Native Perennials
| Achillea millefolium 'Island Pink' | Island Pink Yarrow | |||
| Pink flowering version of Yarrow from the Channel Islands. | ||||
| (4) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Achillea millefolium 'Lake County' | Lake County Yarrow | ||
| (1) | 2 gal | 18.00 | |
| Achillea millefolium 'Shell Beach' | Shell Beach Yarrow | ||
| (1) | 2 gal | 22.00 | |
| Achillea millefolium. | Yarrow | ||
| (9) | 4" pot | 6.00 | |
| Anaphalis margaritacea | Pearly Everlasting | ||
| (1) | 1/2 gal | 8.00 | |
| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | |
| Anemopsis californica | Yerba Mansa | ||
| (1) | 2 gal | 18.00 | |
| (6) | 1 gal | 12.00 | |
| Angelica hendersonii | Coast Angelica | Presidio SF | ||
| (1) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| Apocynum cannabinum | Indian hemp | |||
 A robust 4-foot shrub, generally in moist places, with smooth bay-shaped leaves and small white flowers. Used by Indians for rope and basket-weaving, this plant also contains the alkaloid Harmalol, a reversible MAO-inhibitor; the genus is Greek for "Dog-Be-Gone" and refers to its ancient use as a dog poison. |
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| >(1) | 1 gal | 15.00 | ||
| Aquilegia formosa | Columbine | |||
 Classic Western Columbine, truly a gorgeous plant for early
summer hummingbird fodder. Forms several erect, branched stems; 1 to 3 ft. high. Moist wooded areas. Sun to shade. Native to San Francisco and greater Bay Area. Snails also love it, alas.
Extract of the root was used by Natives to enhance energy and stamina. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
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| Armeria 'Victor Reiter' | Dwarf Hybrid Sea Thrift | |||
 Miniature version with light pink flowers, can be stepped on, a little. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (1) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| Armeria maritima ssp. californica | Sea Thrift | Bay Area | ||
 This is our local subspecies with larger leaves & taller light pink flowers. |
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| (3) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (19) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| (4) | 2" rose pot | 2.50 | ||
| Armeria maritima white | White Sea Thrift | |||
 Grass-like perennial groundcover with cheerful white flowers on 6" stems. Likes full sun and little water once established. Easy to multiply by divisions. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Artemisia 'Silver Surfer' | Mugwort | |||
 Wide silver-leafed hybrid of A. douglasiana, sukdorfii and ludoviciana. Mugwort is usually found at streamsides, often well above the stream in loose clumps offering soft fragrant foliage among the Roses, Wildryes and Snowberry. Mugwort has many traditional medicinal uses. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Artemisia douglasiana | Mugwort | |||
 1 to 4ft. high with serrated leaves. Tolerates part shade. Mugwort is usually found at streamsides, often well above the stream in loose clumps offering soft fragrant foliage among the Roses, Wildryes and Snowberry. Chaparral and Grassland. Native to San Francisco and greater Bay Area. Mugwort has many traditional medicinal uses such as treating colds and fevers and calming nerves. |
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| (11) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| (1) | 2 gal | 18.00 | ||
| (12) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Artemisia pycnocephala | Beach Sagewort | |||
 Very reliable in garden conditions, low grower with silver leaves and no fragrance, flowers inconspicuous but foliage gorgeous. Prefers sun and sandy soil. Wild form is a little taller. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| Asclepias fascicularis | Narrowleaf Milkweed | |||
 Delicate narrow leaves and fairly neat appearance. Tolerates shade. Habitat plant for the larvae of the monarch butterfly. |
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| (4) | 1 gal | 8.00 | ||
| (43) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| (6) | shipping box | 20.00 | ||
| Asclepias speciosa | Showy Milkweed | |||
 Robust perennial to 3-foot or more. Large leaves are not as silvery as the species in the photo, flowers are light pink. Needs sun. This is the larval host plant for the monarch butterfly |
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| (1200) | plug | 1.75 | ||
| (6) | shipping box | 20.00 | ||
| Aster chilensis | California Aster | Presidio SF | ||
 A lovely and fast-spreading native aster with lavender ray flowers and a golden center. Local San Francisco source. A guaranteed magnet for butterflies & beneficial insects. Plant in full sun. May become invasive in the garden. Renamed to Symphyotrichum chilense :-( |
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| (5) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (11) | 1/2 gal | 5.00 | ||
| (2) | 10 gal | 35.00 | ||
| Aster chilensis 'Point St. George' | Point St. George California Aster | |||
| Dark purple flower selection. |
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| (5) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
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| Aster chilensis 'Purple Haze' | Purple Haze California Aster | |||
| Dark purple flower selection. |
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| (5) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Aster chilensis (dwarf) | Dwarf California Aster | Tilden | ||
 Low-growing form of our native aster with lavender petals and golden center. A guaranteed magnet for butterflies & beneficial insects. Some varieties can be invasive in the garden but we believe this one is reasonable. |
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| (5) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (1) | 1/2 gal | 8.00 | ||
| Barbarea orthoceras | American wintercress | |||
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| (1) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| (26) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| Betula occidentalis | Water Birch | |||
 Normally a multi-stemmed shrub with brown birch bark but can be trained up as a tall single stem tree. |
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| (1) | 7 gal | 65.00 | ||
| Chenopodium californicum | California Goosefoot | Bay Area | ||
 Edible perennial has a sort of salty taste, the flavor also resembles Miner's Lettuce. Dies back to the large swollen root in summer. AKA Indian Lettuce, Pigweed and Soaproot. Reseeds readily. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
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| (5) | 4" pot | 30.00 | |
| Chrysothamnus nauseosus | Rabbit brush | |||
 A very drought tolerant plant that grows in dry, sharp-draining soils. A 3-4' perennial covered in bright yellow flowers for the summer. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Cirsium occidentale | Cobweb Thistle | |||
 A grey-leaved, woolly biennial with a vivid red flower. Great for pollinators in a sunny well-drained spot! Prickly but not weedy. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (4) | 4" pot | 7.00 | ||
| Claytonia sibirica | Candyflower | |||
 Attractive, shiny, fleshy, spatula-shaped edible leaves related to Miner's Lettuce. The numerous white to pink flowers are borne on racemes for a long period, as long as there is moisture. Reseeds! |
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| (3) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| Coreopsis gigantea | Giant Coreopsis | Southern CA | ||
 Giant Coreopsis grows to 8-foot with a stout tree-like trunk and produces dozens of large showy sunflowers. It grows along the coast from LA north and on the Channel Islands. |
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| (1) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| (1) | 7 gal | 35.00 | ||
| (5) | 1/2 gal | 7.00 | ||
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| Darlingtonia californica | Cobra Plant | Mendocino | ||
 With their bulbous green heads, twisted red tongues, and long tubular bodies, the cobra plant is aptly named. A wonderful (and slightly creepy) carnivorous bog plant. |
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| (1) | 4" pot | 0.00 | ||
| Dichondra donelliana | California Ponysfoot | |||
 A good groundcover for open slopes and headlands, tight green mat with attractive foliage, flower inconspicuous. Fills in between bunch grasses, spreads by runners so don't use where you want it contained. Has been used for lawns in the past though that was a different species. |
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| (4) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
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| (996) | 10.00 | ||
| Drosera rotundifolia | Sundew | |||
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| (1) | 2-3/4" pot | 25.00 | ||
| Dudleya anomala x attenuata | Groovy Dudleya | |||
 A hybrid of two small, totally tubular species from Baja California. It grows in colonies or large clumps. |
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| (1) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| Dudleya caespitosa | Sea Lettuce | Monterey | ||
| Narrow leaves and yellow flowers gradually increase in size. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 15.00 | ||
| Dudleya hassei | Catalina Live-Forever | So Cal | ||
 Medium-sized southern Cal. species with silver sword leaves, develops smooth red stems with age. Easy to grow & spectacular. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| Dudleya lanceolata | Lance-leafed Liveforever | So. Cal. | ||
| Narrow leaves and orange to deep yellow flowers gradually increase in size. |
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| (3) | 1 gal | 16.00 | ||
| Epilobium canum | California Fuchsia | |||
 CA fuchsia blooms in October, a welcome source of color in the fall landscape. It retains attractive silvery low growing foliage year round and spreads by the root. Can be mowed in the winter to keep tidy. |
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| (11) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| (2) | 1/2 gal | 9.00 | ||
| Epilobium canum 'Cloverdale' | Cloverdale CA Fuchsia | |||
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Wide fuzzy leaves on this selection with bright orange-red hummingbird pollinated flowers in late fall when not much else is in bloom. Cut back after bloom for a tidier appearance the following season. |
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| (3) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
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| Epilobium canum 'Marin Pink' | Marin Pink California Fuchsia | Marin | ||
| CA fuchsia blooms in October, a welcome source of color in the fall landscape. This unusual selection has beautiful PINK tubular flowers produced on fuzzy green mounds of foliage to 1-2 ft. tall and spreading by underground rhizomes. Vigorous and easy to grow in full sun to very light shade. Drought tolerant, but like some Summer water. Beautiful against a rock wall, in dry stream beds, or naturalistic plantings where they have some room to spread. Hummingbird favorite. Pruning plants down to a few inches in late autumn helps to rejuvenate them for the following year. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Epilobium canum ssp. angustifolium | Hummingbird Trumpet | Big Sur Gorge | ||
| CA Fuchsia blooms in October, a welcome source of color in the fall landscape. It retains attractive silvery low growing foliage year round and spreads by the root. Can be mowed in the winter to keep tidy. This form has narrow needle like leaves. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Epilobium canum. | California Fuchsia | San Bruno Mountain | ||
| A local population of the wonderful fall-blooming perennial. Low growing and spreading with a red bloom favored by hummingbirds. |
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| (1) | 5 gal | 0.00 | ||
| Epilobium septentrionale 'Wayne's Silver' | Humboldt County Fuchsia | |||
 An exquisite silver-leafed form of California Fuchsia! Less than a foot tall and up to 3 feet wide. |
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| (5) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Epipactis giganteum | Stream Orchid | |||
 Summer blooming streamside orchid. Easy to grow with some water the clumps will just keep growing. |
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| (7) | 4" pot | 9.00 | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 15.00 | ||
| (6) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| Ericameria ericoides | Mock Heather | |||
| A local Bay Area beauty, Ericameria grows in sand dunes and other dry, sharp-draining soils. A 3-4' perennial covered in bright yellow flowers for the summer. |
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| (10) | 1/2 gal | 8.00 | ||
| Erigeron glaucus | Seaside Daisy | Presidio SF | ||
 Common reliable native groundcover, drought tolerant, needs some sun. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Erigeron glaucus | Seaside Daisy | Bay Area | ||
| Common reliable native groundcover, drought tolerant, needs some sun. |
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| (1) | 1/2 gal | 7.00 | ||
| Erigeron glaucus 'Cape Sebastian' | Seaside Daisy | |||
 Common reliable native groundcover, drought tolerant, needs some sun. |
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| (3) | 1/2 gal | 6.00 | ||
| Eriogonum parvifolium | Cliff Buckwheat | Moss Landing | ||
 Compact pink or whitish-flowered species. |
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| (6) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
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| Eriogonum grande rubescens | Rosy Buckwheat | San Miguel Island | ||
 Similar in form to our local coast buckwheat but with beautiful rosy colored flowers. Easy care for sunny well drained spots to 12 inches high and 2 feet wide. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Eriophyllum lanatum 'Siskiyou' | Spreading Wooly Sunflower | |||
 This is the ground hugging form of our soft wooded fast growing coastal sage scrub denizen from the Sonoma Coast, which provides wonderful yellow sunflowers in summer. |
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| (4) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (2) | 1/2 gal | 7.00 | ||
| (1) | 2 gal | 18.00 | ||
| Eriophyllum stachaedifolium | Lizard Tail | Bay Area | ||
 With beautiful silvery-blueish-green foliage and a bright yellow bloom in summer, Lizard Tail is a distinguished member of the local Franciscan flora. Grows in time into a sprawling evergreen perennial/shrub 30" tall and 5 feet wide; excellent wildlife habitat and good for erosion control in disturbed areas. Easy in the garden with full sun, little water, and good drainage. |
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| (5) | 5" tree band | 6.00 | ||
| Erysimum capitatum. | Western Wallflower | |||
 Yellow wallflower that brightens the dry sunny slopes of Mount Diablo and other local natural areas. |
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| (83) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| (28) | 2 gal | 18.00 | ||
| (18) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| Erysimum franciscanum var. crassifolium | Dense-leafed Franciscan wallflower | |||
 A more densely-leafed varient of the Franciscan wallflower, generally with a bloom more yellow than cream. |
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| (1) | 2 gal | 0.00 | ||
| Erysimum menziesii | Menzies' Wallflower | |||
| Yellow wallflower that brightens the sand dunes of Northern CA. Tolerates full sand. Likes good drainage and lots of sun. |
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| (1) | 4" pot | 4.00 | ||
| Euthamia occidentalis | Flat-topped Goldenrod | |||
 Local wetland species. Good yellow color in shade or sun. up to 4 ft tall. hardy and drought tolerant but prefers lots of water in winter. |
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| (22) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| Fragaria chiloensis | Beach Strawberry | Presidio SF | ||
 Forms a thick groundcover, easy and tough even dog tolerant. Beach Strawberry can be distinguished from Wood Strawberry by it's glossy thicker more leathery leaves. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| (14) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| Fragaria chiloensis 'Schooner Gulch Dwarf' | Beach Strawberry | |||
| Forms a thick groundcover, easy and tough even dog tolerant. Beach Strawberry can be distinguished from Wood Strawberry by it's glossy thicker more leathery leaves. |
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| (10) | 1/2 gal | 7.00 | ||
| Fragaria chiloensis. | Beach Strawberry | |||
| Forms a thick groundcover, easy and tough even dog tolerant. Beach Strawberry can be distinguished from Wood Strawberry by it's glossy thicker more leathery leaves. |
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| (1) | six-pack | 8.00 | ||
| (4) | six-pack | 8.00 | ||
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| Fragaria vesca ssp. californica | Wood Strawberry | |||
 A fast and easy groundcover for partial shade, the woodland strawberry gives wonderful white rose-flowers in the spring followed by a bounty of compact, tasty fruit. Soft velvety green leaves take on attractive shades of red when given less water and more sun. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (1) | 3" rose pot | 5.00 | ||
| Fragaria virginiana | Mountain Strawberry | Sagehen Preserve | ||
 Sierra species with blue leaves. Winter deciduous. Does not fruit much. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Fraxinus dipetala | California Ash | |||
 Flowering shrub or small tree with fast-branching habit up to 20 ft. Seems to be deer-proof. Nice choice for a native street tree. |
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| (1) | 5 gal | 0.00 | ||
| Grindelia stricta var. angustifolia | Large Saltmarsh Gumplant | Bay Area | ||
 Local form that makes a 3-foot shrub, sometimes with a thick tree trunk. |
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| (1) | 2 gal | 18.00 | ||
| (1) | 5 gal | 30.00 | ||
| (1) | 10 gal | 60.00 | ||
| (9) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| Hacked By RynXploiter | California Biddy-biddy | ||
| (10) | 1 gal | 12.00 | |
| Helenium puburulum | Rosilla | Bay Area | ||
Tall inside-out orange daisy. |
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| (5) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (3) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| (80) | 5" tree band | 3.00 | ||
| Helianthus californicus | California sunflower | |||
Clusters of 3-inch sunflowers on dozens of perennial stems up to 8ft tall may need staking. Dies back to ground in winter. Likes moist conditions: deep infrequent flooding promotes flowering spring through fall. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (1) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 6.00 | ||
| Heracleum maxima | Cow Parsnip | Presidio SF | ||
 Huge perennial with flat topped white flowers and loads of seed for birds. Cut them back or knock them over in late summer or fall. This is one of a few 'megaherbs' - shrub sized but dies back to the ground in winter. Formerly H. lanatum. |
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| (1) | 5 gal | 30.00 | ||
| Heracleum maxima | Cow Parsnip | |||
| Huge perennial with flat topped white flowers and loads of seed for birds. Cut them back or knock them over in late summer or fall. This is one of a few 'megaherbs' - shrub sized but dies back to the ground in winter. Formerly H. lanatum. |
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| (9) | 3" rose pot | 5.00 | ||
| (21) | 1/2 gal | 7.00 | ||
| (16) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| herb: Mentha citrata | Lemon Mint, herb | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 8.00 | |
| (6) | 4" pot | 5.00 | |
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| herb: Satureja douglasii | Yerba Buena, herb | |||
 This fast-growing minty groundcover with the heavenly fragrance once covered large swaths of the Bay Area, giving its Spanish name Yerba Buena ("good herb") to the original pueblo that later became San Francisco. A delightful, medicinal, and iconic choice from our local flora that deserves a spot in every garden. Satureja has been changed to Clinopodium by the taxonomists. |
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| (8) | 3" rose pot | 5.00 | ||
| Heterotheca villosa 'San Bruno Mountain' | Hairy Goldenaster | San Bruno Mtn. | ||
 An extraordinary groundcover for full sun; lovely silver-grey foliage with velvet texture and cheerful yellow flowers. Completely drought-tolerant and a good butterfly plant. This is a local selection from San Bruno Mountain. |
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| (3) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| Heuchera 'Canyon Duet' | Coral Bells | |||
