CA Natives

California or common buckwheat is an apt name for this plant as it likely the buckwheat that most people are familiar with living in Southern California. Important in beekeeping / honey production. Also and important plant for butterflies and birds...

An accurate name for this species as it gets quite gigantic reaching heights up to eight feet. Although the plant is native to the Channel Islands in performs well in many situations including hot interior valleys. The inflorescences on this shrub are...

Arguably the most ornamental of the California native buckwheats, this Eriogonum is most noted for its attractive rose to dark pink flowers. Although the common name is red buckwheat, the flowers are not really red in color. The flower color can vary...

Grows naturally along the coast but does remarkably well inland. Although primarily used in restoration and revegetation projects, this species does have landscape appeal due to its wildlife value, particularly with butterflies. Small inflorescences of...

Heteromeles arbutifolia ‘Davis Gold’ is a rare golden-yellow fruited selection of California toyon (California holly), an evergreen shrub native to chaparral, coastal sage scrub, oak woodland, foothill woodland, and mixed evergreen forest communities...

Commonly found throughout California in all but high mountain and desert communities, Toyon is known for its large, leathery, saw-toothed foliage and heavy clusters of red berries it produces in the winter. Hollywood is thought to be named after the...

Commonly found throughout California in all but high mountain and desert communities, Toyon is known for its large, leathery, saw-toothed foliage and heavy clusters of red berries it produces in the winter. Hollywood is thought to be named after the...

Commonly found throughout California in all but high mountain and desert communities, Toyon is known for its large, leathery, saw-toothed foliage and heavy clusters of red berries it produces in the winter. Hollywood is thought to be named after the...

Heuchera ‘Canyon Delight’ is a California hybrid coral bells selection developed by Dara Emery at Santa Barbara Botanic Garden as part of the Canyon Series. Selected from breeding work involving Heuchera elegans, a California native species, and hybrid...

Heuchera ‘Opal’ is a historic California hybrid coral bells selection developed by Dr. Lee Lenz at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden (now California Botanic Garden) from a cross between Heuchera maxima (California Channel Islands) and H. sanguinea...

Heuchera ‘Santa Ana Cardinal’ is a historic hybrid of Heuchera maxima (California Channel Islands) and H. sanguinea (southwestern United States and Mexico), developed by Dr. Lee Lenz at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden (now California Botanic Garden) and...

A hybrid of H. sanguinea and the California native H. maxima, Heuchera ‘Wendy’ is a evergreen perennial forming small mounds of scalloped, deep green foliage. Blooms profusely with 1 to 2 foot tall spikes bright pink flowers in spring. It is a great...

Heuchera maxima is an evergreen perennial endemic to the California Channel Islands, where it grows on shaded canyon slopes, coastal bluffs, and woodland margins. One of the largest species in the genus, it is valued for its bold foliage, shade...