Plants by Type

The Purple Fernleaf Acacia gets its common name from its blue-gray, frond-like foliage that starts off as purple. These vibrant leaves create a stunning sight on the weeping branches of this small evergreen canopy, which typically measures 20-30 feet in...

A showy evergreen shrub or small multi-trunked tree, Acacia cultriformis is an eastern Australian native popular for its striking grey/blue foliage and spectacular flower display. Small, wedge-shaped, gray-blue foliage is densely whorled along the length...

A showy evergreen shrub or small multi-trunked tree, Acacia cultriformis is an eastern Australian native popular for its striking grey/blue foliage and spectacular flower display. Small, wedge-shaped, gray-blue foliage is densely whorled along the length...

Can be grown as a shrub or tree. Mature size depends on natural form of plant (most are seed grown and take on very different forms). If you are looking for a uniform group of shrubs/trees, this is NOT the plant to choose. Foliage and form can vary...

Prostrate Acacia is an evergreen groundcover, ideal for slopes. Frequently used on Southern California freeways with its larger counterpart Acacia redolens, Low Boy is an extremely functional plant for slope coverage. The blue-gray phyllodes (modified...

A small, compact Aloe that’s perfect for small gardens and containers, ‘Blue Elf’ grows in tight rosettes of slender, toothed, blue- grey foliage that shades to red and purple at the tips. Produces multiple offsets but will only grow about 12 to 18...

A trunk-forming Aloe that grows 6 to 8 feet tall and produces 12 to 18 inch spikes of scarlet red flowers in winter, ‘Erik the Red’ is a show-stopping Aloe that’s the perfect specimen plant or focal point for a succulent garden. Single rosettes born on...

Lemonade Berry is a long-lived native evergreen shrub that is an important part of California chaparral and coastal sage scrub communities. As a food and habitat source for birds and small mammals, it is ideal for native landscape (that has plenty of...

Lemonade Berry is a long-lived native evergreen shrub that is an important part of California chaparral and coastal sage scrub communities. As a food and habitat source for birds and small mammals, it is ideal for native landscape (that has plenty of...

Sugar Bush is a long-lived evergreen shrub native to dry slopes, canyons, and foothills in southern California. Preferable to Rhus integrifolia (Lemonade Berry) in hot inland landscapes and ecosystems. As a food and habitat source for birds and small...

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...

‘Huntington Carpet’ is a prostrate, ground cover form of rosemary that is perfect for cascading over walls or out of planters and is useful as an edible variety. In early spring, its deep green needles are covered in light lavender blue flowers that...

A grass-like California native perennial widely distributed throughout the state, from high-elevation forests to coastal bluffs. Grows in patches of 8 to 12 inch tall scalpel-like blades that are topped with pin-striped, indigo blue flowers in late...