 Hybrid with compact green leaves and two tone pink & white flowers. |
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| (12) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| Heuchera 'Canyon Melody' | Canyon Melody Coral Bells | |||
| Compact green leaves with rose pink flowers. Hybrid with deep red/pink flowers. |
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| (14) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| Heuchera hirsutissima 'Santa Rosa' | Idyllwild Rock Flower | So. Cal Mountains | ||
 White flowers from pink base and small ground hugging leaves from high mountains in Southern California. Tolerates sun in a rock garden. |
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| (10) | 1/2 gal | 8.00 | ||
| (2) | 2" rose pot | 2.50 | ||
| Heuchera rubescens | Pink Alumroot | Sierras | ||
 A nice compact form with pink flowers Small leaves. drought tolerant. |
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| (3) | 1/2 gal | 8.00 | ||
| Hibiscus lasiocarpus | California Hibiscus | sacramento river basin | ||
 This is a rare and endangered wetland species. heart-shaped velvety leaves and beautiful white to pink hibiscus flowers. plant grows back larger each year given the right conditions - wet. |
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| (4) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| (12) | 1/2 gal | 6.00 | ||
| Hoita macrostachya | Leather Root | East Bay | ||
 Wetland perennial with purple summer pea flowers on 4-foot sprawling stems. Winter dormant. |
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| (3) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| Horkelia californica. | California Dewberry | Bay Area | ||
 Good groundcover for neglected sunny rocky spot. Interesting musky fragrance when stepped on. |
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| (7) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Isomeris arborea | Bladderpod | |||
| A fascinating species that straddles the desert and the coastal scrub, bladderpod can grow 4' tall x wide and it serves as an excellent, versatile, evergreen low shrub for harsh conditions of drought, wind, and sun. Abundant yellow flowers attract butterflies and hummingbirds. The unusual fruit are seed pods like Japanese paper lanterns; shake them to hear the loose seeds rattling around inside. | ||||
| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
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| Keckiella cordifolia | Climbing Penstemon | |||
 A scandent scrambling plant growing into a lovely 3-5 foot thicket with sprays of red flowers in spring and summer. Drought tolerant; full to part sun. Deciduous under extreme conditions, keeps it's leaves with a bit of water in high summer or plant to scramble up other shrubs to hide the summer dormant leaves. Needs good drainage. Major humming bird draw. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (1) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| Lemna minor | Common Duckweed | |||
 We are not certain of the species - this was found growing in our storm drain. |
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| (1) | 6.00 | |||
| Lessingia filaginifolia 'Silver Carpet' | Silver Carpet Spreading Beach Aster | Monterey Co. | ||
 Fast-growing groundcover with silvery foliage and a prolific late-summer bloom. A selection by Santa Barbara Botanic Garden horticulturist Carol Bornstein, collected from coastal bluffs exposed to ocean spray in Monterey County. This plant is also a Gabb's Checkerspot butterfly larval host plant. The name has been changed to Corethrogyne filaginifolia. |
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| (3) | 1 gal | 13.00 | ||
| (21) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| Lewisia cotyledon | Cliff Maids (white) | |||
 A spectacular white- to pink-flowering plant with basal rosette of fleshy leaves and a deep taproot, this plant grows in rocky, sandy slopes and is an obvious choice for the rock garden. It needs full sun and excellent drainage. |
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| (2) | 1/2 gal | 8.00 | ||
| (10) | 1/2 gal | 7.00 | ||
| Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | |||
 Showy red-flowered plant to 3 feet, commonly found along stream banks and other moist places. Needs garden water. Powerful medicinal herb. |
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| (3) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (1) | 3" rose pot | 5.00 | ||
| Lobelia dunnii ssp. serrata | Dunn's Lobelia | UC Bot | ||
 Bright blue flowers last a full month at least in summer. Likes wet and some shade but is drought tolerant. Fine textured groundcover. |
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| (63) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| (2) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Lomatium insulare | San Nicolas Island Lomatium | San Nicolas Island | ||
 A rare perennial coastal parsley relative which provides food for Anise Swallowtail butterfly larvae & yellow flowers with nectar for many beneficial insects. |
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| Lotus scoparius | Deerbroom | Mt. Tamalpais | ||
 Upright-ish version. Yellow-flowering butterfly plant, an early-succession species in disturbed habitats that fixes nitrogen in the soil. A great starter or companion plant when reclaiming a vacant lot with native plants. The name has been changed to Acmispon glaber :-( |
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| (11) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Lupinus arboreus | Yellow Bush Lupine | |||
 Fast-growing short-lived shrub to five feet with profuse yellow bloom. Reseeds easily in the garden and fixes nitrogen in the soil to the benefit of neighboring plants. |
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| (10) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
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| Annual, small species. | ||||
| (1) | 1 oz. seed | 30.00 | ||
| (1) | seed | 100.00 | ||
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| Lupinus propinquus | Blue Tree Lupine | |||
 Fast-growing short-lived shrub to five feet, identical to L. arboreus but with lavender-blue flowers instead of yellow. |
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| (5) | 5" tree band | 4.00 | ||
| Lysichiton americanus | Skunk Cabbage | |||
 Robust bog plant for shade. |
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| (1) | 2 gal | 64.00 | ||
| (2) | 3" rose pot | 6.00 | ||
| Mimulus cardinalis | Scarlet Monkeyflower | |||
 Native to wetlands throughout the American West, this red-flowering favorite will thrive in a watered sunny garden. |
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| (90) | 5" tree band | 5.00 | ||
| (7) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| Mimulus cardinalis 'Santa Cruz Island Gold' | Golden Channel Islands Monkeyflower | Seed from Santa Cruz Island via Tilden Botanical G | ||
 This is the golden-flowering form of the (usually) scarlet monkeyflower. A wetland species, it needs garden water to be happy in cultivation. Grown from seed collected by Glenn Keator and introduced into the trade by the Tilden Botanical Garden. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (5) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| Mimulus floribundus | Many-flowered Monkeyflower | South Bay | ||
 Miniature variation on the yellow annual with leaves more like cardinalis. It's native to wet places and thrives in a watered sunny garden. |
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| (1) | 3" rose pot | 4.00 | ||
| Mimulus guttatus | Seep-spring Monkeyflower | |||
 This is really an annual but it'll survive in a coastal climate and reseeds so readily that it never goes away given some water. It's native to seeps and very wet places and thrives in a watered sunny garden. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 8.00 | ||
| (8) | 4" pot | 4.00 | ||
| Monardella odoratissima | Mountain Pennyroyal | Sierra | ||
 A climbing pennyroyal that also spreads by runners, this smaller-leafed specimen has the sweetest smelling foliage of them all. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (7) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| (7) | 5" tree band | 6.00 | ||
| (6) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| Monardella villosa | Coyote Mint | |||
 A semi-woody shrub/perennial that fits in the Coastal Sage Scrub habitat similar to Sticky Monkeyflower but a bit smaller. The fragrance of the delicate leaves is minty but a bit skunky. Hummingbirds like them. |
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| (2) | 2" rose pot | 3.50 | ||
| Monardella villosa 'Russian River' | Coyote Mint | Russian River | ||
| A semi-woody shrub/perennial that fits in the Coastal Sage Scrub habitat similar to Sticky Monkeyflower but a bit smaller. The fragrance of the delicate leaves is minty/citrusy/skunky, a bit different from the straight species. Hummingbirds and butterflies like them. |
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| (29) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| (8) | 4" pot | 9.00 | ||
| Moss | Moss | ||
| (11) | 4" pot | 4.00 | |
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| Navarretia squarrosa | Skunkweed | |||
 This annual used to be very common in San Francisco, with spiny, fragrant foliage and blue flowers reminiscent of a sage, in the Phlox family. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (3) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| Osmorhiza berteroi | Sweet Cicely | East Bay | ||
 A little woodland fennel relative with sweet anise flavored young seed pods. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| Oxalis oregana | Redwood Sorrel | |||
 This is not like the invasive weedy Bermuda Buttercups Oxalis but is a slowly spreading Redwood forest species with white to pink flowers and purplish leaves that can be nibbled for the sour flavor. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| (9) | 4" pot | 3.00 | ||
| Oxalis oregana 'Klamath Ruby' | Klamath Ruby Redwood Sorrel | |||
| This is not like the invasive weedy Bermuda Buttercups Oxalis but is a slowly spreading Redwood forest species with white to pink flowers and purplish leaves that can be nibbled for the sour flavor. |
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| (7) | 1/2 gal | 7.00 | ||
| (2) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Penstemon heterophyllus 'Blue Springs' | Foothill Penstemon | |||
 Beautiful blue flowers with a touch of pink. This variety is quite tolerant of drought or garden watering. Narrow leaves on a woody well-branched plant 1-3 ft. tall with dense bud clusters on the upper stems bursting into a vivid floral display of luscious blue. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| Penstemon heterophyllus 'Margarita BOP' | Foothill Penstemon | |||
| Beautiful blue flowers with a little more pink than most. This variety is quite tolerant of drought or garden watering. |
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| (6) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| Penstemon spectabilis | Spectacular penstemon | |||
 The grandaddy of the horticultural penstemons, this purple-blue stunner grows 3-4 feet tall and wide, preferring the full sun and little water it enjoys in its native range of southern california washes and ravines (San Gabriel Mtns). |
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| (1) | seed packet | 8.00 | ||
| (3) | 1/8 oz. seed | 15.00 | ||
| (8) | 1 oz. seed | 50.00 | ||
| (1) | seed | 180.00 | ||
| Perideridia californica | California Yampah | Mt Diablo | ||
 Endemic to California, this species has a more intricate leaf. Marvelous Anise Swallowtail butterfly larval food plant. No native plant garden should be without a few of these. Any conditions, grows up to 3 feet, then cut back to the base. |
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| Phacelia californica | Scorpionflower | |||
 Fascinating fiddlehead purple flowers on interesting hairy leaves. Likes dry sunny banks. |
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| (1) | 2" rose pot | 2.50 | ||
| Phyla nodiflora | Lippia | Tesla, Alameda County | ||
 Tiny ground hugging plant, very useful between stepping stones in harsh conditions, as a lawn substitute and excellent butterfly nectar. All sorts of insects are drawn to the flowers of this verbena relative. AKA Capeweed, Creeping Lip Plant, Frog-Fruit, Frog's Bit, Licorice Verbena, Turkey Tangle Frogfruit, Condamine Couch, Creeping Vervain, Matgrass and more worldwide. Larval host for buckeye butterflies. Usually found in moist conditions but has deep roots and easy to keep green in summer. |
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| (13) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 8.00 | ||
| (22) | shipping box | 40.00 | ||
| (240) | sq. ft. sod | 4.00 | ||
| (5) | sod installation | 400.00 | ||
| (4) | sod delivery | 60.00 | ||
| (5) | sod delivery | 300.00 | ||
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| Plantago maritima | Sea Plantain | |||
 Good coastal wildlife species (seed is even edible for people) with a rosette of fleshy stemless leaves and small green-brown flowers on dense 1-foot spikes. AKA goose tongue. |
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| (40) | 4" pot | 4.00 | ||
| (19) | 1/2 gal | 6.00 | ||
| Plantago subnuda | Tall Coastal Plantain | East Bay | ||
 Striking coastal wildlife species with a rosette of fleshy stemless leaves and small green-brown flowers on dense 1-foot spikes. An important larval host plant for butterflies. AKA goose tongue. Away from the immediate coast, this species will need additional irrigation. The seeds are edible and they reseed readily. |
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| (9) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| (4) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| Pluchea odorata | Salt Marsh Fleabane | |||
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| (1) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| (1) | 1/2 gal | 7.00 | ||
| Polemonium pulcherrimum | Sky Pilot | |||
This alpine beauty has showy blue flowers with a delicious sweet fragrance on footlong stalks in late summer. Also charming glossy pinnate foliage. Summer water and good drainage in sun or shade. |
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| (4) | seed packet | 6.00 | ||
| Polygonum paronychia | Dune Knotweed | San Francisco | ||
 Low-growing easy and fine needle-leafed dune plant. In the garden it doesn't need sand, just sun, where it swiftly forms a tight mat for a fast and attractive drought-tolerant groundcover. |
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| (4) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| Potentilla anserina ssp. pacifica | Pacific Silver Cinquefoil | Bay Area | ||
 Easy to grow, ferny leaves, silver beneath, flower like a strawberry's but yellow. Likes wet conditions. Spreads by runners like a strawberry. Jepson calls it invasive in the garden. Recently renamed Drymocallis. |
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| (3) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| Potentilla glandulosa | Sticky Cinquefoil | Presidio SF | ||
 Easy to grow perennial groundcover, ferny leaves, flower like a strawberry's. The name has been changed to Drymocallis glandulosa. |
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| (1) | 2 gal | 20.00 | ||
| (4) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| (1) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| Potentilla glandulosa. | Potentilla | Hunters Point Ridge | ||
| Local population of the easy-to-grow perennial groundcover from the serpentine soils of Hunters Point Ridge. Nice ferny leaves and a white flower like a strawberry's. The Latin name has been changed to Drymocallis glandulosa. |
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| (10) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| Potentilla gracilis | Slender Cinquefoil | Sierra | ||
 Big bright yellow flowers and palmate leaves. Recently renamed Drymocallis. |
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| (26) | 5" tree band | 6.00 | ||
| (1) | deepot | 12.00 | ||
| (10) | 1 gal | 8.00 | ||
| (5) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| Prunella vulgaris | Self-Heal | |||
 A spreading verly low groundcover with a purple flower, this circumboreal species has been widely hailed as an important medicinal herb. Spreads vigorously with water. Useful between stepping stones. |
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| (13) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| (4) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| (12) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
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| Pseudognaphalium biolettii | Rabbit Tobacco | Marin Headlands | ||
 Related to Pearly Everlasting and makes a good larval host for American Painted Lady butterflies, this one has a distinct fragrance of Dial soap!Dial describes it as "sandalwood scent created from a combination of 14 different oils." There is also a Ceanothus with this fragrance: Ceanothus oliganthus var. soridiatus - Jimbrush. Formerly named Gnaphalium bicolor (Two-toned Everlasting) because the leaves are green above and silvery below. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Pseudognaphalium californicum | California Everlasting | |||
 Perenial with leaves with a fragrance of maple syrup or curry, AKA California Curry Plant or Ladies Tobacco. Similar to Pearly Everlasting has silver leaves and white pearl-like "flowers" (actually bracts). Very attractive to insects and other benficial wildlife, and appear like dried flowers even when fresh. Spreads by runners underground, with luscious green shoots in spring and an abundant bloomer throughout the summer. |
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| (4) | 5" tree band | 6.00 | ||
| Pseudognaphalium ramosissimum | Pink Everlasting | East Bay | ||
 Attractive pink flowers on a short lived biennial which reseeds readily. Good sand dune plant. Foliage has a maple syrup fragrance, or some say it smells like curry. Formerly Gnaphalium ramosissimum. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| Ranunculus californica | California Buttercup | Bay Area | ||
 Nice addition to a wildflower meadow for February flowers, then recedes in summer. Seasonally damp east slopes with Dodecatheon. Makes a great long lasting cut flower! |
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| (1) | 3" rose pot | 3.00 | ||
| Rudbeckia occidentalis 'Green Wizard' | Purple Coneflower | |||
 Dark purple cones with green sepals at the base. |
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| (2) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| Salvia 'Bee's Bliss' | ||||
Aromatic and drought-tolerant mounding/spreading groundcover with silvery leaves and a soft blue blossom. 6 feet wide, 2 feet tall. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (1) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| (1) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| Salvia spathacea | Hummingbird Sage | San Bruno Mountain | ||
 The local strain of the aromatic perennial that grows wild along the coast from Orange County to San Francisco, this one comes from San Bruno Mountain and thrives on exposed north-facing slopes, or in the dry duff under oaks. Creeps from a rhizome, sends up arrow-shaped leaves with the a delicious pineapple fragrance and gives robust pink blossoms attracting hummingbirds. See the star appearance of Salvia spathacea in the Locals Only story on Bernal Hill. |
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| (13) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Sanicula crassicaulis | Pacific sanicle | San Bruno Mountain | ||
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| (57) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| Satureja mimuloides | Summer Savory | South Coast | ||
 An attractive 18-inch perennial, a native in sunny moist spots along California's southern coast. Pleasant minty fragrance to the leaves; pull off a flower and sip the nectar to learn why hummingbirds love it. |
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| (3) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Sedum spathulifolium | Stonecrop | Montara Mountain | ||
 A lovely creeping succulent, easy to grow in full sun and drought, native to the Bay Area. The bright yellow blooms in summer attract the rare and endangered San Bruno Elfin and numerous other butterflies. |
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| (2) | 2" rose pot | 3.00 | ||
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| Sedum spathulifolium 'Cape Blanco' | Stonecrop | |||
 This variety has a silvery blue leaf. |
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| (16) | plug | 1.00 | ||
| Sidalcea malviflora | Checkerbloom | |||
 Hearty low spreading perennial wildflower for the coastal prairie. Luxuriant in bloom. Larval host for several butterflies; Skippers and Ladies.
