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.

A robust, medium-sized Aloe that grows in dense clumps of 10 to 12 inch wide rosettes. Thick, succulent leaves are speckled with white and have prominent, sharp teeth along the margins. Foliage color varies from bright green to red to copper depending on...

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...

Coral Aloe grows in large rosettes of broad, blue-green leaves lined with a thin band of coral along their smooth margins. Foliage takes on different hues depending on the season, light conditions, and your garden’s microclimate. In hot, sunny...

Foliage is greyish/bluish green with red on new growth. Well drained soil preferred, especially inland.

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 prostrate form of our native California Sagebrush, ‘Canyon Gray’ forms a mat of soft silver foliage 4 to 8 feet wide and mounding up to 2 feet tall. Will drape over garden features and cascade over walls and banks. Grow in full sun to part shade in...

A prostrate form of our native California Sagebrush, ‘Canyon Gray’ forms a mat of soft silver foliage 4 to 8 feet wide and mounding up to 2 feet tall. Will drape over garden features and cascade over walls and banks. Grow in full sun to part shade in...

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...