Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, located on sixty-five acres in the hills above the city of Santa Barbara, has an unrivaled collection of California flora. The living collection of plants on the grounds encompasses intact native vegetation indigenous to Mission Canyon as well as over 2,700 plantings representing over 1,000 taxa. Of these, about 950 are native species or subspecies and about 70 are cultivars of native plants, some of which have been developed by garden staff. The garden has important collections of genera planted in the Garden as well the horticultural introductions that they have made. Nurseries and gardeners have benefited greatly from the educational information and the plants that the garden has provided.

San Marcos Growers is proud to be associated with the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden and are also very pleased to be able to offer several of the gardens past plant introductions as well as to be trialing others for future introduction.

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Introductions we currently grow:

Aristida purpurea 'Chino Hills'

Artemisia californica 'Canyon Gray'

Ceanothus 'Wheeler Canyon'

Eriophyllum nevinii 'Canyon Silver'

Heuchera 'Canyon Belle'

Heuchera 'Canyon Chimes' This plant not currently in production.

Heuchera 'Canyon Duet'

>Heuchera 'Canyon Melody'

Heuchera 'Canyon Pink'

Iris PCH hybrid 'Canyon Snow'

Leymus (Elymus)condensatus 'Canyon Prince'

Verbena lilacina 'De La Mina'

Ceanothus arboreus 'Powder Blue' This plant not currently in production.

Fremontodendron 'Dara's Gold'

Hyptis emoryi 'Silver Lining'

Sphaeralcea 'La Luna'