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| (8) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| Sisyrinchium bellum | Blue-eyed Grass | |||
 Petite and attractive member of the iris family, largely drought-tolerant with cheerful blue flowers throughout the spring and summer. Mix them in with bunchgrasses. |
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| (5) | 2" rose pot | 1.50 | ||
| Sisyrinchium bellum 'Arroyo de la Cruz' | Blue-Eyed Grass | |||
| Hardy cultivar of the miniature iris relative, largely drought-tolerant with cheerful blue flowers throughout the spring and summer. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 13.00 | ||
| Sisyrinchium bellum 'Fort Bragg' | Blue-Eyed Grass | |||
| Petite and attractive member of the iris family, largely drought-tolerant with cheerful blue flowers throughout the spring and summer. This variety is more compact and tidy than the straight species, thus prized by horticulture. |
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| (1) | 2 gal | 20.00 | ||
| Sisyrinchium bellum 'Ft. Bragg' | Blue-Eyed Grass | |||
| Petite and attractive member of the iris family, largely drought-tolerant with cheerful blue flowers throughout the spring and summer. This variety is more compact and tidy than the straight species, thus prized by horticulture. |
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| (8) | 5" tree band | 6.00 | ||
| (1) | 3" rose pot | 5.00 | ||
| Sisyrinchium bellum 'Rocky Point' | Blue-Eyed Grass | |||
| Petite and attractive member of the iris family, largely drought-tolerant with cheerful blue flowers throughout the spring and summer. This variety is more compact and tidy than the straight species, thus prized by horticulture. |
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| (7) | 1 gal | 13.00 | ||
| (25) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| (7) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Sisyrinchium californicum | Yellow-eyed Grass | |||
 Named "californicum" for the Golden State, this iris relative likes moist streambanks and only opens its flowers in full sun. Easy in those conditions; goes dormant in winter. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| (3) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| Solanum xantii 'Mountain Pride' | Blue Witch | |||
 A greener-leafed nightshade species, reaching 2' tall. Poor drainage is no problem! Part shade and little water are ideal. VERY deer-resistant! |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (10) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| (5) | 5" tree band | 5.00 | ||
| Solidago californica | Goldenrod | Bay Area | ||
Easy to grow, with yellow flowers in late summer. This form is taller than S. spathulata. |
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| (3) | 1/2 gal | 7.00 | ||
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| Solidago spathulata | Coast Goldenrod | Bay Area | ||
Low growing coastal species of Goldenrod makes a neat basal clump of leaves. Easy to grow, with yellow flowers in late summer. The plant has a pleasant anise-like fragrance and many medicinal uses; John Muir wrote that a single sprig can cure depression and atheism. Goldenrod can be used as a laxative and to control diarrhea. Goldenrod actually does not cause hay fever - the sticky pollen is carried by insects, not windblown. |
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| (3) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| Sphaeralcea 'Newleaze Coral' | Desert Globemallow - Newleaze Coral | |||
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| (13) | 1 gal | 13.00 | ||
| Stachys albens | Cobwebby Hedgenettle | Eastern Alameda Co. | ||
 Beautiful, white, very fuzzy foliage with citrus aroma. Easy to grow, can become invasive w/ too much water. |
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| (13) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| Tanacetum camphoratum. | Dune Tansy | Lake Merced | ||
 A silver ferny-leafed dune plant with yellow flowers, this former champion of the Franciscan flora spreads rapidly by rhizomes but is threatened in the wild by habitat destruction. It makes a strong statement of local ecological solidarity in the garden. |
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| (14) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Tellima grandiflora | Fringe Cups | |||
 Thrives on neglect in moist shade, reseeding readily, this Heuchera relative makes a pleasant woodland backdrop and reveals a unique flower on closer inspection. |
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| (5) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| Tellima grandiflora | Fringe Cups | Presidio SF | ||
| Thrives on neglect in moist shade, reseeding readily, this Heuchera relative makes a pleasant woodland backdrop and reveals a unique flower on closer inspection. |
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| (1) | 5 gal | 25.00 | ||
| Trichostema 'Midnight Magic' | Hybrid Blue Curls | |||
 This is a cross between our Trichostema lanatum and T. purpusii from Mexico. It's easier to grow than the straight California species with a similar flower and green leaves that smell like bubble gum. |
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| (1) | 2 gal | 20.00 | ||
| Trichostema lanatum | Wooly Blue Curls | |||
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| (1) | 1 gal | 16.00 | ||
| Typha Species | Cattail | |||
 Vigorous wetland grass with distinctive fluffy seed head when mature. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (1) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| Urtica dioica | Stinging Nettle | East Bay | ||
 Looks like a tall mint up to 6 foot high, edible and nutritious when cooked but its stings can last for hours. Larval host for Red Admiral butterfly. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
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| Verbena lasiostachys | Western Vervain | Berkeley | ||
 Perennial wetland species with tall spike of purple flowers on a lanky plant. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Verbena lilacina 'De la Mina' | Lilac Verbena | Cedros Island Baja | ||
 Evergreen perennial from poor soils on an island off Baja to 2 feet with showy fragrant flowers that attract butterflies. Can bloom almost year round on the coast. Drought tolerant unlike our local wetland species. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (6) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| (5) | 3" rose pot | 6.00 | ||
| Whipplea modesta | Modesty | |||
 Known as Yerba De Selva (herb of the wood) or Modesty for its innocuous character. Keator's description says it always looks like its about to burst into spectacular growth. It is easy & looks good all year round. Very similar to Yerba Buena in appearance and culture. Needs some shade and some summer water but looks great with little water in shade. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
Native Shrubs
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| Lepechinia fragrans | Island Pitcher Sage | So. Cal. | ||
 Fragrant furry upright plant with big floppy leaves and white to lavender pitcher flowers. Good as culinary seasoning. Can be pruned severely often to keep a form. Likes rocky soils. |
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| (20) | 1 gram | 0.25 | ||
| Arctostaphylos 'Pacific Mist' | ||||
 Nice low mounding manzanita with erect branching habit. Grey-green leaves. 2-3 ft. high and 6-10 ft. wide. |
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| (1) | 5 gal | 40.00 | ||
| Arctostaphylos andersonii. | Santa Cruz Manzanita | Watsonville, Pajaro | ||
 Gorgeous, rare, and endangered endemic manzanita from sand hills in the Santa Cruz Mountains, adapted to fog, heat, and drought. Grows 6-8 feet tall and wide with characteristic red curvy branches and a big winter bloom.
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| (1) | 1 gal | 15.00 | ||
| Arctostaphylos bakeri 'Louis Edmunds' | Louis Edmunds Manzanita | |||
 This is a medium-sized manzanita very similar to pajaroensis which thrives in garden conditions. Grows 5-6 ft high and wide. Pink flowers and berries that attract many types of birds and other wildlife. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 15.00 | ||
| Arctostaphylos crustacea ssp. crinita | Crinite Manzanita | Bay Area | |
| (3) | 1 gal | 20.00 | |
| Arctostaphylos crustacea ssp. rosei | Brittleleaf Manzanita | Brotherhood Way, SF | ||
 An old-school San Francisco native, this gorgeous six-foot shrub once thrived in the sand dunes along Brotherhood Way near Lake Merced; it is now rare and endangered. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 20.00 | ||
| (5) | 1/2 gal | 10.00 | ||
| Arctostaphylos edmundsii 'Carmel Sur' | ||||
 Lush groundcover for coastal conditions. Like uva-ursi but leaves more felty with pink tones in the new growth. Tolerates clay & heavy water if well drained. Lovely spilling over walls. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| Arctostaphylos hookeri 'Ken Taylor' | Monterey Manzanita | |||
 2 ft. high shrubby ground cover spreading to 6 feet & rooting to spread further. Fine-textured foliage looks delicate but stands up to rough conditions including high winds and total drought. An excellent choice for the fog belt. |
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| (10) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (2) | 5 gal | 40.00 | ||
| (4) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| (7) | 4" pot | 7.00 | ||
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| Arctostaphylos hookerii ssp. franciscana | Franciscan Manzanita | San Francisco | ||
 Rescued from the Laurel Hill Cemetery in San Francisco, this low, dense manzanita is now extinct in the wild. A beautiful specimen along a rock wall or spilling out of a container. In winter its grey green leaves are offset by dangling clusters of small white flowers. A very adaptable plant, it is drought tolerant, and thrives in heavy or rocky soil, including serpentine.
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| (2) | 1/2 gal | 10.00 | ||
| Arctostaphylos manzanita 'Dr. Hurd' | Doctor Hurd's Manzanita | |||
 Here's the one your mother warned you about: tall, dark, and handsome, a 6 to 12 ft. shrub to small tree with long crooked branches, smooth reddish bark, and large bright evergreen leaves. Highly seductive. The leaf extract of the Arctostaphylos species has anti-microbal qualities and the berries are edible.
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| (7) | 1 gal | 18.00 | ||
| (1) | 15 gal | 163.00 | ||
| (7) | 2" rose pot | 3.00 | ||
| Arctostaphylos montana | Mt. Tamalpais Manzanita | Mt. Tamalpais | ||
| A rare Bay Area endemic from sandstone and granite outcrops, 1-2ft tall and spreading. | ||||
| (3) | 1/2 gal | 10.00 | ||
| Arctostaphylos morroensis | Morro Manzanita | Central Coast | ||
 A rare and threatened sand dune species endemic to San Luis Obispo County. Smallish silvery leaves on sprawling shaggy deep red branches, eventually forming a large shrub of 4-8 feet. |
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| (1) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| (5) | 1/2 gal | 7.00 | ||
| Arctostaphylos nummularia | Glossy Leaf Manzanita | |||
 2-4' tall, with small, dark green round leaves with reddish tips. Old bark does not peel to smooth red. |
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| (1) | 2 gal | 25.00 | ||
| Arctostaphylos pajaroensis 'Paradise' | Paradise Manzanita | |||
 Larger selection of the species, with long bloom and pink flowers. Amazing color of new coppery leaves. Grows up to 8 foot tall and spreading to 10-ft. |
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| (4) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (3) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| Arctostaphylos pumila | Sandmat Manzanita | |||
 An endangered endemic from the sand dunes of Monterey Bay, this gorgeous manzanita grows around 30" tall with greyish-green foliage the texture of fine velvet; new growth is touched with crimson on the edges. Its tight habit and attractive coloration make this an outstanding choice for a small city garden, especially in the sandy soils it prefers. |
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| (3) | 3" rose pot | 7.00 | ||
| (1) | 2 gal | 28.00 | ||
| Arctostaphylos rudis 'Vandenberg' | Vandenberg Shagbark Manzanita | Vandenberg Air Force Base | ||
 A rare species from old sand dunes along the central coast, Arctostaphylos rudis tolerates full sun, no water, and total neglect (when given adequate drainage). Grows 7' x 10', with lovely grey-green foliage and pinkish-white flowers in winter. |
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| (1) | 2 gal | 24.00 | ||
| Arctostaphylos silvicola | Silver Manzanita | Bonny Doon | ||
 Gorgeous rare manzanita with silver foliage, endemic to the sand hills of Santa Cruz County. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 'Emerald Carpet' | Emerald Carpet Kinickinick | |||
 Clean and green low-growing groundcover in garden conditions. 4-18 in. high and 6-10 ft. wide with white flowers. This is a widely acclaimed hybrid of Arctostaphylos uva-ursi and A. nummularia. |
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| (5) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
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| Arctostaphylos virgata | Bolinas Manzanita | Inverness Ridge | ||
 The rare and endemic manzanita from the Bolinas headlands and Inverness Ridge at Point Reyes. A robust beauty of variable shape and size, up to 15 feet. Big bloomer. |
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| (2) | 2 gal | 29.00 | ||
| (1) | 1/2 gal | 10.00 | ||
| Arctostaphylos viridissima 'White Cloud' | White Cloud Whitehair Manzanita | Santa Cruz Island | ||
 The uncommon whitehair manzanita reaches 4 to 6 ft. tall and wide; the cultivar 'White Cloud' was selected by Bert Johnson for its profuse snowy-white flowers and dense, glossy, dark green leaves. He grew it from a cutting taken on the island in 1979. This is a vigorous and rampant grower for us. |
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| (2) | 1/2 gal | 10.00 | ||
| Artemisia californica | Coastal Sage | |||
Evergreen shrub, 1.5 to 3ft. high. Very fragrant greyish-blue feathery foliage. Full sun. Indicator component of coastal sage scrub. Native to San Francisco and greater Bay Area. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (1) | sachet | 3.00 | ||
| Artemisia californica 'Canyon Gray' | Coastal Sage | |||
 Evergreen shrub. This is the ground hugging form. Very fragrant greyish-blue foliage. Full sun. Coastal scrub. |
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| (6) | 1 gal | 13.00 | ||
| Artemisia californica 'Cliffhanger' | Cliffhanger Coastal Sage | Mt. Tamalpais | ||
A medium-sized ground-hugging form of the fragrant evergreen shrub for full sun in coastal conditions. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Artemisia californica 'Montara' | Coastal Sage | Montara mt | ||
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A medium-sized ground-hugging form of the fragrant evergreen shrub for full sun in coastal conditions. |
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| (1) | 5 gal | 0.00 | ||
| Atriplex lentiformis ssp. breweri | Brewer's Quailbush | |||
 Lovely silvery white foliage year round. Excellent wildlife plant. Can be sheared to a tidy 5 ft tall and wide, or in hot sunny moderately-watered conditions, can be 8-foot tall & 25 foot wide. This is an excellent and under-utilized plant, native to the Bay Area, that tolerates harsh soils & poor drainage. |
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| (11) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Baccharis pilularis | Coyote Brush | |||
 Common upright form of this evergreen shrub. Excellent habitat plant growing 5-6 ft tall. Not known whether these are male or female. |
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| (13) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| (12) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| (7) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| Baccharis pilularis 'Pigeon Point' | Dwarf Coyote Brush | |||
| Dwarf form of the native coyote brush. Male cultivar, inconspicuous flowers but neat evergreen foliage. |
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| (19) | 5" tree band | 5.00 | ||
| Baccharis pilularis 'San Bruno Lady' | 'San Bruno Lady' Coyote Brush | San Bruno Mtn. | ||
 This semi-dwarf female makes white fluffy seeds. It was growing about 2-feet high in the wild on San Bruno Mountain. An exclusive Bay Natives selection, chosen for beautiful foliage and tight habit. |
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| (11) | 2" rose pot | 4.00 | ||
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| Baccharis pilularis 'Tennesee Beach' | 'Tennesee Beach' Coyote Brush | Marin County | ||
| This dwarf was growing about 1-foot high in the rocky sand dunes. An exclusive Bay Natives selection, chosen for beautiful foliage, toughness and extremely tight habit. |
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| (1) | 2 gal | 25.00 | ||
| Baccharis pilularis 'Twin Peaks' | Dwarf Coyote Brush | |||
| Dwarf form of the native coyote brush. Male cultivar, inconspicuous flowers but neat evergreen foliage. Smaller leaves than 'Pigeon Point.'
