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Caesalpinia mexicana |
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Mexican Caesalpinia - Shrub/ small tree 10 to 15' w/rounded leaflets & yellow flowers. Full sun. Evergreen and hardy to 15 F - recovers quicky from from cold damage.
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Calamagrostis effusiflora |
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Lushan Feather Reed Grass - Evergreen grass to 3-4' w/ lilac tinted yellow-green flwrs to 5-6' summer-fall. Full sun/light shade. Water moderately. Hardy to -4 degrees F.
[C. brachytricha 'Lushan', Deyeuxia effusiflora]
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Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' |
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Feather Reed Grass - Evergreen grass to 3' w/ pink-bronze flowers to 5-6' in summer. Full sun/light shade. Water moderately. Hardy to <15 degrees F.
[Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Stricta']
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Callisia fragrans |
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Basket Plant - Low growing perennial with long green and maroon lvs. Plant in part sun (more maroon) to full shade. Water regularly. Hardy to 30-32 F.
[Tradescantia dracaenoides, Hort]
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Callisia navicularis |
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Mexican Chain Plant - Mat forming evergreen groundcover w/1" long hard green & maroon lvs w/ violet flwrs in summer. Full sun/shade. Occasional H2O. Hardy to 20F.
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Callisia repens |
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Creeping Inchplant - Mat forming evergreen groundcover w/1" long soft green & maroon lvs w/ white flwrs in spring. Full sun/shade. Occasional/regular H2O. Hardy to 20F.
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Callistemon 'Little John' |
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Dwarf Callistemon - Compact evergreen shrub to 3-5'+ tall by 3 to 6'+ wide w/red flowers in summer-fall. Full sun. Drought tolerant. Hardy to 20-25 degrees F.
[Melaleuca]
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Callistemon salignus |
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White Bottlebrush - Large shrub/small tree to 25' tall w/pink foliage flushes & spring cream flwrs. Full/part sun. Regular to little H2O. Hardy to 20F.
[Melaleuca salicina]
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Calothamnus quadrifidus 'Seaside' |
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Seaside One-sided Bottlebrush - Evergreen shrub to 5-7' with soft narrow lvs flushed pink & red flwrs winter-summer. Plant in full sun. Low water needs. Hardy to 16 degrees F.
[Melaleuca quadrifida, C. villosus, Hort.]
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Calothamnus quadrifidus 'Yellow Form' |
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Yellow Netbush - Shrub to 6-8' tall w/pine-needle lvs & bright yellow flwrs. Plant in full sun. Low water needs. Hardy to 16 degrees F.
[Melaleuca quadrifida]
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Canna 'Intrigue' |
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Tuberous perennial with red-purple foliage & orange flowers in summer-fall. 6' tall. Full sun. Regular to occasional watering. Hardy to 0 degrees F.
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Capparis spinosa var. inermis |
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Caper Bush - Deciduous shrub to 2-3' tall x 4' wide w/white flwrs in spring. Full sun. Low water needs. Flower buds and fruit are edible. Hardy to 10-15 degrees F.
[C. spinosa var. orientalis, C. orientalis]
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Carex harfordii 'Tunitas Creek' |
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Harford's Sedge - Evergreen grass-like plant to 18' tall by as wide. Green flower in spring. Sun/Shade. Regular to occasional watering. Hardy 10 degrees F.
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Carex praegracilis |
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California Field Sedge - Short rich green sedge to 6-8" tall - spreads by rhizomes. A great meadow "grass". Full sun/light shade. Regular/occasional irrigation. Hardy to 10F.
[C. pansa, Hort.]
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Carex testacea |
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Orange Sedge - Evergreen grass-like plant to 18" tall with orange-green fine foliage. Short lived but reseeds. Full sun. Regular water. Hardy to <15 degrees F.
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Cassia leptophylla |
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Gold Medallion Tree - Semi-evergreen tree to 20-25' w/dark green lvs & large yellow flowers in summer. Full sun. Low water needs. Hardy to 25 degrees F.
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Castanospermum australe |
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Moreton Bay Chestnut - Evergreen tree to 40' tall with red & yellow flowers in the summer. Full sun. Low to medium water needs. Hardy to 25 degrees F.
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Casuarina glauca 'Cousin It' |
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Prostrate Swamp Oak - Groundcover 1' tall by 6+' wide w/blue-green needle-like foliage. Plant in full sun to light shade. Irrigate infrequently to regularly. Hardy to 20F.
[C.glauca prostrata, C. glauca 'Shagpile']
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Ceanothus hearstiorum |
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Hearst Ranch Buckbrush - Groundcover 6" tall x 6-8' wide w/dark green lvs & spring blue flwrs. Low H2O & full sun/shade on coast, shade and regular H20 inland. Hardy to 15 F.
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Ceanothus 'Joyce Coulter' |
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Joyce Coulter Ceanothus - Evergreen shrub 2-3' tall and 10-15' wide w/blue flwrs in spring. Full sun/ part shade inland. Low water needs in coastal gardens. Hardy to 10-15 F.
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