Plants For Riparian (rivers & creeks)

A grey willow that is 4-6ft tall in our area. It can get to 15ft in the San Joaquin Valley. It is native all over Calif. (below 3000ft) and into Baja and Oregon. Excellent for stream stabilizing as it... Learn more.

A 10-25\' deciduous tree-shrub. A stream-side plant. It likes full sun and water. Good for stream stabilization. This species is native to much of Ca. thru Ariz. to Utah. It is native on the nursery s... Learn more.

Synonym: Salix lucida ssp. lasiandra. Pacific willow has had a number of name changes and(Red willow, shining willow) but it is a suckering willow that grows in river channels from S. California to Al... Learn more.

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.

We have the sub-species Bracelinae mixed in with the species on the site. The sub-species is smaller is size and has narrow leaves. Learn more.

A 10' deciduous bush that is native from Cal.to Wyo. and Alberta. We have a customer that has it on Bear Mountain, 7500' in Kern Co.. Streamside in a 20" rainfall area. Companion plants were Ribes nev... Learn more.

Mexican elderberry or Tapiro,(Sambucus mexicana) is a deciduous shrub to tree with butter yellow flowers in Apr.-Aug. followed by purple berries in September-October. . This elderberry is native to... Learn more.

Typical is a clump 10 ft. wide X 100 yds. length, in marshy areas, with Ptoentilla egedii, Salix lasiolepis, Polygonum amphibium var. emersum, Pennisetum clandestinum. Stems triangular, at least above... Learn more.

(Syn. S. campestris. S. paludosus, S. robustus, S. pacificus) A creeping perennial with aggressive rhizomes that will fill in a moist creek or salt marsh bank. Learn more.

Buffaloberry(Shepherdia argetea) ia a thorny deciduous shrub that is dioecious. Silver buffalo berry has silvery leaves, white stems, and as it gets older, red berries in a wall of thorns. It is nat... Learn more.

GUIRADO'S GOLDENROD is bright green with yellow flowers and grows from Morro Bay to upper arroyo Grande and up into the wetter areas in souther San Benito County. In both ends of it's range this Soli... Learn more.

A petite rhizomatous perennial glandular hedge nettle with white/pale pink (with purplish pink markings)flowers, and fuzzy light green leaves. This plant grows in many plant communities, from the c... Learn more.

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.

Common Snowberry, Symphoricarpos albus laevigatus is a chin-high, deciduous shrub, gradually forming a thicket by way of its rhizomes, or underground stems. Common Snowberry is native to the coast ... Learn more.

(see S. albus laevigatus, http://www.laspilitas.com/plants/667.htm) A 2-4ft deciduous shrub, gradually forming a small thicket 4-6ft wide. Native to the coast ranges, San Luis Obispo north to Alaska. ... Learn more.

Western Tofield grows in meadows or along stream from southern Oregon to Tulare County. This lily has many small white flowers in a cluster on a lily base. Learn more.

Our Native clovers are mostly annuals. We do not sell the seed but we do encourage the plants. The native clovers should not mowed or killed until the flowers are allowed to produce seed. This page ... Learn more.

A large perennial that is liked by butterflies and other native insects.(You\'ll hate it as it is a very large stinging nettle.) I\'ve seen it in Carpinteria on a north slope mixed with Ribes speciosu... Learn more.

California Vervain is an aggressive perennial that is weedy in gardens. In the wild it is a pioneer species that is used by many native butterflies and other insects. In the garden it will grow to 2-3... Learn more.

Alpine marsh violet is an easy to grow native violet that grows throughout much of the world. Fritillary butterfly uses violets. This violet is also known as Viola Howellii, V. epipsila, V. repens, V.... Learn more.

A native grape hybrid that produces rich red fall color. This grape is a hybrid between Vitis californica and Vitis vinifera. This stunning grape was originally discovered by Roger Raiche when he was... Learn more.

California grape is a deciduous vine to 30'. If this grape has no support it will make a nice groundcover and can cover a large greenhouse in 4-5 years. It has clusters of small edible grapes. Bees lo... Learn more.

Differing from Vitis californica largely in geographic area, Desert Grape is native to Southern California and the islands. Desert Grape has silvery foliage and attractive black fruit. The grapes are ... Learn more.

California Fan Palm, Washingtonia filifera, is the only palm tree native to California. It grows in springs in California's southern desserts. California fan palm is hardy to about 10 deg.F. where it ... Learn more.

A very large fern. They can get to be 6 ft. tall in the wild and look like Tasmanian Tree fern. This can make a spot look very old.(As in Bedrock or and old Dino movie.) It grows in seeps or springs t... Learn more.