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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (1) | 5 gal | 30.00 | ||
| Baccharis pilularis 'Twin Pigeon Lady' | 'Twin Pigeon Lady' Coyote Brush | |||
| Spawn of San Bruno Lady with Pigeon Point and Twin Peaks. Gender and size undetermined but they mostly seem like low growers. |
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| (1) | 1/2 gal | 7.00 | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 10.50 | ||
| Baccharis salicifolia | Seep Willow, Mulefat | |||
 Like a cross between Coyote Brush and a small willow, this deciduous shrub grows in dry rocky arroyos with an upright open form, spreading by the root. It's fairly drought-tolerant, actually. Good for a tallish open background shrub and high wildlife value in late summer with profuse fluffy flowers, though not 'showy' in a traditional sense. |
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| (11) | 5 gal | 30.00 | ||
| (5) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| berry: Amelanchier alnifolia 'Martin' | Serviceberry | |||
 Deciduous shrub to small tree with showy white flowers in spring, tasty fruit in summer. This cultivar is selected for the quality of it's edible fruit. |
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| (6) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| berry: Vaccinium x 'Southmoon' | Southmoon Southern High Bush Blueberry, fruit | |||
 One of the best for mild-winter areas, a low-chill selection perfect for small gardens or large patio tubs. Blue-green foliage and showy pink to white flowers provide ornamental value, followed by an abundant crop of fruit. Self fruiting, but yields best when planted with another variety. Recommended winter chill: 150 hours. Semi-evergreen. -Monrovia |
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| (1) | 5 gal | 50.00 | ||
| Calycanthus occidentalis | Western Spicebush | |||
 Sprawling 5-8 ft. high deciduous shrub with spicy foliage and fragrant lush vermillion flowers. Likes sun to part shade and moist soils but fairly drought tolerant. |
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| (5) | 1 gal | 18.00 | ||
| Carpenteria californica 'Elizabeth' | Bush Anemone | Fresno Co. | ||
 A fast-growing shrub 5-9 feet tall with silvery shredding bark (on old stems), an oblong blue-green leaf, and a spectacular flower of white touched with gold. It naturally grows in hot dry places, on north slopes with snow melt ground water, but cultivars will take a good deal of garden water in summer. Blooms best with eastern exposure or in conditions of partial high dappled shade. |
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| (3) | 2 gal | 35.00 | ||
| Ceanothus 'Concha' | Concha California Lilac | |||
 8 foot tall, 10 foot spread with purplish blue flowers coming from reddish buds. A long time popular hybrid, Concha tolerates alkalinity, summer water and drought. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| (8) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| Ceanothus 'Dark Star' | California Lilac | |||
 'Dark Star' is the Ceanothus cultivar with the deepest, most intense shade of blue flowers. Perhaps the same as Julia Phelps Often blooms twice in the Bay Area: once in spring and a bonus in fall. Completely drought-tolerant and loves full sun, fast-growing to 5-6 feet tall and 7-8 feet wide. |
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| (1) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
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| Ceanothus 'El Dorado' | ||||
 A big, somewhat slow-growing shrub (for a Ceanothus) with interesting yellow and green variegated foliage. Does well in Central Valley heat.
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| (2) | 15 gal | 130.00 | ||
| Ceanothus 'Frosty Blue' | California Lilac | |||
 Reliable 6-8' selection from seed collected on Santa Cruz island. |
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| (4) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Ceanothus 'Joyce Coulter' | Coulter's California Lilac | |||
 A medium-sized shrub, fast-growing to 3 feet high and 6 feet wide. Full sun, low water, needs good drainage. Similar appearance to Julia Phelps and Dark Star but lower with larger crinkly leaves & lighter flowers - hearstiorum is the next step down in size. |
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| (3) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| (4) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| (2) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (4) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| Ceanothus 'Ray Hartman' | Ray Hartman Ceanothus | |||
 A reliable, tall, fast-growing and big-blooming selection, this hybrid of C. arboreus and C. thyrisflorus makes an excellent screen or can be shaped into an attractive street tree. Larger leaves, similar to the Yankee Point spreader. |
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| (2) | 24" box | 563.00 | ||
| (5) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| (1) | 5 gal | 45.00 | ||
| (1) | 5 gal | 25.00 | ||
| (2) | 1/2 gal | 9.00 | ||
| Ceanothus cuneatus | Buckbrush | |||
 Local to the Bay Area, this ceanothus is tough and deer-resistant! Can grow to 8 ft. White fragrant flower clusters. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (1) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| Ceanothus cuneatus - Flat Form | Prostrate Buckbrush | |||
| This selection only gets 2 feet tall and up to 6 feet wide. Local to the Bay Area, this ceanothus is tough and deer-resistant! Light blue fragrant flower clusters. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Ceanothus foliosus 'Berryhill' | Wavyleaf California Lilac | |||
 2' high, 4-5' wide mound with tiny leaves and brilliant blue flowers. Needs good drainage and no summer water. |
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| (17) | 2" rose pot | 2.50 | ||
| Ceanothus foliosus var. vineatus | Vine Hill California Lilac | |||
| Beautiful deep blue flowers, medium small leaves, AKA Wavyleaf Ceanothus. Endangered species from only 2 known occurrences near Sebastapol, possibly Mendocino. 2-3 feet wide, 6 foot spread. |
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| (1) | 5 gal | 0.00 | ||
| Ceanothus gloriosus 'Anchor Bay' | Point Reyes Ceanothus | Marin | ||
| Popular ground cover to 1 or 2 feet high and 6 feet wide with holly leaves, compact form and relatively deer resistant. Tolerates garden water but doesn't need much. |
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| (8) | 4" pot | 9.00 | ||
| Ceanothus gloriosus 'Heart's Desire' | Heart's Desire Ceanothus | Marin | ||
| Popular ground cover to 1 foot tall and 5 feet wide with holly leaves, compact form and relatively deer resistant. Tolerates garden water but doesn't need much. Forms a dense mat with dark lavender-blue puffs of flowers in Spring. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
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| Ceanothus gloriosus ssp. porrectus 'Mt Vision' | Mount Vision Ceanothus | Point Reyes | ||
| The rare and endangered prostrate shrub, also called Prostrate Holly-leaved Ceanothus, endemic to the Inverness Ridge at Point Reyes, CA. |
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| (1) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| Ceanothus griseus 'Louis Edmonds' | Carmel Mountain Lilac | |||
| Dark green leaves, medium tall to 3 or 4' and spreading to as much as 30' wide -- survives clay, alkalinity, sand, wind, heat, sun, and water. |
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| (2) | 10 gal | 75.00 | ||
| Ceanothus griseus hor. 'Yankee Point' | ||||
| Low evergreen mound, 2-3' by 10'. Great for coastal conditions, and fast! |
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| (1) | 2" rose pot | 2.50 | ||
| (19) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (12) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| Ceanothus hearstiorum | San Luis Obispo | |||
 Beautiful rich blue flowers & small leaves on a mat-forming plant. Coastal origin, needs some shade and water inland and can even handle water near a lawn. Slow-growing but worth the wait for an elegant, tidy, long-lived ground cover. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| (1) | 1/2 gal | 9.00 | ||
| Ceanothus maritimus 'Popcorn' | California Lilac | |||
| Coastal species to 2-3 feet tall and 4-6 feet wide, profuse white spring bloom with the fragrance of buttered popcorn! |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| Ceanothus maritimus 'Valley Violet' | California Lilac | |||
 Coastal species to 3 feet tall and 3-4 feet wide, profuse purple early spring bloom. Tolerates Central Valley heat and drought. One of the most compact shrub form Ceanothus selections. |
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| (4) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| (2) | 1 gal | 16.00 | ||
| Ceanothus rigidus 'Sapphire' | Sapphire California Lilac | |||
 A small (2-4' tall, 4'-6' wide), drought and heat tolerant, deer resistant shrub covered in clusters of dark blue flowers. Horticultural selection of C. cuneatus var. rigidus. |
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| (1) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| Ceanothus thyrsiflorus | California Lilac | Mt. Tamalpais | ||
 3 to 18 ft. shrub or small tree. Light to deep blue flowers that have a sweet, honey-like fragrance. This is the only Ceanothus locally native to the Bay Area; it also grows in chaparral and on wooded slopes and in mixed evergreen forests from Sta. Barbara co. to S. Oregon. Used on wedding nights by Native Californians, the medicinal part of Ceanothus is the root. This complex herb should be used by �healthy people under stress not sick people under treatment� (Moore).
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| (6) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (4) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| Ceanothus thyrsiflorus 'Arroyo de la Cruz' | ||||
 Medium blue flowered selection of San Francisco's local species of Ceanothus. Robust shrub to 10' tall and wide. |
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| (3) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| (6) | 2" rose pot | 2.50 | ||
| Ceanothus thyrsiflorus 'Denim' | San Bruno Mt. | |||
| Nice medium dark blue. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (3) | 2 gal | 18.00 | ||
| (2) | 3 gal | 25.00 | ||
| (5) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
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| Ceanothus thyrsiflorus 'Grande' | San Bruno Mt. | |||
| Big bold leaves and growth habit. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (6) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| Ceanothus thyrsiflorus 'Skylark' | California Lilac | |||
| A popular cultivar of our local species from Mendocino with nice compact growth 4 to 5 feet tall 6 to 7 wide with especially dark green leaves and profuse, long-lived dark blue flowers with the fragrance of wintergreen. Garden tolerant.
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| (1) | 5 gal | 40.00 | ||
| (4) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Ceanothus thyrsiflorus 'Snow Flurry' | ||||
| White-flowering cultivar of San Francisco's local species of Ceanothus. Robust shrub to 10' tall and wide. |
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| (23) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| (1) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| Ceanothus thyrsiflorus v. griseus 'Carmel Creeper' | Carmel Creeper California Lilac | Carmel, CA | ||
| This low-growing selection can spread up to 15 feet while maintaining a height under 2 feet. It has large glossy, bright green leaves and light blue blossoms. Ideal for slopes or spilling over retaining walls. Full sun is recommended for coastal climates while some shade inland would be beneficial. Does best with well drained soils and little to no summer water. | ||||
| (13) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (1) | 2 gal | 20.00 | ||
| (7) | 5" tree band | 6.00 | ||
| (3) | 3" rose pot | 6.00 | ||
| Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. repens | Reposing California Lilac | Bay Area | ||
 Prostrate form of the fabulous Ceanothus thyrsiflorus, the only species of California Lilac native to San Francisco. Forms a tight carpet of ground cover; nice blue flowers in Spring and an occasional bonus bloom in the Fall. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (19) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| Ceanothus thyrsiflorus.. | Presidio | |||
| Narrow leaves, nice blue flower. |
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| (6) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| Cephalanthus occidentalis | Buttonwillow | |||
 A vigorous water-loving shrub or small tree 6-30 ft. deciduous, with distinctive reddish-gold new growth and an unusual flower like a white pufferfish. |
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| (12) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| (1) | 15 gal | 0.00 | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Cercis occidentalis | Redbud | |||
 Spectacularly blooming small tree/shrub that needs some inland valley heat to bloom well (not for the beach) and a place to get deep roots into groundwater somehow. |
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| (4) | 15 gal | 163.00 | ||
| Cornus glabrata | Brown Dogwood | |||
 Fast to establish in well-watered habitats, the deciduous brown dogwood has smooth attractive foliage that draws a wide variety of wildlife. More compact and tidy than other native dogwoods, this is an excellent choice for fall color in the garden. |
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| (1) | 15 gal | 120.00 | ||
| Cornus sericea ssp. occidentalis | Red-twig Dogwood | Presidio SF | ||
 Large shrub with flat umbels of attractive white flowers in summer. Gorgeous leaves and bark turns beautiful shades of red and yellow in winter. Deciduous, reaches 12 ft tall and wide. Fast growing. Likes wet areas, but is surprisingly drought tolerant. |
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| (3) | deepot | 14.00 | ||
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| Cornus sericea ssp. occidentalis 'Hedgerow Gold' | 'Hedgerow Gold' Red-twig Dogwood | |||
| Large shrub with flat umbels of attractive white flowers in summer. Gorgeous varigated leaves and bark turns beautiful shades of red and yellow in winter. Deciduous, reaches 12 ft tall and wide. Fast growing. Likes wet areas, but is surprisingly drought tolerant. |
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| (1) | 15 gal | 150.00 | ||
| (4) | 15 gal | 15.00 | ||
| Crataegus douglasii | Douglas' Hawthorne | |||
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| (1) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| Dendromecon harfordii | Island Bush Poppy | |||
 6'-8' evergreen shrub. Big beautiful yellow flowers! Drought tolerant. Perfect drainage needed. |
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| (1) | 4" pot | 4.00 | ||
| (1) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| Encelia californica | Bush Sunflower | |||
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| (1) | 2 gal | 29.00 | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (32) | 3" rose pot | 5.00 | ||
| Eriodictyon californicum | Yerba Santa | |||
Chapparal shrub to 3 ft. with sticky sweetly aromatic leaves. The botanic name is Greek for "California wooly net" (from the underside of the leaves) and the common name is Spanish for "sacred herb." Makes a good hikers chewing gum and the fiddleneck flowers are a favorite butterfly roost. |
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| (2) | sachet | 6.00 | ||
| Eriogonum giganteum | St. Catherine's Lace | |||
 A giant wild buckwheat that supports all manner of butterflies and birds, St. Catherine's Lace grows wild on the Channel Islands but loves San Francisco weather and can reach 5 to 6 feet tall in full sun under conditions of total drought and neglect. Great source of cut flowers throughout the summer. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (5) | 1/2 gal | 8.00 | ||
| Eriogonum nudum | Naked Buckwheat | Marin | ||
 Dainty pink flowered local species. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| (1) | 2 gal | 18.00 | ||
| Fremontodendron 'San Gabriel' | Flannel Bush | |||
 Large 15-20' yellow flowering form of flannel bush. Summer DRY, full sun, good drainage. Can be espaliered! |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| Fruit: Feijoa sellowiana | Pineapple Guava, fruit | |||
 Super-tasty fruits which are not viable for shipping to supermarkets - just for your back yard.
