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California Native Plant Page
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Welcome to our new Native Plant Page. This page has links to the database entries for all of the California native plants that we grow and also features articles about native plants and links to other sites that have information about California native plants. The information is written by our staff horticulturist Randy Baldwin with contributuions by Carol Bornstein, author and past director of horticulture at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden.

 

Native Plant Articles

Arctostaphylos California's Native Jewels  
Ceanothus California's True Blues by Carol Bornstein  
Mimulus Masses of Monkeyflowers by Carol Bornstein  
Salvia Riders of the Purple Sage (many are natives!)  
 

Resources

Native Plant Books We Recomend
Native Plant Websites We Recomend

Native Plants We Grow

  • Abutilon palmeri - Indian Mallow
  • Aesculus californica - California Buckeye
  • Agave - Century Plant
  • Allium unifolium - One-leaf onion - No longer in Production
  • Arctostaphylos - Manzanita
  • Artemisia - California Sagebrush
  • Asclepias fascicularis - Narrow-leaved Milkweed
  • Asclepias speciosa - Showy Milkweed
  • Baccharis pilularis 'Pigeon Point' - Dwarf Coyote Brush
  • Berberis (Mahonia) - Oregon Grape
  • Bothriochloa barbinodis - No longer in Production
  • Bouteloua gracilis - No longer in Production
  • Bouteloua gracilis 'Blonde Ambition'
  • Bouteloua gracilis 'Pestaņas de Angeles'- California Blue Grama
  • Calamagrostis foliosus
  • Calamagrostis 'Little Nootka'(C. nutkaensis x C. foliosa)- Little Nootka Reed Grassi
  • Carex
  • Carpenteria - California Anemone
  • Ceanothus - California Lilac
  • Cercis occidentalis - Redbud
  • Chilopsis linearis - Desert Willow
  • Chlorogalum pomeridianum - Soap Lily
  • Coreopsis gigantea[Leptosyne gigantea] - Giant Coreopsis
  • Cupressus - Cypress
  • Danthonia californica - California Oatgrass - No longer in Production
  • Dendromecon harfordii - Island Bush Poppy
  • Dudleya - Live Forever
  • Eleocharis montevidensis - Sand Spikerush
  • Elymus - See Leymus
  • Encelia californica 'Paleo Yellow' - California Bush Sunflower
  • Epilobium [Zauschneria] - California Fuchsia
  • Erigeron - Seside Daisy
  • Eriogonum - Buckwheat
  • Eriophyllum nevinii 'Canyon Silver'
  • Erysimum insulare - Island Wallflower - No longer in Production
  • Euphorbia xanti - Baja Spurge
  • Festuca californica 'River House Blues' - Ron's California Fescue
  • Festuca rubra 'Point Joe' - Point Joe Fescue
  • Fremontodendron - Flannel Bush
  • Galvezia speciosa - [Gambelia speciosa] - Island Snapdragon

  • Garrya elliptica 'Evie' - Evie's Silk Tassel Bush
  • Grasses

  • Grindelia stricta var. platyphylla 'Ray's Carpet' - Coastal Gum Plant
  • Hesperoyucca [Yucca] - Our Lord's Candle

  • Heteromeles - Toyon, California Holly

  • Heuchera - Corral Bells and Alum Root

  • Hyptis 'Silver Lining' - Desert Lavender
  • Iris

  • Juncus - Rushes

  • Keckiella cordifolia 'Mountain Flare' - Orange Heartleaf Penstemon SMG 2016 Introduction
  • Lessingia filaginifolia 'Silver Carpet' - Carpet Beach Aster
  • Leymus [Elymus] - Wild Rye

  • Lupines

  • Lyonothamnus asplenifolius Island Ironwood
  • Marsilea vestita - Hairy Water Clover - No longer in Production
  • Melica imperfecta - Coast Range Melic - No longer in Production
  • Mimulus - Monkeyflower

  • Monardella villosa ssp. franciscana 'Russian River' - Coyote Mint
  • Myrica californica - Pacific Wax Myrtle
  • Muhlenbergia rigens - Deer Grass
  • Nolina parryi ssp. wolfii - No longer in production
  • Penstemon - Beardtongue

  • Peritoma arborea - Bladderpod
  • Platanus racemosa 'Witness Tree' - California Sycamore
  • Prunus ilicifolia ssp. lyonii - Catalina Cherry
  • Peritoma arborea - Bladderpod
  • Quercus - Oak

  • Rhamnus - Coffeeberry

  • Rhus integrifolia - Lemonade Berry
  • Rhus lentii - Pink Flowering Sumac
  • Rhus ovata - Sugar Bush
  • Ribes - Currants and Gooseberry's

  • Romneya coulteri - Matilija Poppy
  • Rosa californica 'Elsie' - California Rose
  • Salvia - Sage

  • Romneya coulteri - Matilija Poppy
  • Scirpus cernuus - Low Bulrush
  • Senecio palmeri 'Silver and Gold' - Guadalupe Island Senecio
  • Sisyrinchium

  • Solanum - Night Shade

  • Sphaeralcea 'La Luna' - No longer in Production
  • Sporobolus wrightii - Sacaton
  • Symphiocarpos - Snowberry

  • Teucrium glandulosum 'Cedros' - Desert Germander
  • Trichostema - Bluecurls

  • Typha angustifolia - Cattail
  • Umbellularia californica - California Bay
  • Venegasia carpesioides - Canyon Sunflower - No longer in Production
  • Verbena

  • Vitis 'Roger's Red' - Roger's California Grape
  • Yucca - See Hesperoyucca
  • Zauschneria- See Epilobium