Plants For Chaparral

Orthocarpus exserta Owl's Clover - grid24_12
Orthocarpus exserta Owl's Clover

syn. Castilleja purpurascens. low-growing annual, with purplish flowers, very showy in spring , grows in masses. a well-known California wildflower, believed to be a green, root-parasite, grows under ... Learn more.

Osmaronia cerasiformis Oso Berry - grid24_12
Osmaronia cerasiformis Oso Berry

Oso Berry, Osmaronia cerasiformis, is found in the wild  in either relatively highly forested areas in part or high shade or north slopes in fairly moist partial shade, sandy topsoil, clay subsoil. U... Learn more.

Paeonia brownii Browns Peony

Paeonia brownii is a steely-gray perennial with maroon flowers. Like its cousin Paeonia californica you'll find it tucked under bushes on dry slopes. This peony grows mostly in northern California abo... Learn more.

Paeonia californica, California Peony, is somewhat difficult in gardens, as most gardens are watered year-round, and this plant goes completely dormant in late summer.   - grid24_12
Paeonia californica California Peony

A 1 foot perennial with drooping maroon 2" flowers in Jan.-Mar.. Native from Monterey to San Diego Co. (and on the nursery site). It will tolerate sun to part shade, little or no summer water. You nee... Learn more.

Pedicularis densiflora, Indian Warrior at Santa Margarita - grid24_12
Pedicularis densiflora Indian Warrior

Indian Warrior is a hemiparasitic plant that is commonly associated with manzanitas in much of coastal California. Pedicularis can grow by it's little lonesome (but it will be little, yellow and lon... Learn more.

Pellaea andromedifolia, Coffee Fern, is here in California chaparral.  - grid24_12
Pellaea andromedifolia Coffee Fern

Coffee Fern a one or even two foot tall fern that is native to cismontane California. Pellaea andromedaefolia or) andromedifolia is native to sun in cooler climates and to shade at the nursery site. ... Learn more.

Pellaea mucronata, Bird's-Foot Fern, is growing here near granite rocks in the central coast ranges of California.   - grid24_12
Pellaea mucronata Bird's Foot Fern

Bird's Foot Fern is one tough fern. About one foot tall, native throughout California and tolerant of wind, drought, sun to partial shade. Pellea mucronata grows in full unprotected rock cracks abo... Learn more.

Penstemon Margarita BOP flowers vary from purple to blue depending on water and temperature.  - grid24_12
Penstemon 'Margarita BOP' Foothill or Mountain Penstemon

Penstemon heterophyllus X 'Margarita BOP' is a nice tidy perennial that looks like candy tuft or a dwarf boxwood when not in flower, and a mass of bright sky blue to reddish purple flowers when in ... Learn more.

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Penstemon azureus Azure Penstemon

Penstemon azureus, is a blue-purple (azure) flowering penstemon that is  a little perennial with bluish green leaves. and is native to the foothills and middle elevations of the Sierras. It likes sun... Learn more.

Penstemon centranthifolius is loved by hummingbirds - grid24_12
Penstemon centranthifolius Scarlet Bugler

Penstemon centranthifolius Is an one to two foot perennial with a 2-4' spike of one to two inch red flowers in April-July. Native to dry slopes in the coast ranges and Southern Sierras up to 6500'... Learn more.

Cleveland penstemon has hot pinkish red flowers. - grid24_12
Penstemon clevelandii Cleveland's Penstemon

Cleveland's Beardtounge is a southern California Penstemon 2-3 ft foot tall with pink flowers and gray foliage. This dryland Penstemon is very showy. It grows in the inner coast ranges of Southern ... Learn more.

A few plants of the Penstemon clevelandii var connatus,  San Jacinto beardtongue - grid24_12
Penstemon clevelandii var. connatus San Jacinto Beardtongue

A 2-3' perennial with pink flowers and gray foliage. Showy. It grows in the inner coast ranges of Southern California bordering Riverside county. It is cold tolerant to about 25 deg.. Gray foliage,... Learn more.