Pineapple Guavas are an ideal fruit tree for the Bay Area. Originally from the scrublands of Paraguay, Uruguay, northern Argentina and southern Brazil, these non-tropical, evergreen trees are drought tolerant (though they need water to set fruit) and virtually disease and pest free. They feature large, showy flowers with edible petals; dense, dark green foliage; plus delicious fruit to boot. The aromatic fruit is ripe when it falls to the ground. Fruiting season, depending on cultivar, is from late September to early December. Pineapple guavas will grow to about 15 feet tall x 15 wide, but can be kept at any height or width by pruning. For a thick hedge, plant about 10ft.-15ft apart. Their dense foliage is ideal for screening out the view of your neighbors. These seedlings were grown from fruit of 9 cultivars that I found to be the best tasting out of a selection of over 25 cultivars that were developed by our West Coast expert, Mark Albert in Ukiah. Mark has been selecting trees for Northern California that have superior tasting fruit for about 40 years. The seedlings are from: Albert’s Pride, early fruiting, late September – October Albert's Supreme, late fruiting, November –early December Red Beard Clara North Moore, parent of Pride and Supreme Marion Lake Mendocino Drive Lake Mendocino Drive South T3 Elongated -Paul Borchardt - California Rare Fruit Growers |
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| (6) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| (1) | 15 gal | 135.00 | ||
| Galvezia juncea | Baja Bush Snapdragon | Cedros Island | ||
 Photo is a different species. 3-4 feet tall by 4-6 feet wide, the many stems are almost fatter than the leaves, giving it the look of a Palo Verde. Drought tolerant but looks better with some extra water. |
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| (4) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
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| Galvezia juncea 'Gran Canon' | Gran Canon Baja Bush Snapdragon | Cedros Island | ||
| Photo is a different species. 3-4 feet tall by 4-6 feet wide, the many stems are almost fatter than the leaves, giving it the look of a Palo Verde. Drought tolerant but looks better with some extra water. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| Garrya elliptica | Silk Tassel | San Bruno Mountain | ||
 Cuttings taken from a known male. |
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| (2) | 5 gal | 0.00 | ||
| Garrya elliptica 'Evie' | Silk Tassel 'Evie' | |||
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Evergreen shrub that grows more vertical to 10 or 20 feet and can be kept fairly narrow. Evie's flowers are a bit shorter than the James Roof selection but the flowers are more abundant and it has more compact foliage. |
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| (2) | 15 gal | 163.00 | ||
| (4) | 5 gal | 65.00 | ||
| Garrya elliptica 'James Roof' | James Roof Silk Tassel | |||
| The long-tasseled form most prized by horticulture, named for one of the greatest champions of the Franciscan flora. Very similar to shrubby oaks for most of the year, Garrya puts on a show every January with a big winter bloom hanging from its branches like the silk tassels on graduates' caps. |
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| (1) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| Gaultheria shallon | Salal | |||
 Elegant groundcover or low shrub for partial shade, salal has luscious green leaves ringed with a hint of red, and the deep red branches so distinctive in the Erica family, with the same fine clusters of gorgeous urn-shaped blossoms one finds on manzanita and madrone. Salal grows wild on Mount Davidson (San Francisco) and in coastal conditions from Santa Barbara to Alaska. |
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| (3) | 1 gal | 20.00 | ||
| Heteromeles arbutifolia | Toyon | |||
 One of California's most deeply emblematic species, Toyon is a large shrub to medium tree with evergreen foliage, a big white bloom in summer, and abundant red berries in December (hence the alternative common name "Christmas Berry"). Excellent as a hedgerow or other screen, but also wonderful as a specimen plant or focal point in the garden. One of the best native species to attract birds and other beneficial wildlife. Here's a detailed discussion of Toyon. |
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| (1) | 15 gal | 163.00 | ||
| Lepechinia calycina | Pitcher-sage | Marin | ||
| Fragrant furry upright plant with big floppy leaves and white pitcher flowers. Our local species. Can be pruned severely often to keep a form. Likes rocky soils. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Lepechinia hastata | Baja Pitcher Sage | So. Cal. | ||
| Fragrant furry upright plant with big floppy leaves and deep pink pitcher flowers. Likes rocky soils. Hummingbirds love it. Tolerates shade. |
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| (4) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (1) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| Lonicera involucrata | Twinberry | |||
 An attactive shrubby form of honeysuckle, twinberry grows locally from the Presidio to San Bruno Mountain and graces the gardens of savvy native plant aficionados with its attractive flowers and fruit. In conditions of abundant water it can reach 20 feet tall and wide, but is also drought-tolerant in coastal scrub where it is usually 4 to 8 feet tall. |
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| (1) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| (2) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Lonicera involucrata var. ledebourii | Twinberry | Presidio SF | ||
| A shrub form of honesuckle with attractive flowers & fruit. |
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| (5) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (1) | 15 gal | 120.00 | ||
| (10) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
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| Lonicera involucrata. | Twinberry | Butte County | ||
 Northern foothills variety with yellow flowers and red berries. |
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| (1) | tree pot | 18.00 | ||
| Lupinus succulentus | Arroyo Lupine | Los Gatos | ||
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| (2) | 3" rose pot | 2.50 | ||
| Malacothamnus fremontii | Fremont's, Bushmallow | |||
 Felty silver leaves, upright habit, powder-pink blooms. Similar to Lavatera assurgentiflora Native to Shasta to Riverside County including inland Bay Area. |
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| (1) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| (3) | 2 gal | 25.00 | ||
| Malacothamnus palmeri var. lucianus | Santa Lucia Bushmallow | Arroyo Seco | ||
 Arroyo Seco Bush Mallow is a very rare fast-growing, many-branched large shrub covered with fuzzy green leaves and bright pink blossoms throughout the year. Hummingbird magnet. Similar to Lavatera assurgentiflora |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| (1) | 2 gal | 25.00 | ||
| Malus fusca | Oregon Crabapple | |||
 Small tree to 20 or 30 feet with white flowers, needs some moisture, tolerates part shade. Toothed leaves don't look like an apple but flowers do. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Mimulus aurantiacus | Sticky Monkey Flower | |||
 Long blooming drought tolerant shrub about 3 foot tall and wide. This is a major component of bay area coastal scrub and even the edges of redwood forests where it tolerates some shade. Mid-summer brown leaves and leggy stems can be tamed with pruning but even unkept, they just keep blooming. Great for hummingbirds and bumblebees. Deer resistant. Larval food for the Variable Checkerspot butterfly. |
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| (1) | seed | 100.00 | ||
| (3) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| (4) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (2) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| Mimulus aurantiacus 'Jelly Bean Orange' | Sticky Monkey Flower | |||
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| (3) | 1 gal | 15.00 | ||
| Mimulus bifidus 'Junipero Serra' | Junipero Serra Bush Monkey Flower | Santa Lucia | ||
| Low spreading form and larger flower with lighter yellow flower than our local aurantiacus for this selection. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Mimulus Hybrids | Assorted Bush Monkeyflower | |||
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| (1) | 1/2 gal | 7.00 | ||
| (3) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Mimulus puniceus | Otay Monkeyflower | San Diego | ||
 Deep red flowered form of the bush monkeyflower. |
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| (3) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
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| Myrica californica | Pacific Wax Myrtle | |||
 A handsome and fast-growing evergreen to 18 feet or more, adaptable to sun or shade, with bursts of new growth in lustrous light green set off against mature foliage of darker hue and waxier texture. Excellent when sheared as a hedge (it responds well to cutting) or pruned into a specimen tree by thinning the bushy branches to reveal their forking architecture. A proud community member of redwood forests and mixed oak woodlands in the Bay Area. The roots fix nitrogen, improving soils, the leaves can be used to season stews like bay laurel and the waxy berries are a delicacy for northern flickers, chestnut-backed chickadees, yellow-rumped warblers, tree swallows, towhees, Cedar Waxwings and Robins. |
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| (1) | 24" box | 350.00 | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| Neviusia cliftonii | Shasta Snow Wreath | Mt. Shasta | ||
 A delicate and uncommon deciduous shrub 6-8 ft. tall with a delicate white flower, the Shasta Snow Wreath was only discovered by western civilization in 1992. Good for dappled shade and north-facing slopes; prefers limestone soil. |
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| (1) | 5 gal | 40.00 | ||
| (5) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| (6) | 1/2 gal | 7.00 | ||
| Philadelphus lewisii 'Goose Creek' | Mock Orange | |||
 Double-flowered selection of this deciduous shrub with sweetly fragrant white flowers. Large vase shape. This species is native to California's northern mountainous regions. |
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| (1) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| Physocarpus capitatus | Ninebark | |||
 Deciduous shrub between 3-8 feet tall, with rich green foliage and a white rose flower, likes garden water but will thrive on north-facing slopes without. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Physocarpus capitatus 'Siskiyou Beauty' | Ninebark | |||
| Deciduous shrub between 3-8 feet tall, with rich green foliage and a white rose flower, likes garden water but will thrive on north-facing slopes without. |
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| (3) | 5 gal | 43.00 | ||
| Physocarpus capitatus (prostrate) | Ninebark groundcover | San Bruno Mountain | ||
| Low form of the wonderful deciduous shrub; this one stays less than 2 feet tall, with the same lush green foliage (in season) and a white bloom of clustered rose flowers; likes garden water but will thrive on north-facing slopes without and tolerates poor drainage. |
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| (3) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (2) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| Prunus illicifolia | Islais Cherry | |||
 This wonderful and local species (see the old-school population on San Francisco's Bayview Hill) grows evergreen up to 12 feet or more, making a lovely and hardy, bird-friendly, drought-tolerant hedge. |
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| (1) | 15 gal | 125.00 | ||
| (4) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (1) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| Prunus virginiana ssp. demissa | Western Chokecherry | |||
 Showy pollinator-friendly flowers & fruit for the birds on a deciduous shrub. Found near ravines where there is a little more groundwater. |
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| (1) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| (1) | 7 gal | 50.00 | ||
| Quercus berberidifolia | California Scrub Oak | |||
 Semi-evergreen shrub sized oak that fits in your garden. 10'+, drought is a-ok! |
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| (1) | 7 gal | 60.00 | ||
| (1) | 5 gal | 37.00 | ||
| Rhamnus californica 'Eve Case' | Coffeeberry | |||
 A compact coastal cultivar of this excellent evergreen shrub. Clean green glossy leaves & berries for wildlife. Usually makes a 5-foot mound. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 15.00 | ||
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| Rhamnus californica 'Mound San Bruno' | Coffeeberry | San Mateo Co. | ||
| Smaller leaves and a more dense compact habit than the common wild form. 3-7 feet high (perhaps double that) and wider than tall. |
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| (6) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| (11) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (12) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 15.00 | ||
| (29) | 4" pot | 9.00 | ||
| Rhamnus purshiana | Cascara Sagrada | |||
 Large deciduous shrub to 15' or small tree to 30' with handsome leaves reminiscent of Alders, inconspicuous flowers which are attractive to butterflies and berries that birds relish. |
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| (2) | 15 gal | 130.00 | ||
| (2) | 7 gal | 50.00 | ||
| Rhododendron macrophyllum | Rosebay | |||
 Our evergreen Rhododenrdon, a large shrub with big glossy leaves and a bold pink bloom. Can reach over 15', but is slow growing. |
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| (10) | 1 gal | 29.00 | ||
| (6) | 5 gal | 95.00 | ||
| Rhododendron occidentale | Western Azalea | |||
 A secret treasure from the sunny margins of the redwood forest and other moist environments, the western azalea has the most fragrant flowers of any rhododendron we know. Around 15 feet tall at maturity; spectacular bloom through spring and summer; winter deciduous. |
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| (6) | 1 gal | 29.00 | ||
| Rhus ovata | Sugarbush | So. Cal. inland | ||
 Evergreen shrub with beautiful red flush on new growth 4-10 foot with a sweet tasting gummy fruit similar to Rhus integrifolia. |
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| (1) | 5 gal | 45.00 | ||
| Ribes malvaceum | Chapparal Currant | San Bruno Mountain | ||
 The best flowering currant for the Bay Area. More drought tolerant, dense growing and sun tolerant than sanguineum. |
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| (3) | 1 gal | 16.00 | ||
| (8) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| Ribes sanguineum var. glutinosum 'Claremont' | Flowering Currant | Los Angeles | ||
 A spectacular deciduous shrub that blooms in February with long pink tassels, flowering currant can reach 10 feet tall and wide. It loves both sun and shade, grows quickly, and ranks among the most easy and adaptable favorites in the garden for both man and bird. |
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| (3) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (1) | 1/2 gal | 7.00 | ||
| (4) | 1 gal | 16.00 | ||
| (2) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| Ribes sanguineum var. sanguineum 'White Icicle' | ||||
 Gorgeous white-blooming selection from British Columbia with a 6-foot tall and wide habit, tolerates sun or shade, winter-deciduous but among the very first plants to bloom in January or February. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 16.00 | ||
| Romneya coulteri | Matilija Poppy | |||
 Also called Fried Egg Plant because of the yellow center and white petals, this vigorous specimen is best on a dry south-facing slope where its 8-foot flower stalks won't flop over onto the path. Spreads readily from fast-running rhizomes especially in sandy soils. Can be summer deciduous in certain areas. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 16.00 | ||
| Rosa californica | Presidio SF | |||
 Gets big & spreads with sun & water on creek banks. |
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| (1) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| (3) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (12) | 3" rose pot | 5.00 | ||
| (1) | 1/2 gal | 7.00 | ||
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| Rosa minutifolia | Baja Rose | |||
| A rare far southern species with tiny, delicate, almost feathery leaves and fragrant pink blooms. 2' by 5' when mature, much more drought tolerant than other native roses. Clay tolerant. Extirpated in San Diego, it only remains in Baja in the wild where it drops it's leaves in the dry season but it blooms almost constantly with irrigation. |
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| (1) | 5 gal | 40.00 | ||
| Rosa woodsii var. ultramontane | Mountain Rose | |||
 Small flowers in clusters. AKA Pearhip Rose or Woods Rose |
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| (1) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| Rubus spectabilis var. franciscana | Salmonberry | Bay Area | ||
 A gorgeous deciduous shrub from a vigorous rhizome, salmonberry forms a thicket 6 ft. tall with reddish leaves and delicious edible fruit. Often found at streamsides; needs garden water. |
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| (8) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| (2) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (3) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| (1) | 10 gal | 65.00 | ||
| (2) | 3 gal | 28.00 | ||
| Salix exigua | Sandbar Willow | |||
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| (2) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| Salix laevigata | Red Willow | Peninsula | ||
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| (1) | 15 gal | 0.00 | ||
| (9) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| (8) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Salix lasiolepis | Arroyo Willow | San Francisco | ||
 An abundant and highly variable shrub to small tree of no more than 25 ft., common in seeps and springs, meadows, marshes, and other wet places. Attractive catkins in late winter, lovely lush foliage follows. Deciduous. |
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| (1) | 24" box | 200.00 | ||
| (1) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| (1) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| (1) | 5" tree band | 6.00 | ||
| Salix lucida | Shining Willow | San Francisco | ||
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| (1) | 15 gal | 130.00 | ||
| (14) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Salvia 'Allen Chickering' | Allen Chickering's Sage | |||
The favorite S. clevlandii hybrid of Nevin Smith and other discerning horticulturalists, Allen Chickering grows at least 4 ft. tall by 6 ft. wide with a bounty of blossoms in brilliant blue. |
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| (1) | 2 gal | 20.00 | ||
| (6) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (3) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| Salvia apiana | White Sage | So. Cal. | ||
 Silver foliage with a strong and wonderful scent, small white flowers on dramatic tall stalks. Once prized by native Americans for burning as ceremonial incense in "smudge rituals." |
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| (94) | 1 gram | 1.00 | ||
| (206) | 1 gram | 5.00 | ||
| Salvia apiana x mellifera hybrid 'Starlight' | Starlight Sage | SoCal x NorCal hybrid | ||
| This is a smaller version of White Sage. Silver foliage with a strong and wonderful scent, small white flowers on dramatic tall stalks. Once prized by native Americans for burning as ceremonial incense in "smudge rituals." |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
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| Salvia brandegei | Brandegee Sage | Santa Rosa Island | ||
 Similar to our local Salvia mellifera (Black Sage) but with smaller green leaves and beautiful blue flowers; also has a very pleasant citrus like sent. |
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| (8) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| (2) | 2 gal | 25.00 | ||
| Salvia clevelandii | Cleveland's sage | |||
 An upright evergreen shrub to 3 or 4 feet, with silvery-green leaves and
a showy blue flower display in summer,
this drought-tolerant hummingbird
magnet was named for the western
botanist Daniel Cleveland, not for the
city in Ohio. The wonderful fragrance of its foliage hits you at twenty paces. |
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| (3) | 5 gal | 28.00 | ||
| (8) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (1) | 5 gal | 38.00 | ||
| Salvia clevelandii 'Winifred Gilman' | Winifred Gilman Sage | |||
 Handsome, compact clevelandii selection with showy deep violet flowers, reddish stems and a sweet fragrance to about 3 feet high and wide. |
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| (3) | 5" tree band | 5.00 | ||
| (1) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| Salvia leucophylla | Purple Sage | Los Angeles | ||
 Nice shrub with silver leaves and deep purple bloom gets about 5' tall and wide. |
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| (11) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| (4) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (5) | 2 gal | 18.00 | ||
| Salvia mellifera | Black sage | |||
 Hardy, wind- and drought-tolerant, this is the Bay Area's local sage from hot inland areas and grows to about 3 feet. |
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| (1) | 1/2 gal | 7.00 | ||
| Salvia munzii | Munz's Sage | |||
 Small sage, 2-3 feet tall. From far southern CA, and very drought tolerant! Blue flowers. |
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| (5) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (8) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| Salvia pachyphylla | Rose Sage | |||
Desert species, 3-foot shrub with pinkish purple flowers, great for butterflies & bees. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| Sambucus nigra caerulea | Blue Elderberry | |||
 A many-branched shrub or small tree from 10-30' tall and 8-20' wide, Blue Elderberry gives delicious edible fruit and makes a choice selection for the native habitat garden. Common along stream banks and in open areas of forest.
