Fun Lists

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...

One of showiest native shrubs flowering in late winter and early spring. Long, arching (and spiny) branches, are covered with glossy, leathery green leaves and pendant, fuchsia like flowers. In bloom, it is elegant and breathtaking which more than...

Evergreen Currant is a California native Ribes species known for its usefulness as a shade ground cover under oaks and deciduous trees. A sprawling shrub that can reach 3 to 4 feet high and 4 to 6 feet wide is functionally kept under three feet in the...

Salvia Allen Chickering is one of the many Salvia clevelandii x Salvia leucophylla hybrids available on the market. It has grey green leaves and attractive whorls of light purple/medium blue flowers. Hummingbirds and butterflies love to feed on the...

Salvia Allen Chickering is one of the many Salvia clevelandii x Salvia leucophylla hybrids available on the market. It has grey green leaves and attractive whorls of light purple/medium blue flowers. Hummingbirds and butterflies love to feed on the...

A low growing, spreading California native hybrid sage. Parentage is thought to include S. sonomensis. Although this hybrid can be great for slope coverage in small scale residential applications, it has limited functional use in larger commercial...