Plants by Type

Our research shows mature height is 3 feet, but since many Australian natives act differently in California, it may reach 5 feet after many years in the ground.

This succulent’s name is not the only colorful thing about this plant. Its fleshy, petal-shaped foliage form rosettes of vibrant colors. Various colors, the leaves can take on green and varying tones of chartreuse. Depending on the time of the year,...

Tree Aloe (or Torch Aloe) forms a large colony of numerous trunked rosettes with sharply toothed leaves that curl backwards towards the base of the plant. Individual rosettes grow to be about 18 inches wide while the entire plant forms a living wall 6 to...

A medium-sized Aloe that forms 2 to 3 foot wide clumps of multiple rosettes consisting of narrow, upright foliage. Leaves are green-blue with small yellow teeth along the margins. A prolific bloomer, conical inflorescences of pale orange-yellow flowers...

A medium-sized Aloe that forms 2 to 3 foot wide clumps of multiple rosettes consisting of narrow, upright foliage. Leaves are green-blue with small yellow teeth along the margins. A prolific bloomer, conical inflorescences of pale orange-yellow flowers...

Fast spreading groundcover. Pretty narrow gray leaves, red bark. Well drained solid inland; more tolerant coastal. Full sun. Cold hardy to 15°F.

A mounding shrub with exceptional shape and pretty pink flowers. Good on slopes and under trees. Tolerant of all soils. Cold Hardy to 15°F.

A staple of the California coastal sage scrub and chaparral communities, Artemisia californica will grow in the hottest, driest conditions, in very lean soil with infrequent to no water once established. An evergreen shrub that’s variable in size and...

A short-lived but remarkable sub-shrub native to the coastal Pacific Northwest, this Artemisia forms a low mound of soft, feathery, silver foliage that’s perfect for contrast at the front of garden beds and borders. Foliage-covered, curved stalks bearing...

Rock Purslane is a showy flowering succulent with a delicate appearance that makes it perfect for rock gardens, cottage gardens, and containers. Forms a 2 to 3 foot wide mound of diamond-shaped, green/blue foliage arranged in small rosettes. In late...

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

Synonyms: Dasylirion quadrangulatum, still foliage will grow to 4-6 feet in length. Flower stalks take a number of years to form (from juvenile stage) and can reach up to 15 feet tall.