California Native Plants

Native plants are beautiful and full of LIFE!  Native flies, bees, bumblebees, birds, hummingbirds, even lizards. show up in a native garden. 'Wild' life shows up even in remote town gardens. Your garden can be as wonderful as a great movie, instead of picture perfect.

Native gardens need about one tenth the water that 'drought tolerant' non-native gardens need. (We have no sprinkler systems on the motherstock areas.)

Here are some of the pages that we've written for specific groups of native plants. Click on each link to open

(Don't laugh, it is a problem for some.)
California native plants are BEAUTIFUL. If this photo looks familar it's probably the most ripped off image on the web, and it's ours.. - grid24_6
California Monkey flowers are showy plants that like to hang out in the rocks.
This wildflower show was surprising as this strip of Hwy. 58 west of Buttonwillow was usually dead. One of the Hazardous material dumps is in the background. - grid24_6
Where have all the wildflowers gone?
Quercus-cornelius-mulleri as tree along Hwy. 18 North of Big Bear. - grid24_6
We have pictures and descriptions for most California Oaks.
Cercidium floridum, Palo Verde, sometimes called Blue Palo Verde - grid24_12
Native Trees are some of the drought tolerant plants that are native to California.
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California native Honeysuckles are very different from the honey suckles in the trade.
Ceanothus Mill's glory - grid24_6
Ceanothus species, Mountain Lilacs live mostly in California.
Penstemon spectabilis Showy Penstemon - grid24_6
We have a lot of California Penstemons
Native plants by scientific name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z
Native plants by common name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z
Native plants  by cultivar: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

Last edited on 2012-01-08 18:09:28.

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