CA Natives

Asclepias fascicularis is a California native perennial that is well sought after for its use in butterfly habitats, particularly as a food source for Monarch butterfly caterpillars. The flowers also supply nectar for butterflies and hummingbirds. This...

Asclepias fascicularis is a California native perennial that is well sought after for its use in butterfly habitats, particularly as a food source for Monarch butterfly caterpillars. The flowers also supply nectar for butterflies and hummingbirds. This...

Asclepias fascicularis is a California native perennial that is well sought after for its use in butterfly habitats, particularly as a food source for Monarch butterfly caterpillars. The flowers also supply nectar for butterflies and hummingbirds. This...

A highly-adaptable deciduous perennial that is one of the primary food and habitat sources for monarch butterflies in the western United States. Spreads easily and quickly via seed and underground stems. Its 3 to 4 foot tall stalks are covered in broad,...

Stunning, profuse electric blue to violet flowers on rigid stems. Tolerant of heavy soils if not over-watered. Cold hardy to 15°F.

Showy rounded flower clusters magenta in bud to dark blue/violet. Compact shrub, heavy soils okay, if not over-watered. Tolerates temperatures in the teens.

Medium blue, frosted flowers with dark green, small leaves. Heavy soils okay. Highly recommended.

Electric blue, long-blooming flowering show. Tolerant of garden conditions. Blooms well in shade. Good for long, narrow spaces. Cold hardy to to 15°F.

A hybrid introduced by the Saratoga Horticultural Foundation, ‘Julia Phelps’ is one of the most striking Ceanothus when in bloom. It forms a large, densely-branched evergreen shrub that can be used as an informal hedge or screen or shaped into a small...

Showy inflorescences on treelike shrub with dark, glossy, broad leaves. Okay in shade or Partial Sun and heavy soils.

Beautiful shrub or small tree with long medium blue flower clusters. Okay for shade, assorted soils.

Long inflorescences usually light to medium blue on light green leaves. Green trunk. Deep rooted, good for hot sunny slopes. Cold hardy to at least to 15°F.

Dark green glossy leaves with very dark blue flowers. Relatively garden tolerant