Native Perennials
| Achillea millefolium | Yarrow | |||
 Easy spreading groundcover with ferny foliage and a strong bloom of white umbels. Full sun, drought tolerant but also likes summer water. |
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| (3) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (1) | 3" rose pot | 5.00 | ||
| Achillea millefolium | Yarrow | Sonoma Coast | ||
| Compact form of the easy spreading groundcover with ferny foliage and a strong bloom of white umbels. Full sun, drought tolerant but also likes summer water. |
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| (3) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Agoseris grandiflora | California Dandelion | Bay Area | ||
 Our own handsom Native Dandelion. Similar to Silverpuffs and Blow Wives. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| Anaphalis margaritaceae | Pearly Everlasting | Bay Area | ||
 What a wonderful and appropriate common name. 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. Anaphalis does not have the maple syrup fragrance of some of the related Gnaphaliums, but it is the larger more substantial species of Everlasting. Spreads by runners underground, with luscious green shoots in spring and an abundant bloomer throughout the summer. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| Anemopsis californica | Yerba Mansa | |||
 Winter dormant wetland perennial with curious flowers like white sea anenomes. Forming a colony via runners like a strawberry, this good fast groundcover grows best when the mother plant can get her roots into fresh running water like a seep or spring. Native Americans used the fragrant foliage of yerba mansa to treat diseases of the skin and blood. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| Angelica hendersonii | Coast Angelica | |||
 Big bold umbel. Similar to Heracleum but smaller & neater leaf. Preferred larval host plant (over the weedy fennel & dill) by anise swallowtail butterflies. The roots and seeds can be used to treat upset stomach.
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| (10) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (1) | 7 gal | 65.00 | ||
| (1) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| 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) | seed packet | 6.00 | ||
| (5) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Aralia californica | Elk Clover | |||
 A striking 3- to 9-ft. perennial for moist and shaded areas, elk clover grows Jurassic leaves more than three feet long and blooms in a bold galaxy of white star-shaped flowers that draw droves of hungry butterlies. Native to the greater Bay Area, this is the only California native in the Ginseng family. The root was used by Native Americans topically for skin ailments. This is one of a few 'megaherbs' - shrub sized but dies back to the ground in winter. |
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| (3) | tree pot | 17.00 | ||
| (5) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| Armeria 'Victor Reiter' | Dwarf Hybrid Sea Thrift | |||
 Miniature version with light pink flowers, can be stepped on, a little. |
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| (1) | 3" rose pot | 6.00 | ||
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| Armeria maritima | Sea Thrift | |||
 Grass-like perennial groundcover with cheerful pink flowers on 6" stems. Likes full sun and little water once established. Easy to multiply by divisions. |
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| (2) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| 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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| (3) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (12) | 5" tree band | 4.00 | ||
| Artemisia dranunculus. | Tarragon | Sunol | ||
 Local form of this circumboreal herb. AKA Wormwood. |
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| (1) | 2 gal | 18.00 | ||
| (2) | 3" rose pot | 5.00 | ||
| (6) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| Artemisia pycnocephala 'David's Choice' | 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. |
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| (5) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (1) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| Asarum caudatum | Wild Ginger | |||
 Lush groundcover from redwood forests and mixed evergreen woodlands. Likes deep shade, with aromatic leaves and intriguing red flowers like orchids, usually hidden beneath leaves. Native to greater Bay Area. The Indians used these roots as a soothing digestive tea, similar to common ginger. |
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| (5) | 1 gal | 15.00 | ||
| 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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| (6) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| 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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| (50) | D40 | 6.25 | ||
| (2) | shipping box | 20.00 | ||
| Aster chilensis | California Aster | San Francisco | ||
 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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| (3) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (3) | 10 gal | 35.00 | ||
| (12) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| Aster chilensis 'Purple Haze' | California Aster | |||
| Dark purple flower selection. |
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| (3) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
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| 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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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (34) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| 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) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| (2) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| 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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| (8) | 1/2 gal | 7.50 | ||
| 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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| (2) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 8.00 | ||
| (3) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| (4) | 3" rose pot | 6.00 | ||
| Coreopsis maritima | Sea Dahlia | So. Cal. | ||
 Similar to Giant Coreopsis but only 2 feet tall. In the wild, these dry up completely in late spring but light watering and deadheading can keep them blooming almost year round as long as they have good drainage. San Diego to Baja. |
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| (1) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| Crassula connata | Sand Pigmyweed | |||
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| (1) | 2" rose pot | 4.00 | ||
| Cynoglossum grande | Hound's Tongue | |||
 Our native 'Foreget-me-not', this woodland species emerges with bronze leaves which presumably give the common name, then forms tall brilliant blue flowers in March. The deep roots make this rare in the nursery trade. |
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| (26) | 2" rose pot | 4.00 | ||
| (2) | 5" tree band | 7.00 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Darmera peltata | Indian Rhubarb | |||
 This is a wetland plant with attractive foliage that reaches 5 feet across per leaf; wonderful in a streamside wild setting but much smaller in a container. This is one of a few 'megaherbs' - shrub sized but dies back to the ground in winter. |
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| (1) | 2 gal | 24.00 | ||
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| Datura discolor | Thorn Apple | |||
