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Woolly Blue curls and Adenostoma fasciculatum (Chamise or Greasewood) in flower.
Adenostoma fasciculatum
Chamise
Baby Bear manzanita bush has dark red bark, bright rose pink flowers, liked by hummingbirds, butterflies, bumblebees and other native bees, easy to grow, tolerates most soils, Baby Bear manzanita is a huggable when young.&nbsp; The height seems to be about seven feet and width about eight feet.The bush can be easily pruned to five feet both vertically and wide.'Baby Bear' manzanita can be used as a six to eight foot hedge. The bright pink flowers are very showy and stay for about sixty days. This manzanita bush has a goodly amount of nectar in it's flowers that is used by hummingbirds, butterflies and many native insects.<br> Baby bear seems to tolerate many conditions and be happy as a bear in most of California.
Arctostaphylos Baby Bear Manz...
Manzanita by the baby bear
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Arctostaphylos glauca, Ramona Big Berry Manzanita
Arctostaphylos glauca Ramona ...
Ramona Big Berry Manzanita
An Anna Hummingbird sipping from a Austin Griffin manzanita
Arctostaphylos manzanita_x_de...
Austin Griffith's manzanita
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Arctostaphylos rudis, Shag Bark manzanita
Arctostaphylos rudis Burton B...
ShagBark Manzanita
Arctostaphylos wellsii, Well's manzanita
Arctostaphylos wellsii Wells ...
Wells Manzanita
Baccharis emoryi, Emory Baccharis flowers. with a Painted Lady
Baccharis emoryi
Emory Baccharis
In Stock: Santa Margarita
Calystegia purpurata Purplish Morning Glory
Calystegia purpurata
Purplish Morning Glory
Ceanothus Celestial Blue makes an interesting flower show.
Ceanothus Celestial Blue
Ceanothus Ray Hartman
Ceanothus Ray Hartman
Mountain Lilac
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deep blue flowers of the Tassajar Blue
Ceanothus Tassajara Blue Cean...
Mountain Lilac
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Owlswood Blue can make a good hedge.
Ceanothus arboreus Owlswood B...
Island Mtn. Lilac
Forestiera neomexicana, Desert Olive, is growing here in a moist swale in overgrazed rangeland in the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains of California.
Forestiera neomexicana
Desert Olive
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Galvezia speciosa, Island Snapdragon, is very sensitive to frost, has pretty red flowers, and ranges from the California Channel Islands to Mexico.
Galvezia speciosa
Island Snapdragon
Western Bluebird on Mahonia nevinii, (syn. Berberis nevinii) Nevin's Barberry berries.
Mahonia nevinii
Nevin's Barberry
In Stock: Santa Margarita
Osmaronia cerasiformis Oso Berry
Osmaronia cerasiformis
Oso Berry
Psoralea macrostachya, Leather Root flowers
Psoralea macrostachya
Leather Root
Romneya coulteri, Matilija Poppy thicket
Romneya coulteri
Matilija Poppy
Vitis californica, California Grapes have large seeds that the birds like. Fruit taste like a concord grape.
Vitis californica
California Grape
Vitis girdiana, Southern California Grape used to grow all around San Diego, Orange and Riverside counties.
Vitis girdiana
Southern California Grape
Yucca whipplei Quixote Plant
Yucca whipplei
Quixote Plant
In Stock: Santa Margarita