The northern form of Penstemon grinnellii. The leaves are gray, plant is more upright, larger. - grid24_12
Penstemon grinnellii var. scrophularioides Grinnell's Northern Penstemon

This Penstemon grows in the chaparral in the California coast ranges from Monterey county north to the San Francisco Bay area and in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains ranging into the pinyon junip... Learn more.

Penstemon heterophyllus, Foothill Penstemon  - grid24_12
Penstemon heterophyllus Foothill Penstemon

Foothill Penstemon is a rather long lived(30 years?) perennial with hundreds of one inch violet flowers on three foot spikes in April- Aug.. Native to dry hills in the coast ranges. It likes full sun,... Learn more.

Penstemon heterophyllus subsp. purdyi (Purdy's penstemon  - grid24_12
Penstemon heterophyllus var. purdyii

Very similar to Penstemon heterophyllus but a little lower, darker green and little less cold hardy. Use this one if your rainfall is above 30 inches. In garden situations this form is happier than P.... Learn more.

Penstemon X parishii, Parish's Penstemon is a hot pink - grid24_12
Penstemon parishii

Penstemon parishii seems to have the cold tolerance and drought tolerance of centranthifolius with the flowers and flowering of P.clevelandii, the plant matures to 3' with a 3' flower spike of the ... Learn more.

An old photo of Penstemon parishii, Pilitas Pink - grid24_12
Penstemon parishii 'Pilitas Pink'

This plant seems to have the cold tolerance and drought tolerance of centranthifolius with the flowers and flowering of P.clevelandii, the plant matures to 3ft with a 3ft flower spike of the hottest p... Learn more.

We no longer grow Penstemon parishii, Pozo_Pink - grid24_12
Penstemon parishii 'Pozo Pink'

This plant seems to have the cold tolerance and drought tolerance of centranthifolius with the flowers and flowering of P.clevelandii, the plant matures to 3ft with a 3ft flower spike of the hottest p... Learn more.

Penstemon spectabilis, Showy Penstemon - grid24_12
Penstemon spectabilis Showy Penstemon

Penstemon spectabilis is a 3' perennial with lavender flowers in April-June. Native in dry creek beds, hill sides and coastal bluffs of southern California. A very showy border plant, (at the back, ... Learn more.

Penstemon Frosty Margarita  - grid24_12
Penstemon heterophyllus 'Frosty Margarita' White Foothill Penstemon

Penstemon heterophyllus, 'Frosty Margarita' is a perennial with green foliage and very pale lavender flower. This Penstemon grows to be about a foot or so tall and wide with flowers growing maybe 6 in... Learn more.

Foothill Penstemon, Penstemon heterophyllus australis is native in most of Southern California.  Shown here in the Santa Margarita garden. - grid24_12
Penstemon heterophyllus var. australis Foothill Penstemon

Foothill Penstemon is a tough cookie. This Penstemon grows in the inner coast ranges from the Bay Area down through San Diego. It will grow to about 18 inches tall and wide. This Penstemon is hardy to... Learn more.

Phacelia californica just filling in container. - grid24_12
Phacelia californica California Scorpionweed

California Phacelia is an attractive little perennial with curling purple flower clusters. Great for butterfly gardens especially in the Bay area. California Phacelia is also native to Los Angeles cou... Learn more.

Phacelia imbricata, Pine Bee Flower - grid24_12
Phacelia imbricata Pine Bee Flower

A gray perennial that grows on the nursery site under pine trees. The fuzzy white flowers are well liked by many native wasps, flies, bee flies and ants. They're a-buzz with activity in May. Learn more.

Phacelia tanacetifolia Lacy Phacelia - grid24_12
Phacelia tanacetifolia Lacy Phacelia

An annual wildflower of sizable portions that grows under creosote and other desert shrubs in the Mojave, Quercus dumosa, Q. Douglasiana and Juniperus californica and other dryland trees in the Califo... Learn more.

Physocarpus capitatus Ninebark, flowers are white - grid24_12
Physocarpus capitatus Ninebark

Physocarpus capitatus, or Ninebark, is a deciduous bush with tiny white flowers in 3"-5" clusters, flowering May through July. Native to the coast ranges and the Sierra Nevada mountains to British Col... Learn more.