Blue Elderberry can be trained up to a single trunk tree though it's much more common as a multi-stem suckering thicket. |
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| (3) | 5 gal | 46.00 | ||
| Sambucus racemosa | Red Elderberry | Presidio SF | ||
 Very fast growing wetland shrub to 20 ft. Can be cut to the ground annually to keep neat appearance. Great very close to a water feature where it can dip its roots into the water. Large umbels of white flowers followed by stunning red berries which are poisonous to people but loved by birds. |
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| (1) | 15 gal | 150.00 | ||
| Spiraea densiflora | Low Spiraea | |||
 This is the low form (to 3 ft. tall) of the elegant shrub with luminscent reddish-green leaves and a robust fluffy rose-colored bloom. Needs garden water. |
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| (1) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| (36) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
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| Spiraea douglasii | Spiraea | Tilden Botanical Garden | ||
 Named after the Greek for "shrub," this is the Platonic ideal of the form: 3-6 ft. tall with lustrous reddish-green deciduous leaves and an upright bloom of rose-colored racemes densly flowered. Found in moist, rocky areas including serpentine. Needs garden water. |
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| (1) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| Symphoricarpos albus | Snowberry | |||
 Such an adaptable plant, this small shrub is perfect for filling in the background, but actually very charming in the foreground too. Foliage looks shimmering and delicate, yet stands up to tough conditions. Deciduous. |
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| (1) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| Symphoricarpos albus 'Tilden Park' | 'Tilden Park' Snowberry | Tilden Park | ||
| Such an adaptable plant, this small shrub is perfect for filling in the background, but actually very charming in the foreground too. Foliage looks shimmering and delicate, yet stands up to tough conditions. Deciduous. |
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| (12) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Symphoricarpos mollis | Creeping Snowberry | |||
 Local species, low growing ground cover. |
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| (7) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (1) | 15 gal | 75.00 | ||
| Symphoricarpos mollis var. acutus | Trailing Snowberry | |||
 This northern & Sierra species has a very spreading habit and a little different look with a pointy leaf (AKA Sharp-leaf Snowberry) and red stems in a flat laying fishbone pattern. This is a vigorous spreader with six-foot trailing shoots, give it room. |
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| Toxicodendron diversilobum | Poison Oak | |||
 Great habitat plant, adaptable and handsome... but most people are highly allergic to it. Too bad. |
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| (1) | 5" tree band | 6.00 | ||
| Yucca brevifolia | Joshua Tree | |||
 Desert tree yucca. Full of character but slow and tricky to grow. |
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| (1) | 65.00 | |||
| Yucca whipplei | Our Lord's Candle | |||
| A rosette of long succulent pointed leaves up to three feet long. The bloom shows it is a lily relative. |
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| (1) | 2 gal | 65.00 | ||
Native Trees
| Acer circinatum | Vine Maple | |||
 4 to 20 ft. tall. Likes partial shade. Very similar to Japanese Maple. Fall color and spring flush color varies for each individual. |
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| (1) | 45 gal | 525.00 | ||
| Acer negundo | Box Elder | |||
 Multistem shrub or small tree, 6-18 ft. high. Moist to fairly dry slopes and canyons. |
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| (7) | 15 gal | 120.00 | ||
| (3) | 5 gal | 25.00 | ||
| (6) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
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| Aesculus californica | California Buckeye | East Alameda Co. | ||
 Large deciduous shrub or tree, 20 to 36 ft. high. Showy white fragrant flowers 4-12 in. long. Drought tolerant but thrives where it can tap into groundwater. Full sun or part shade. Native to San Francisco and greater Bay Area.
Various toxic qualities; ground up seeds used by Native Californians to stun fish making them easier to catch. Buckeyes have the tendency to drop their leaves in July with drought, but they leaf out early and gorgeously. |
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| (1) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| Aesculus californica. | California Buckeye | San Bruno Mountain | ||
| Large deciduous shrub or tree, 20 to 36 ft. high. Showy white flowers 4-12 in. long. Drought tolerant. Full sun. Native to San Francisco and greater Bay Area.
Various toxic qualities; ground up seeds used by Native Californians to stun fish making them easier to catch. |
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| (5) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| (3) | 2 gal | 20.00 | ||
| (12) | 15 gal | 120.00 | ||
| (5) | 10" tree band | 14.00 | ||
| Alnus rhombifolia | White Alder | |||
 A fast-growing tree to 50-80 feet, white alder thrives in riparian zones and other wet habitats, esp. after logging or a fire. The roots fix nitrogen in the soil, making this a valuable member of the ecosystem. White alder wood is valuable for timber and often used for interior finishing, also to smoke meats and fish. |
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| (2) | 45 gal | 500.00 | ||
| (1) | 24" box | 250.00 | ||
| (8) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Calocedrus decurrens | Incense Cedar | |||
 A large, fragrant, and beautiful evergreen tree that thrives in serpentine and other low-nutrient soils. Foliage can remain all the way to the ground, so it makes a beautiful large soft-edged hedge if you hand-clip back to the brown stems to shape. Shearing doesn't look right given the coarse open angular texture of the foliage and will cause the tips to turn brown for a while till they recover. |
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| (1) | 15 gal | 110.00 | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| (3) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| Cercocarpus betuloides | Mountain mahogany | |||
 Large shrub to a small tree. Generally a chapparal component but I've seen one thrive next to a lawn for decades becoming a nice patio tree. |
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| (1) | 7 gal | 45.00 | ||
| Cupressus abramsiana | Santa Cruz Cypress | Butano Ridge | ||
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| (7) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| Cupressus goveniana | Gowen Cypress | Pacific Grove | ||
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| (1) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| (2) | 4" pot | 8.00 | ||
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| Cupressus guadalupensis | Guadalupe Cypress | Guadalupe Island, Baja | ||
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| (1) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| Cupressus guadalupensis 'Greenlee's Blue Rocket' | 'Greenlee's Blue Rocket' Tecate Cypress | Guadalupe Island, Baja | ||
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| (2) | 15 gal | 120.00 | ||
| Cupressus macrocarpa | Monterey Cypress | |||
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| (1) | 5 gal | 40.00 | ||
| Fraxinus latifolia | Oregon ash | |||
 A lovely tree, 30-75 feet tall, often found streamside and the anchor of numerous plant communities, with lush green leaves in the spring and summer followed by beautiful fall color. |
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| (1) | 7 gal | 85.00 | ||
| Fraxinus latifolia | Oregon ash | Presidio SF | ||
| A lovely tree, 30-75 feet tall, often found streamside and the anchor of numerous plant communities, with lush green leaves in the spring and summer followed by beautiful fall color. |
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| (1) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| Fraxinus latifolia | Oregon ash | |||
| A lovely tree, 30-75 feet tall, often found streamside and the anchor of numerous plant communities, with lush green leaves in the spring and summer followed by beautiful fall color. |
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| (1) | 3 gal | 25.00 | ||
| Lavatera assurgentiflora | Island Bush Mallow | |||
 Fast-growing, many-branched tree covered with bright pink blossoms (pinker than the picture) throughout the year. Hummingbird magnet.Similar to Malacothamnus The name has been changed to Malva assurgentiflora. |
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| (1) | 3" rose pot | 14.00 | ||
| (6) | 1 gal | 7.00 | ||
| Lyonothamnus floribundus ssp. asplenifolius | Fernleaf Catalina Ironwood | |||
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| (1) | 45 gal | 450.00 | ||
| (1) | 15 gal | 185.00 | ||
| (1) | 15 gal | 165.00 | ||
| (1) | 45 gal | 450.00 | ||
| Pinus muricata | Bishop Pine | |||
 Beautiful closed-cone pine species of ancient origins with fast-growing multi-stemmed candelabra of fresh growth in shades of luminescent light green against the darker greens of the older branches. Good focal specimen in the garden. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Pinus torreyana | Torrey Pine | So Cal | ||
 An endangered species, these grow tall, straight and lush in garden conditions, sculptural and sparse in their harsh native coastal conditions. |
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| (1) | 5 gal | 45.00 | ||
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| Populus fremontii | Cottonwood | |||
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| (2) | 2 gal | 20.00 | ||
| (12) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Quercus agrifolia | Coast live oak | San Mateo Co | ||
 THE Oak of San Francisco, and the most common oak species in the Bay Area. A big drought-loving evergreen tree with holly-like leaves, and the base of our local ecosystem. What else can I say? |
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| (3) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| (8) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Quercus chrysolepis | Canyon Live Oak or Goldencup Oak | Bay Area | ||
 The goldencup, a mid-sized oak usually less than 50 feet tall, has gorgeous leaves dusted underneath with gold, and nice fat acorns nestled in wooly bowl-shaped caps.
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| (1) | 5 gal | 40.00 | ||
| (1) | 7 gal | 65.00 | ||
| Quercus douglasii | Blue oak | |||
 The blue oak earns its common name from the tint of its exquisite deciduous foliage, particularly when the beautiful new growth emerges in early spring. The tree can reach 20-60 feet tall, growing in thin soils or from crevices between rocks, and it is an important member of many old-growth oak groves in the east bay and elsewhere. |
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| (1) | 5 gal | 40.00 | ||
| Quercus garryana breweri | brewers white oak | |||
| Dwarf form of the White oak; reaches 15' high and wide, very slow growing. Great for a bird garden. Beautiful dark green/grey leaves which turn yellow in the fall; this variety is deciduous. Drought tolerant; takes full to part sun, likes well drained soil. | ||||
| (2) | 5 gal | 40.00 | ||
| Quercus lobata | Valley oak | |||
 The oak of the central valley, foothills in the South Bay, and anywhere their roots can get into groundwater. The most water-tolerant oak. Huge (80'+), and becomes twisted with age like it's decorating a 'haunted house'. Soft deciduous leaves, no prickles! |
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| (1) | 36" box | 1.00 | ||
| (1) | 10" tree band | 15.00 | ||
| (2) | 15 gal | 120.00 | ||
| Quercus wislizenii | Interior live oak | Mendocino Co | ||
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Similar to Coast Live Oak, for hotter, drier areas. Slow growing to 50'. |
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| (2) | 5 gal | 40.00 | ||
| Sequoia sempervirens | Coast Redwood | |||
 The giants of the coast, redwoods like some moisture and respond well to pruning, |
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| (13) | 36" box | 1,000.00 | ||
| (1) | 25 gal | 350.00 | ||
| Sequoiadendron giganteum | Sierra Bigtree | |||
 These Redwoods make enormous tree trunks in the Sierra foothills. Not as tall as Coast Redwoods but more massive. |
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| (2) | 24" box | 350.00 | ||
| Umbellularia californica | California Bay Laurel | |||
 Slow growing very large tree that can be kept pruned and neat. Grows well in containers. Fragrant leaves can be used in cooking but you need much less than European bay. |
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| (3) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
Native Vines
| Aristolochia californica | Pipevine | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 10.00 | |
| Clematis lasiantha | Pipestems | |||
 Beautiful vigorous vine. This species is more drought tolerant and has single larger flowers, as pictured. |
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| (2) | 10" tree band | 12.00 | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 17.00 | ||
| Galvezia speciosa seedlings | Island Snapdragon | Catalina Island | ||
| Lush, drought-tolerant ground cover with evergreen foliage and snapdragon blossoms of lipstick red all summer. Sun or shade with fewer flowers.
