light green foliage . Do not put in a highly visible area as, al...
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Brodiaea pulchella
Wild Hyacinth
Dichelostemma pulchella, Corms, 1' in height, blue 1" flowers, spring, throughout Ca.,UT, Nev,Ariz.,tolerates most conditions with good drainage, little water after est..Butterfly plant. One of the e...
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Calochortus albus
Fairy Lantern
We occasionally grow this species. Plants with bulbs and linear leaves, in the lily family, grows best in partly shady, mostly clay to lighter granitic soils in the central western portion of the Cal...
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Calycanthus occidentalis
Spice Bush
Spicebush has reddish-brown fragrant burgundy flower, (April-Aug.), that smells like red wine. Native to the mountains of central and northern Cal.. Common associated plants include Carpenteria cali...
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Campanula rotundifolia
California Harebell
A flat perennial with 1" blue flowers arising to 6" above the dark green foliage. This plant likes regular water. It should grow fine in any watered garden but prefers higher elevations in Ca.. It is ...
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Carex fracta
Fragile Sheathed Sedge
A beautiful green perennial that lives in mountain meadows, road cuts, rocky slopes, and seeps. The soil can be fairly dry, but as it dries out the foliage will fade. This sedge looks kinda like som...
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Carex praegracilis
Clustered Field Sedge
Common in meadows, open, wet areas, marshes, seeps, seasonally wet edges of ponds, frequently alkaline soil, wide distribution , valleys up to middle elevations in CA, grows in western NA,to central U...
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Carex sartwelliana
Yosemite Sedge
(Synonym Carex yosemitana) A medium sized sedge That grows in meadows from southern California up into northern California. This can make a lumpy-lawn like mat if it is happy. I guess I could describe...
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Carex serratodens
Bifid Sedge
Bifid referring to the top of the fruit covering which is cleft into two parts, , somewhat tufted perennial to 5 ft. hgt., mostly in the coast ranges of CA, more uncommon in the Sierra Nevada, lvs, fl...
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Carpenteria californica
Bush Anemone
Bush Anemone (Carpenteria) is an evergreen shrub, 6' by 3' in the garden, 8 ft. X 12 ft. with a 6-12 inch trunk in the wild. Carpenteria is native to the foothills of Fresno County, where it grows al...
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Castanopsis sempervirens
Bush Chinquapin
A slow growing bush that lives in the middle elevations of inner California mountains into southern Oregon. In the wild they grow in raw granitic gravel/sand/rock. Companion plants include Abies conc...
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Ceanothus crassifolius
Hoary-leaved Ceanothus
A large shrub, small tree, to 12 ft, white flowers, native to S.Ca. mountains, crinkly leaves 1/4-1/2" leaves with white fuzzy undersides, a tough plant, for interior Ca., drought resistant, should be...
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Ceanothus cuneatus
Buckbrush
Buckbrush is a fragrant evergreen shrub, flowers vary from blue to white, Mar-May. Native from Oregon to Baja in the coast ranges and Sierra Nevada mountains. Likes full sun and fast drainage. Use a...
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Ceanothus foliosus
Wavy Leaf Mountain lilac
Wavy Leaf Ceanothus is an evergreen shrub that can grow to four or five feet inland, one to two foot near the coast with wind. Near the coast in cool summer areas Ceanothus foliosus prefers full sun, ...
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Ceanothus greggii vestitus
Mountain Buckbrush
Mountain Buckbrush is a Ceanothus growing in the Tehachapi Mountains, the western transverse ranges, White and Inyo ranges and the desert mountains of Southern California. Commonly grows to less tha...
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Ceanothus griseus horizontalis Yankee Point
Carmel Mountain Lilac
Ceanothus Yankee Point' is an evergreen shrub that commonly grows two or three feet tall and ten feet wide. A mounding mass of glossy green with blue flowers in Mar-May. Does best near coast, good i...
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Ceanothus integerrimus
Deer Brush
Deer brush is a semi-deciduous bush that is polymorphous. Some forms are so nearly evergreen as to be evergreen, eight foot tall, bush like with nearly glossy large rounded leaves. While others are ...
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Ceanothus lemmonii
Trinity Ceanothus
Ceanothus lemmonii is an evergreen, spreading shrub or large scale groundcover. Native to northern California where it likes partial shade to full sun. Trinity Ceanothus doesn't tolerate poor drainag...
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Ceanothus prostratus
Squaw Carpet
Squaw Carpet is an evergreen ground cover that grows on open slopes and under Jeffrey or Ponderosa pines from 4000' to 7000' elevation. This is an excellent groundcover where you know you will hav...
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Ceanothus sanguineus
Redstem Ceanothus
syn. Ceanothus oreganus. Redstem Ceanothus grows from California up into Brish Columbia and east to Montana. This white flowered mountain lilac grows as a small bush in between the forest trees. ...
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