Plants by Genus

One of the most well know California native plants, Salvia apiana, or white sage is used in a variety of ways including restoration projects, typical landscapes, and native American ceremonies. Its pungent fragrance is hard to forget once experienced. ...

Mexican Bush Sage. This is a white flowering form of the popular Mexican Bush sage. Grows into a large shrub that sends velvety white flower stocks that rise well above the foliage. Best with annual cut back to the new growth once it is done blooming to...

A variety of Purple Sage that features light pink-lavender flowers and grows into a large, spreading shrub, reaching 3 to 5 feet tall and 5 to 8 feet wide. It often grows even wider in coastal conditions and is great for covering sunny, bare slopes...

A Purple Sage selection with a compact form that’s great for residential gardens. Grows 3 to 4 feet tall and 4 to 6 feet wide, sometimes wider in coastal conditions. Perfect for sunny banks and sloped areas. Grows best in well-drained, even rocky soil,...

true spreading form - careful not to confuse with S. leucophylla 'Pt. Sal'. Does not hold foliage/flowers as long as Pt. Sal.and takes longer to recover from heat/drought.

true spreading form - careful not to confuse with S. leucophylla 'Pt. Sal'. Does not hold foliage/flowers as long as Pt. Sal.and takes longer to recover from heat/drought.

true spreading form - careful not to confuse with S. leucophylla 'Pt. Sal'. Does not hold foliage/flowers as long as Pt. Sal.and takes longer to recover from heat/drought.

Purple Sage is commonly found growing on dry, rocky slopes and hillsides along the southern California coast. It forms a large, spreading shrub that reaches 3 to 5 all around, sometimes growing even wider in coastal conditions. In spring, it blooms with...

Careful not to mix with S. leucophylla 'Pt Sal Spreader' - this one grows to 6' tall! Very hardy and tolerant plant.

A more garden-friendly form of our native Black Sage that has a prostrate, spreading form and is more likely to retain its foliage in the summer months than its parent. It is extremely drought tolerant and is useful on slopes and for erosion control. In...

A more garden-friendly form of our native Black Sage that has a prostrate, spreading form and is more likely to retain its foliage in the summer months than its parent. It is extremely drought tolerant and is useful on slopes and for erosion control. In...

Black Sage is a woody shrub that grows 3 to 5 feet wide and tall in most settings. Its leaves are highly fragrant, textured, dark green, and smooth on top with small white hairs on the bottom. In late spring, it blooms with whorled clusters of flowers...

‘Powerline Pink’ is a Hummingbird Sage selection notable for its large stature and massive inflorescences. Forms spreading colonies that grow 2 to 3 feet high with spikes of deep red-magenta flowers rising 2 to 3 feet above the foliage. Flowers bloom in...

Hummingbird Sage is an evergreen perennial native to southern and central California coast ranges. It spreads by rhizomes to form a sprawling colony of lightly-furred, spear-shaped leaves up to 1 foot high and 5 feet wide. In spring, massive...

A compact, clumping evergreen grass that grows in upright mounds of slender, yellowish, green foliage. In spring, flower spikes bearing white inflorescences rise 12 to 18 inches above the foliage. In summer, flowers are replaced by tawny brown seed heads...