Most likely a hybrid between 'Boca Rosa' and 'Firecracker'. |
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| (5) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (7) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| Lonicera hispidula | California Honeysuckle | San Francisco | ||
 Grows as a creeping, understory plant similar to symphoricarpos in dry shade or can grow up as a tall vine with age or water. Nice reddish leaves. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Ribes viburnifolium | Catalina Perfume | Catalina Island | ||
 More of a groundcover than a vine but distinct from all the shrub form Ribes. Glossy green leaves thrive in dry shade. |
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| (1) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| (8) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| Vicia americana | American Vetch | San Francisco | ||
 Vine that thrives with no care, makes a nice pink flower. Good bank cover mix. |
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| (1) | 6.00 | |||
| Vitis californica x vinifera 'Roger's Red' | Wild Grape | |||
 A fabulous hybrid selection of the fast-growing California wild grape, 'Roger's Red' puts on the most spectacular show of fall foliage. The grapes are small and seedy but packed with flavor. Birds adore them and will flock to this plant. Train it up a fence or into a tree, or let it scramble horizontally to make a good seasonal groundcover and excellent quail habitat. Deciduous. Genetic tests have shown this is a cross between our native grape and the European wine grape cultivar 'Alicante Bouschet', a teinturier cultivar with red flesh. |
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| (11) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
Native Grasses
| Agrostis exarata | Spike Bentgrass | Lake County | ||
 A dainty short lived perennial normally growing on river banks with an attractive seed head. Reseeds readily. |
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| (1) | 10" tree band | 8.00 | ||
| (1) | 3" rose pot | 5.00 | ||
| Agrostis pallens | Bentgrass | |||
 A delicate spreading grass with attractive flowers, often found scrambling up shrubs but it makes a nice thick meadow grass too. Regular mowing makes a fine manicured turf. |
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| (15) | 5" tree band | 4.00 | ||
| (79) | shipping box | 40.00 | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| Bouteloua gracilis | Blue Grama | |||
 Warm season bunchgrass sometimes called eyelash grass. |
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| (1) | 10 gal | 0.00 | ||
| Bromus carinatus | California Brome | |||
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| (3) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| Calamagrostis foliosa | Leafy Reedgrass | North Coast | ||
 Showy plumes on a clean looking bunch grass - foliage is a striking textural deep blue green with seasonal red tinging. Occurs on north coast sandstone, serpentine and pine forests. |
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| (5) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| (4) | 5" tree band | 5.00 | ||
| Calamagrostis nutkaensis | Pacific Reedgrass | |||
 Large shade tolerant grass with attractive plume flowers. Evergreen, 2-3ft. high and wide. Native to hilltops in the Bay Area that capture extra moisture, occasional up to Alaska. |
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| (21) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| (12) | 1 gal | 10.50 | ||
| Calamagrostis nutkaensis | Pacific Reedgrass | Presidio SF | ||
| Large shade tolerant grass with attractive plume flowers. Evergreen, 2-3ft. high and wide. Native to hilltops in the Bay Area that capture extra moisture, occasional up to Alaska. |
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| (1) | 3 gal | 18.00 | ||
| Calamagrostis nutkaensis | Pacific Reedgrass | |||
| Large shade tolerant grass with attractive plume flowers. Evergreen, 2-3ft. high and wide. Native to hilltops in the Bay Area that capture extra moisture, occasional up to Alaska. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Carex barbarae | Santa Barbara Sedge | East Bay | ||
 Big clumper that grows in creeks. |
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| (1) | 2 gal | 0.00 | ||
| (11) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
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| Carex leptopoda | Berkeley Sedge | Grizzly Peak | ||
 A true Berkeley Sedge. Grows in slowly expanding clumps in part shade. Drought tolerant. AKA Slender-footed sedge, Shorter Scaled Sedge, Taperfruit Shortscale Sedge. |
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| (5) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| Carex nudata | Torrent Sedge | |||
 Large clumping grass that grows in the middle of streams. It doesn't need to be in water. |
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| (7) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| Carex obnupta | Slough Sedge | Humboldt | ||
 Very large upright clumping wetland sedge. 2' tall or more, great for wildlife habitat. |
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| (9) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| (40) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| Carex pansa | Dune Sedge | |||
1-2999 plugs - $1.75 each3000 plugs - $1.45 each One of the most popular sedges for creating an alternative lawn. More of a wild meadow, it looks best unmowed with water twice per month, but trimming with weed whacker twice or thrice per year keeps it more tidy. Click the photo for pictures of a wild stand on a coastal bluff and a planted inland meadow. Up to 18" tall but floppy & soft. Works well for irrigated rooftop gardens. A David Amme selection. 1.5 plugs per square foot at 10-inch triangular spacing for good one season coverage; planting a larger size will allow wider spacing. Also read this indepth article by David Amme. For shipping, please add one shipping box (see below) per 200 plugs; this is 3-day UPS and it can't ship over the weekend, so orders will go out Mondays, Tuesdays, or Wednesdays. |
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| (8000) | D40 | 3.20 | ||
| (2800) | plug | 1.75 | ||
| (1) | 200 plug tray | 0.00 | ||
| (51) | shipping box | 40.00 | ||
| (6) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| (500) | plug | 1.25 | ||
| (42) | tray deposit | 5.00 | ||
| (36) | 4" pot | 4.00 | ||
| (3000) | plug | 1.45 | ||
| (2620) | plug | 1.65 | ||
| Carex praegracilis | Tiburon Field Sedge | Marin | ||
 The Tiburon variety is a recent selection with stiffer leaves and a slightly glaucus ornamental look. |
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| (93) | shipping box | 40.00 | ||
| (200) | plug | 1.75 | ||
| Danthonia californica | California Oat Grass | |||
 This grass is a sleeper. You might think it's a bit ratty & odd but it is tough & consistent and takes traffic easily. The clumps grow slowly with leaves that lay down flat so no need to mow other than the flower heads when they dry. |
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| (100) | shipping box | 40.00 | ||
| (8) | 1 gal | 8.00 | ||
| (1200) | plug | 1.45 | ||
| (6) | 2" rose pot | 2.50 | ||
| Deschampsia caespitosa | Tufted Hairgrass | |||
 Local San Francisco form of the gorgeous mid-sized coastal bunchgrass with a light, tufted texture and showy bloom. The color on this selection is effervescent, even sublime. |
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| (100) | shipping box | 40.00 | ||
| (4) | 1 gal | 8.00 | ||
| (43) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| (20) | 5" tree band | 5.00 | ||
| Deschampsia caespitosa 'Navaro' | Prostrate Hairgrass | Navaro River | ||
| An uncommon prostrate form that takes foot traffic well and doesn't need mowing because it lays down on the ground. |
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| (12) | 1 gal | 8.00 | ||
| (16) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| Deschampsia caespitosa ssp. holciformis | Pacific Tufted Hairgrass | |||
| Coastal form of the gorgeous mid-sized coastal bunchgrass with a light, tufted texture more compact bloom. Likes more regular water than the straight species. The color on this subspecies is lime green. |
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| (35) | 5" tree band | 5.00 | ||
| Deschampsia caespitosa. | Tufted Hairgrass | |||
| A gorgeous mid-sized coastal bunchgrass with a light, tufted texture and showy bloom. |
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| (100) | shipping box | 40.00 | ||
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| Deschampsia elongata | Slender Hairgrass | Presidio, SF | ||
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| (4) | 4" pot | 3.50 | ||
| (14) | 1 gal | 8.00 | ||
| Distichlis spicata | Salt Grass | San Francisco | ||
 Looks and acts like Bermuda Grass with vigorous spreading rhizomes. Tolerates foot traffic, salt water and fresh water innundation, clay and probably dog pee. The strongly pattered leaves are eye catching. |
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| (8) | 1 gal | 8.00 | ||
| (3) | 4" pot | 4.00 | ||
| Eleocharis macrostachya | Pale Spikerush | |||
 The Pale Spikerush, AKA Common Spikerush, Creeping Spike Rush, Wire Grass is a wetland species from the edges of freshwater lakes, brackish marshes and ponds, ditches, vernal pools, and wet meadows. It can grow as tall as 4-foot six inches. Creeping spikerush has
a moderately high protein content in the spring and good digestibility. The tops are heavily grazed by both livestock and big game animals, especially after the seeds have ripened. It produces nesting cover for waterfowl and ducks eat the seeds and geese graze the shoots. |
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| (17) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Elymus californicus | California Bottlebrush Grass | Bay Area | ||
 Elymus californicus spreads slightly from the base and has a tall delicate reflexing spike that gives it the bottlebrush name. It does well in dry shade under Redwoods, Douglas Fir, Oaks, and generally shady sites with filtered light. Don't overwater. |
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| (8) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Elymus glaucus | Blue Wild Rye | |||
 Tough, useful restoration species but doesn't do well in pots and is a short lived bunchgrass. |
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| (7) | 1 gal | 10.50 | ||
| (6) | 4" pot | 3.00 | ||
| Elymus triticoides | Creeping Wild Rye | Bay Area | |
| (64) | plug | 1.50 | |
| Equisetum arvense | Common Horsetail | |||
 This one makes fluffy quills like a horse tail. _call ahead item not kept on site_ |
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| (24) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (15) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| Equisetum hyemale | Horsetail | |||
| This one just makes upright stems, no quills. Horsetail is edible and medicinal. |
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| (13) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| Festuca californica | California Fescue | |||
 Classic California bunchgrass for under oaks, sun or part shade are fine, dry is fine. 2' clumps of blue green. |
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| (191) | plug | 1.40 | ||
| (9) | 1 gal | 10.50 | ||
| (8) | 5" tree band | 5.00 | ||
| (19) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| (10) | 2" rose pot | 2.50 | ||
| Festuca idahoensis | Idaho Fescue | |||
 A useful and attractive fine textured densely tufted bunchgrass. Idaho Fescue is the dominant grass of many coastal meadows from the SF Bay area, north and in the mountains of the west. |
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| (100) | shipping box | 40.00 | ||
| (11) | 2" rose pot | 3.50 | ||
| (2) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| (10) | 2" rose pot | 2.50 | ||
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| Festuca idahoensis 'Clearwater Blue' | Clearwater Blue Idaho Fescue | |||
| Nice fine textured blue-grey selection. |
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| (40) | 2" rose pot | 2.50 | ||
| (13) | 5" tree band | 5.00 | ||
| Festuca idahoensis 'Tomales Bay' | Tomales Bay Idaho Fescue | |||
| A useful and attractive fine textured densely tufted bunchgrass. Idaho Fescue is the dominant grass of many coastal meadows from the SF Bay area, north and in the mountains of the west. This version is very dark green. |
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| (81) | 5" tree band | 5.00 | ||
| (8) | 1 gal | 8.00 | ||
| Festuca idahoensis 'Warren Peak' | Idaho Fescue | Palm Springs | ||
| Nice fine textured blue selection. |
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| (4) | 1 gal | 9.00 | ||
| Festuca rubra | Red Fescue | Presidio SF | ||
 Beautiful soft fine textured grass which spreads by rhizomes to make a nice lumpy lawn with a little bit of watering and or light shade. |
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| (13) | 4" pot | 4.00 | ||
| Festuca rubra 'Molate Blue' | Molate Blue Fescue | Point Molate, Richmond | ||
 This is the registered cultivar from Conservaseed. It is a more uniform, bunchy fescue which develops a silvery blue color with drought. Better winter growth, more blue, taller. |
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| (98) | tray deposit | 5.00 | ||
| (2) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| Festuca rubra 'Point Molate' | Molate Fescue | Point Molate, Richmond | ||
 The Point Molate form of red fescue is more drought tolerant than typical Red Fescue, more silvery blue colored with a bit wider, more upright leaf and starts growing earlier in the winter rather than waiting for spring. This is an excellent lawn alternative. Looks better tall so if you mow, do it in March when it can still recover for a natural look. |
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| (86) | shipping box | 40.00 | ||
| (10) | 200 plug tray | 270.00 | ||
| (600) | plug | 1.50 | ||
| (2) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| Glyceria striata | Fowl Mannagrass | |||
| A common, spreading grass from 2-3 feet tall for wet places. The genus name is Greek for "sweet," from the taste of the grain. | ||||
| (24) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| (10) | 4" pot | 4.00 | ||
| Hordeum brachyantherum ssp. californicum | California Meadow Barley | |||
 Compared to Hordeum brachyantherum ssp. brachyantherum, this species is a little more blue color, likes more dry conditions though it'll take some innundation, has longer awns (hairs) on the flowers with a lighter flower color. |
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| (10) | 1 lb. seed | 90.00 | ||
| Juncus patens | Rush | |||
 Common clumping wetland grass although it does fine without water given reasonably deep soil it makes nice evergreen clumps to 2 feet. |
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| (39) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| (26) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| Juncus patens 'Elk Blue' | Blue Rush | |||
| Handsome blue-leaved selection of this common clumping wetland grass although it does fine without water given reasonably deep soil it makes nice evergreen clumps to 2 feet. |
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| (3) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (6) | 5" tree band | 6.00 | ||
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| Juncus sp | Rush | |||
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| (2) | 5 gal | 20.00 | ||
| (3) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| (2) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| (95) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| Juncus textilis | Basket Rush | |||
 Huge grasslike Rush that looks like a Bulrush. Likes water and sun. Important element of Native American basketry in California. |
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| (4) | 10" tree band | 12.00 | ||
| (1) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| Juncus xiphioides | Iris-leaved Rush | |||
 Interesting, sculptural 'grass' that gets about 2 ft tall, likes sun and lots of water. Can grow in very shallow containers or birdbaths. |
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| (9) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| Koeleria macrantha | June Grass | Bay Area | ||
 A medium-size bunchgrass with an effervescent habit -- the light-green blades seem to lift themselves into the breeze. Lovely seedheads are held tight, like stalks of wheat. A local, desirable, beautiful, highly emblematic Bay Area grass. |
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| (3) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| (11) | 5" tree band | 5.00 | ||
| (100) | plug | 1.45 | ||
| Leymus condensatus 'Canyon Prince' | Canyon Prince Giant Wild Rye | |||
 Very large spreading grass; can become invasive. Great for naturalizing and crowding out non-native weeds. Sand-lover. |
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| (1) | 5" tree band | 5.00 | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Leymus mollis | Beach grass | |||
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| (2) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| Leymus triticoides | Creeping Wildrye | |||
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Big bold spreading grass with blue-green leaf but this selection is more green. Good for bio-swales and filling in large areas. |
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| (5) | bare root | 5.00 | ||
| (4) | 4" pot | 3.00 | ||
| (4) | 1 gal | 8.00 | ||
| (1000) | bare root | 1.10 | ||
| Leymus triticoides 'Lagunita' | Lagunita Creeping Wildrye | |||
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Big bold spreading grass with deep green leaves and not as tall as the straight species. Good for bio-swales and filling in large areas. |
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| (11) | 4" pot | 4.00 | ||
| Melica bulbosa | Bulbous Oniongrass | Bay Area | ||
 A rhizomatous form of the beautiful CA oniongrass. Likes sun and sharp draining rocky soils, and will go dormant in summer but still has attractive golden silvery seed heads until the rain. Fresh growth makes a fine-textured clump. |
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| (3) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Melica californica | Oniongrass | Bay Area | ||
| My favorite grass. Glistens in the sun and dances in the breeze. Likes sun and sharp draining rocky soils, and will go dormant in summer but still has an attractive golden silvery seed heads until the rains. Fresh growth makes a beautiiful fine textured clump. |
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| (1) | plug | 1.38 | ||
| (25) | 2" rose pot | 2.50 | ||
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| Melica imperfecta | Coast Range Oniongrass | |||
 A densely tufted perennial bunchgrass with luscious new growth in spring leading to gorgeous silvery inflorescence. Good for erosion control and once an important forage for elk (but most good native stands now wiped out by overgrazing). |
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| (45) | plug | 1.35 | ||
| Melica torreyana | Torrey's Melic | East Bay | ||
 Sprawling shade grass, whose sparkling flowers are often seen gracing steep trailsides. |
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| (1) | 10" tree band | 12.00 | ||
| Muhlenbergia asperifolia | Scratchgrass Muhly | |||
 Fine textured with the stems & flowers laying down, great for a rock garden and makes a beautiful uniform spreading meadow. |
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| (34) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| Muhlenbergia richardsonii | Meadow Muhly | Sierra | ||
 Fine textured with the stems & flowers laying down, great for a rock garden and makes a beautiful uniform spreading meadow. It's winter leaves take on an attractive purple color which fills in green in the spring. A unique grass. Warm season grower. |
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| (8) | 1 gal | 10.50 | ||
| (30) | 4" pot | 4.00 | ||
| Muhlenbergia rigens | Deer Grass | |||
 Large clumping grass makes balls of leaves to 3 feet and spikes of flowers beyond. Generally occurs near water but drought tolerant in gardens. |
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| (4) | 1 gal | 10.50 | ||
| (4) | 1/2 gal | 8.00 | ||
| (3) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| (12) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| Nassella cernua | Nodding Needle Grass | |||
 Similar to purple needlegrass. |
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| (25) | plug | 1.45 | ||
| Nassella lepida | Foothill Needle Grass | |||
This species is smaller than Purple Needle grass, more suitable for a small garden. Beatiful shimmering in the wind, backlit. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| Nassella pulchra | Purple Needle Grass | Presidio SF | ||
| The official state grass (and formerly known to old-school native plant aficionados as Stipa pulchra), purple needlegrass is a wild and wooly bunchgrass suitable for meadows and pastures. The long purple florets look lovely swaying in the breeze, but don't plant them too near a path, where they will likely flop over and block traffic. |
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| (100) | plug | 1.45 | ||
| (1) | 5 gal | 20.00 | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| Nassella pulchra. | Purple Needle Grass | |||
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| (3) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Poa secunda | Pine Bluegrass | East Bay | ||
Beautiful fine textured small bunchgrass. Goes dormant in the dry season. AKA Poa scabrella. |
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| (8) | 1 gal | 8.00 | ||
Native Grasses continued...
