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Adenostoma fasciculatum Prostrate Chamise
Adenostoma fasciculatum Prost...
Prostrate Chamise
Pacific Mist Manzanita can make a flat ground cover if you tip the upright stems.
Arctostaphylos Pacific Mist
Arctostaphylos cruzensis south of Los Osos.
Arctostaphylos cruzensis
Arroyo de la Cruz Manzanita
A butterfly on the Harmony Manzanita
Arctostaphylos densiflora Har...
Harmony
An old photo of Arctostaphylos Carmel Sur
Arctostaphylos edmundsii Carm...
Sur Manzanita
Monterey Carpet manzanita flowers.
Arctostaphylos hookeri Monter...
Monterey Pine Manzanita
Arctostaphylos hookeri, Wayside manzanita, this manzanita works great in beach sand near the coast. But we've used it in heavy clay on drip and the plants lived. (At least long enough for us to get off the project.) Amazing!
Arctostaphylos hookeri Waysid...
Inner Monterey Manzanita
In Stock: Santa Margarita
We originally called this Brother Bill, but found he was actually Brother James, and now he's not a brother.
Arctostaphylos pajaroensis Br...
Brother James Manzanita
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 'point reyes' growing on top of a rockwall.
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Point...
sandberry
In Stock: Santa Margarita, Online
San Bruno manzanita grows as a nearly flat ground cover with green foliage and pink flowers.
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi subor...
California Bearberry
In Stock: Santa Margarita, Online
Aristida purpurea var. nealleyi (blue threeawn) in the wild eastb of Barstow
Aristida purpurea
Purple 3-awn
Artemisia Canyon Gray and Buckwheat go well together.
Artemisia californica Canyon ...
Trailing Sagebrush
Artemisia californicaX Montara
Artemisia californicaX Montar...
Montara
Artemisia douglasiana Mugwort
Artemisia douglasiana
Mugwort
Pozo Surf or Parking Strip without water for years, about at about 8 years old. It seems to grow about 60 cm, 25-30 inches high and 6 ft., 2 meters wide. The customers in San Diego love this plant.
Baccharis pilularis consangui...
Lowly Coyote brush
Baccarhis Pigeon Point.
Baccharis pilularis pilularis...
Dwarf Coyote Brush
In Stock: Santa Margarita, Online
This Ceanothus Joyce Coulter was in Greg Rubins' back yard in Escondido
Ceanothus Joyce Coulter
Creeping Mountain Lilac
The Soap plant flowers are delicate white flowers on a three foot stalk
Chlorogalum pomeridianum
Soap Lily
Corethrogyne filaginifolia California Corethrogyne
Corethrogyne filaginifolia
California Corethrogyne
The sticky monkey flower
Diplacus aurantiacus
Sticky Monkey Flower
In Stock: Santa Margarita, Online
Diplacus longiflorus is sometimes called Mimulus aurantiacus, which is what they call almost all the monkey flowers. It's like everyone is Bob and Mary.
Diplacus longiflorus
Southern Monkey Flower
In Stock: Santa Margarita, Online
Red Monkey is red
Diplacus puniceus
Red Monkey Flower
Epipactis gigantea, Stream Orchid. I think this was at Big Bear
Epipactis gigantea
Stream Orchid
Erigeron glaucus, Cape Sebastian works well as a small ground cover or in a pot or container.
Erigeron glaucus Cape Sebasti...
Seaside Daisy
California Buckwheat,the foliolosum subspecies of Eriogonum fasciculatum with a Hairstreak butterfly.
Eriogonum fasciculatum foliol...
California Buckwheat
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