California Natives

A white-flowering form of a Mimulus native to the Sierra Nevada and coastal mountain ranges. Features creamy white flowers with densely ruffled edges and pale yellow throats. A thinner and glossier leaf than many of the Southern California species...

forms mats, fast growing

Diplacus longiflorus (newer name)

A variety of sticky Monkeyflower native to southern California chaparral and rocky hillsides. Blooms mid spring to early summer with dark carmine red flowers with yellow-orange throats. Plant in full sun to part shade? Prefers very well-draining, even...

Native to dry slopes along the central and southern California coast, Penstemon centranthifolius is notable for its glaucous blue-grey foliage and 3 to 4 foot tall spikes of tubular, scarlet red flowers. Flowers bloom mid spring into mid summer and are...

A perennial native to the western United States and southern California high deserts, Firecracker Penstemon grows in small mounds of cupped, lanceolate foliage that bear tall spikes of tubular, scarlet red flowers in spring and summer. Needs good...