| Scirpus californicus | Tule | Briones | ||
 Large Bullrush to six feet tall, of the tule fogs & marshes of the Central Valley and any CA pond or wet container. |
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| (9) | 2 gal | 18.00 | ||
| (139) | bare root | 12.00 | ||
| (138) | bare root | 5.00 | ||
| Scirpus cernuus | Fiberoptic Grass | |||
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| (2) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| (8) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| (26) | 5" tree band | 5.00 | ||
| (1) | 1/2 gal | 7.00 | ||
| Sod: Agrostis pallens | Bentgrass | |||
| A delicate spreading grass with attractive flowers, often found scrambling up shrubs but it makes a nice thick meadow grass too. Regular mowing makes a fine manicured turf. |
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| (95) | sod delivery | 60.00 | ||
| (814) | sq. ft. sod | 4.00 | ||
| (100) | sod installation | 500.00 | ||
| Sod: Astro-turf | Astro-turf | |||
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| (974) | sq. ft. sod | 4.00 | ||
| Sod: Bioswale Blend | Bioswale Sod | |||
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| (100) | sod delivery | 60.00 | ||
| (1760) | sq. ft. sod | 4.00 | ||
| (30) | sq. ft. sod | 4.00 | ||
| Sod: CA Native Mow Free | |||
| (999) | sod delivery | 60.00 | |
| (1800) | sq. ft. sod | 4.00 | |
| Sod: Coastal Select | Coastal Select Sod | |||
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| (884) | sq. ft. sod | 4.00 | ||
| (99) | sod delivery | 60.00 | ||
| Sod: Fescue Blend | Fescue Blend Sod | |||
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| (52) | sq. ft. sod | 4.00 | ||
| (98) | sod delivery | 60.00 | ||
| (805) | sq. ft. sod | 4.00 | ||
| Sod: Heartland Combo | Heartland Combo Sod | |||
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| (100) | sod delivery | 60.00 | ||
| (1800) | sq. ft. sod | 4.00 | ||
| Sod: Heritage Mix | Heritage Mix Sod | |||
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| (99) | sod delivery | 60.00 | ||
| (1800) | sq. ft. sod | 4.00 | ||
Native Grasses continued...
| Sod: Phyla nodiflora | Kurapia | ||
| (94) | sod installation | 400.00 | |
| Sod: removal | Sod removal | ||
| (94) | 400.00 | ||
| Sporobolus airoides | Alkali Sacaton | |||
 Grows in alkali seeps and makes big fascinating feathery flower heads. |
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| (16) | 4" pot | 4.00 | ||
| (1) | 1/2 gal | 8.00 | ||
| (39) | 5" tree band | 5.00 | ||
| Triglochin maritima | Seaside Arrowgrass | |||
 Brackish or fresh water wetland plant with bizzare tentacle-like flowers. |
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| (1) | 2 gal | 0.00 | ||
Native Ferns
| Adiantum aleuticum | Five-finger Fern | |||
 Elegant fern for deep shade requires regular moisture, normally found in the spray of waterfalls and dripping wet cliffs in the forest. Up to 2 1/2 ft. tall. Formerly Adiantum pedatum. Native to greater Bay Area. |
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| (3) | 1/2 gal | 10.50 | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 15.00 | ||
| Blechnum spicant | Deer Fern | |||
Small redwood forest species with dark hard textural foliage that lays flat and curious fertile fronds that stick straight up. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 15.00 | ||
| Polypodium californicum | California Polypody | Bay Area | ||
 Summer deciduous, the fronds dry up and blow away, then it's the first thing to leaf out with the fall rains. Spreading by rhizomes, can grow in cracks of stone walls and cliffs forming a thick root mass on the surface. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Polypodium scouleri | Leather Fern | |||
| Evergreen form of polypody fern, does not grow on soil but on rocks and tree branches in fog swept areas. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 15.00 | ||
| (1) | 2 gal | 25.00 | ||
| (5) | 4" pot | 7.00 | ||
Bulbs, Iris & Lilies
| Allium unifolium | One-leaf Onion | Coast Ranges | ||
 One of the most striking of the California native onions, Allium unifolium produces dense heads of clear pink flowers from late Spring to mid-Summer. It is found in the wild only in the Coast Ranges. The long, thick rhizomes that grow annually from these bulbs are very unusual for North American species (also happens with A. glandulosum and A. rhizomatum, which are nonetheless not closely related). |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (6) | 1/2 gal | 6.00 | ||
| (45) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| (12) | six-pack | 7.00 | ||
| Brodiaea californica | CA Brodiaea | |||
| Showy blue-purple to violet flowers from a tasty edible bulb. Nice springtime show. Once tended in the wild as a delicacy by the Ohlone and other local Native Americans. Good for a container garden! | ||||
| (2) | 1/2 gal | 7.00 | ||
| Chlorogalum pomeridianum | Soaproot | |||
 Fragrant native lily blooms in the gloaming and early evening. Profuse flower displays. A completely drought-tolerant plant in full sun with good drainage. Native Californians roasted the bulbs for food (but only the inner core is edible); also the whole bulbs function well as field soap (hence the common name). |
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| (13) | 5" tree band | 4.00 | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Dichelostemma capitatum | Blue Dicks | |||
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| (8) | 1/2 gal | 8.00 | ||
| Disporum hookeri | Fairy Bells | |||
 Our local species, fairly common on moist north hillsides with Smilacina and Trillium. Disporum has been changed to Prosartes. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 16.00 | ||
| Disporum smithii | Fairy Bells | |||
 This has a larger flower than hookeri. Probably needs more moisture. Disporum has been changed to Prosartes. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 16.00 | ||
| Iris douglasiana | Douglas Iris | |||
 Lush deep green foliage and a beautiful spring bloom distinguish this gorgeous iris. A perfect choice for the garden in partial shade. |
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| (6) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| (2) | 1 gal | 16.00 | ||
| Iris douglasiana - shaded orchid | Shaded Orchid Douglas Iris | |||
| Lush deep green foliage and a beautiful Purple-Blue spring bloom distinguish this gorgeous iris. A perfect choice for the garden in partial shade. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Iris douglasiana PCH | Douglas Iris Pacific Coast Hybrids | |||
 A beautiful flower and thick dark leaves. Great for erosion, part sun or full shade. Pacific coast hybrids. Hummingbirds like them. |
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| (1) | 3" rose pot | 6.00 | ||
| (9) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
Bulbs, Iris & Lilies continued...
| Trillium albidum | White Wake Robin | |||
 This is a nice creamy white species, as large as Chloropetalum. The flowers are fragrant like a rose. |
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| (1) | 5 gal | 112.50 | ||
| (1) | 3" rose pot | 27.00 | ||
| (1) | 3" rose pot | 16.50 | ||
| Trillium chloropetalum | Giant Wake Robin | |||
 A remarkable lily for the woodland setting.note: all the Trilliums were divided and measured on December 12, 2012 - price is $50/inch (average of length and width of bulb. A 1-inch bulb should bloom nicely with a few stalks, a half inch bulb probably wqon't bloom for a years or two. They take at least 7 years from seed to bloom. The oldest mother plants are about 25 years old; I counted the rings. |
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| (1) | 2 gal | 102.00 | ||
| (1) | 2 gal | 96.00 | ||
| (1) | 2 gal | 87.50 | ||
| (2) | 2 gal | 77.00 | ||
| (1) | 2 gal | 71.00 | ||
| (1) | 2 gal | 66.50 | ||
| (1) | 2 gal | 104.00 | ||
| (1) | 2 gal | 100.00 | ||
| (2) | 2 gal | 83.50 | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 52.00 | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 75.00 | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 31.50 | ||
| (1) | 1/2 gal | 31.00 | ||
| (1) | 1/2 gal | 25.00 | ||
| (1) | 1/2 gal | 25.00 | ||
| (1) | 1/2 gal | 21.00 | ||
| (2) | 3" rose pot | 22.50 | ||
| (2) | 3" rose pot | 16.50 | ||
| (1) | 3" rose pot | 33.00 | ||
| (1) | 3" rose pot | 29.00 | ||
| (1) | 3" rose pot | 23.00 | ||
| (1) | 3" rose pot | 21.00 | ||
| (1) | 3" rose pot | 19.00 | ||
| (5) | 3" rose pot | 18.50 | ||
| (1) | 5" tree band | 12.50 | ||
| (1) | 5" tree band | 18.50 | ||
| (1) | 3" rose pot | 23.00 | ||
| (1) | 3" rose pot | 29.00 | ||
| (1) | 3" rose pot | 27.00 | ||
| (3) | 3" rose pot | 21.00 | ||
| (1) | 2" rose pot | 23.00 | ||
| (1) | 2" rose pot | 22.50 | ||
| (3) | 2" rose pot | 21.00 | ||
| (2) | 2" rose pot | 19.00 | ||
| (2) | 2" rose pot | 14.50 | ||
| (68) | 2" rose pot | 10.00 | ||
| (23) | 2" rose pot | 8.00 | ||
| (1) | 2" rose pot | 7.00 | ||
| Trillium ovataum | Western Wake Robin | Santa Cruz Mountains | ||
 From seed. |
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| (2) | 2" rose pot | 14.50 | ||
| Triteleia hyacintha | White Brodeia | |||
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| (6) | 1/2 gal | 8.00 | ||
| Triteleia laxa | Ithuriel's Spear | |||
| Gorgeous blue summer flowers from an edible bulb. This is authentic local stock salvaged from a construction site near Dolores Park (San Francisco) just ahead of the bulldozers. Triteleia are best to dig when dormant in early fall but they can be transplanted with some soil in winter when the roots are short and the leaves begin to shoot. Call for availability and details. |
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| (18) | 1/2 gal | 9.00 | ||
| Zigadenus fremontii | Death Camas | San Francisco | ||
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| (2) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (2) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
Native Annuals
| Agoseris grandiflora | Native Dandilion | |||
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| (2) | 1/8 oz. seed | 6.00 | ||
| (2) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| Camissonia cheiranthifolia | Beach Evening Primrose | |||
 Low growing sand-loving perennial with bright yellow flowers that fade to orangish tones. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 9.00 | ||
| (6) | 1 oz. seed | 38.00 | ||
| (2) | 1/2 oz seed | 23.00 | ||
| (1) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| (11) | 2" rose pot | 2.50 | ||
| Clarkia davyi | Trailing Farewell to Spring | Peninsula | ||
 Trailing coastal bluff species of this late-spring blooming annual - good for hanging baskets. |
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| (8) | 2-3/4" pot | 2.00 | ||
| (6) | 3" rose pot | 3.00 | ||
| (16) | 4" pot | 3.50 | ||
| Clarkia rubicunda | Farewell to Spring | |||
 An easy and fast-growing annual with a late and prolific bloom. This great variety gives deep pink color and grows bushy in good soil. |
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| (2) | 6.00 | |||
| (3) | 1 oz. seed | 40.00 | ||
| Clarkia unguiculata | Elegant Clarkia | Colusa Co. | ||
 Big lacy pink tongued flowers on an upright plant. An easy and fast-growing annual with a late and prolific bloom. |
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| (15) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| Claytonia parviflora | Miner's Lettuce | Bay Area | ||
 Edible, shade annual, reseeds. As tasty as any grocery store lettuce. |
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| (7) | 2" rose pot | 1.00 | ||
| Collinsia heterophylla | Chinese Houses | |||
 Beautiful annual wildflower, easy from seed, blooms reliably in part shade. Spectacular flowers up to a foot tall will re-seed for a colorful and recurring display year after year. |
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| (1) | 1/2 lb. seed | 200.00 | ||
| (4) | 3" rose pot | 3.00 | ||
| (6) | 1/2 oz seed | 12.00 | ||
| Collomia grandiflora | Large-flowered Collomia | |||
 Stunning peach/salmon/white phlox flowers on a tall annual for sunny meadows. |
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| (7) | 3" rose pot | 3.50 | ||
| Eschscholzia californica | California Poppy | |||
 We usually have a couple on hand in case someone doesn't already have them. |
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| (2) | 1/2 oz seed | 15.00 | ||
| (3) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| (10) | 2" rose pot | 1.50 | ||
Native Annuals continued...
| Eschscholzia californica 'Mission Bells' | Mission Bells CA Poppy | ||
| (4) | six-pack | 8.00 | |
| (13) | 4" pot | 7.00 | |
| Eschscholzia californica 'Orange King' | Orange King CA Poppy | |||
| Gigantic orange poppy. |
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| (4) | six-pack | 8.00 | ||
| (15) | 4" pot | 7.00 | ||
| Gilia capitata | Globe Gilia | |||
 Beautiful blue flowers attract bees, reseeds readily. Can get up to 18 inches in fertile soil. |
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| (1) | 1/2 lb. seed | 95.00 | ||
| (1) | 1 oz. seed | 25.00 | ||
| Layia platyglossa | Tidy Tips | Colusa Co. | ||
 Small yellow and white annual. |
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| (1) | seed | 75.00 | ||
| (1) | 1/8 oz. seed | 6.00 | ||
| (2) | 1 oz. seed | 25.00 | ||
| (1) | seed | 75.00 | ||
| Linum lewisii | Blue Flax | |||
 Tall, almost grass-like light blue flowered annual - though it can live for years in our mild climate. About 18 inches high, this is very similar to the commercial flaxseed plant sold for it's healthy seed. The seeds are poisonous raw, but make a delicious super-food when cooked. |
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| (3) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| (3) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| (1) | seed packet | 6.00 | ||
| (5) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| Madia elegans | Elegant Madia | local | ||
 Here are some classic old descriptions of the tarweeds from Parsons
early 20th century book hemazonia and
madia and Arvind Kumar's
madia elegy (and a nice picture).
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