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A California native evergreen, the Hollyleaf Cherry can be grown as either a large shrub or small tree. The closely set foliage is adapted to long periods of heat and dryness. Spiked leaf margins look similar to those of some forms of holly. White...

A California native evergreen, the Hollyleaf Cherry can be grown as either a large shrub or small tree. The closely set foliage is adapted to long periods of heat and dryness. Spiked leaf margins look similar to those of some forms of holly. White...

The Valley Oak, endemic to California, is a magnificent and keystone tree found in the state's interior valleys and foothills. It can reach colossal proportions over centuries. This deciduous plant is characterized by its velvety, deeply lobed leaves...

A widespread native shrub that can be found throughout southern California from the coast to inland mountain ranges. Useful as a native hedge for screening or boundary marking. A dense evergreen shrub that can grow 6 to 7 feet tall and wide but can...

Lemonade Berry is a long-lived native evergreen shrub that is an important part of California chaparral and coastal sage scrub communities. As a food and habitat source for birds and small mammals, it is ideal for native landscape (that has plenty of...

Sugar Bush is a long-lived evergreen shrub native to dry slopes, canyons, and foothills in southern California. Preferable to Rhus integrifolia (Lemonade Berry) in hot inland landscapes and ecosystems. As a food and habitat source for birds and small...