Plants by Type

An upright, evergreen ground cover featuring dull bluish green, toothed leaves that take on shades of bright red to burgundy over the winter depending on the low temperatures. It spreads exceptionally slowly by rhizomes to form drifts up to 1 foot tall...

Native to dry, inland mountain ranges, Penstemon palmeri is useful for bringing color to desert gardens. Features glaucus blue foliage and blooms in spring with dramatic stalks of large-mouthed flowers. Flowers are pale pink to lavender with dark stripes...

One of the darkest Phormiums, ‘Platt’s Black’ is useful for color and texture contrast in the garden. Broad, arching foliage is a glossy dark chocolate. It’s not a reliable bloomer in southern California gardens and is mostly grown for the foliage, but...

A widespread native shrub that can be found throughout southern California from the coast to inland mountain ranges. Useful as a native hedge for screening or boundary marking. A dense evergreen shrub that can grow 6 to 7 feet tall and wide but can...

Hillside Gooseberry is a native currant with a widespread distribution, growing all along the California coast from Mendocino to Orange County. Grows as an upright shrub with a slightly rambling habit that reaches 3 to 5 feet tall and wide. Features...

A Rancho Santa Ana Botanic selection of Ribes sanguineum v. glutinosum that’s a vigorous bloomer, producing massive drooping clusters of pink flowers from late winter into early spring. It grows as an upright, multi-trunk shrub and typically reaches 6 to...