Perennial

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...

Desert Penstemon is native to southwestern United States where it grows in inland deserts and plateaus. It forms a shrub up to 3 feet wide and tall with large, serrated, blue-green foliage, similar to Penstemon spectabilis. Blooms mid to late spring with...

Widespread in the southern California chaparral, scrub, and woodland communities, Showy Penstemon is an evergreen perennial notable for its large, sharply-toothed leaves and violet and electric blue flowers. Flowers naturally vary in color, taking on...

Compared to 'Blue Spire', 'Little Spire' has darker purple flowers, shorter flowering stems (so no flopping over), slightly greyer less serrate and more acuminate leaves.

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...

Matilija Poppy is a shrubby perennial endemic to California. Blooming in April and May with crinkled bright white petals and cheery yellow centers, its 6 to 8 inch wide flowers are one of the largest and most recognizable among California natives. It...

Matilija Poppy is a shrubby perennial endemic to California. Blooming in April and May with crinkled bright white petals and cheery yellow centers, its 6 to 8 inch wide flowers are one of the largest and most recognizable among California natives. It...