 This annual species has beautiful fragrant white trumpet-flowers with deep pink to violet centers which mature into spiny "thorn apples" filled with hallucinogenic seeds (HIGHLY TOXIC). Datura has a lovely evening fragrance. Wants full sun but can handle some shade. Plants can reach 3 feet tall and 5 feet wide in rich, moist soil. Datura is extremely drought and poor-soil tolerant, where it will only get 2x3. Reseeds readily. |
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| (25) | seed packet | 6.00 | ||
| 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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| (68) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| 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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| (36) | 4" pot | 4.00 | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| (15) | 2" rose pot | 3.00 | ||
| Epilobium 'Scheiffelin's Choice'. | Scheiffelin's Native Fuchsia | |||
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| (2) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| 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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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Epilobium canum 'Catalina' | California Fuchsia | |||
| Silver leafed upright California Fuchsia. |
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| (14) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| Epilobium canum spp. latifolia 'Everett's Choice' | Everett's Native Fuchsia | |||
| A distinctive form of this famous October-blooming perennial, Everett's Choice has larger tomentose leaves with a greyish-green color, and brilliant red flowers adored by hummingbirds. Can be mowed in the winter to keep tidy. |
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| (7) | 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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| (48) | 5" tree band | 6.00 | ||
| (4) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (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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| (1) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| (10) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
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| 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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| (2) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| Erigeron glaucus | Seaside Daisy | Bay Area | ||
 Common reliable native groundcover, drought tolerant, needs some sun. |
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| (8) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (3) | 2" rose pot | 6.00 | ||
| Erigeron glaucus 'Sea Breeze' | Seaside Daisy | |||
 Common reliable native groundcover, drought tolerant, needs some sun. This horticultural selection has an intensly colored pink/purple flower. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| 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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| (10) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| Eriogonum latifolium | Coast Buckwheat | |||
 Our common local low growing species. Great for butterfly nectar! Brown seed heads add interest through late summer. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Eriophyllum confertiflorum | Oregon Sunshine | Bay Area | ||
 Very fine textured foliage clasps the stems. Bright yellow flowers in summer. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Eriophyllum lanatum | Spreading Wooly Sunflower | |||
 Found in dry areas. It grows between 6-12” tall and forms a dense, wooly mat of fragrant, silver foliage. It also produces hundreds of 1” golden daisies from early May till the end of June |
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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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| (9) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (6) | 1/2 gal | 8.00 | ||
| (1) | 4" pot | 8.00 | ||
| (1) | 2" rose pot | 2.30 | ||
| (2) | 2" rose pot | 2.50 | ||
| Erysimum capitatum. | Western Wallflower | |||
 Yellow wallflower that brightens the dry sunny slopes of Mount Diablo and other local natural areas. |
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| (10) | 2 gal | 18.00 | ||
| Erysimum franciscanum | Franciscan wallflower | |||
 This bright, fragrant, and rare denizen of San Francisco's open spaces (Twin Peaks, Mount Davidson, Bernal Hill, and others) makes a charming addition to the mixed flower bed. White flowers, enchanting scent, and the irresistable solidarity of bolstering populations of local endangered species. An uncommon local perennial 1-2 feet tall with fragrant yellow- to cream-colored flowers, found on serpentine outcrops and occasionally in coastal dunes. In the garden, it likes full sun and requires excellent drainage. |
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| (11) | 2" rose pot | 2.50 | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (26) | 5" tree band | 6.00 | ||
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| 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 | ||
| 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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| (17) | 3" rose pot | 5.00 | ||
| (6) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| 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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| (11) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (11) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| (1) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| 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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| (7) | 5" tree band | 6.00 | ||
| (8) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| 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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| (18) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| (15) | 3" rose pot | 4.00 | ||
| Fragaria vesca. | 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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| (70) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| Fragaria virginiana | Mountain Strawberry | Sagehen Preserve | ||
 Sierra species with blue leaves. Winter deciduous. Does not fruit much. |
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| (1) | 1/2 gal | 8.00 | ||
| (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 | Gumplant | Bay Area | ||
 Local form of gumplant with less wide flat leaves than ssp. platyphylla. Yellow daisies, tough plant! Used medicinally for respiratory issues. |
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| (12) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (2) | 2 gal | 12.00 | ||
| 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 | ||
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| Grindelia stricta var. platyphylla | Spreading Gumplant | Bay Area | ||
 Prostrate form of gumplant with big leathery leaves. Yellow daisies, tough plant! Used medicinally for respiratory issues. AKA G. stricta ssp. venulosa or G. latifolia. |
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| (8) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Helenium puburulum | Rosilla | Bay Area | ||
Tall inside-out orange daisy. |
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| (3) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| 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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| (2) | 2 gal | 25.00 | ||
| 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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| (11) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| herb: Anthriscus cere. Vertissimo | Chervil, herb | |||
 Subtle anise flavored parsley - important in French cooking - a crucial component of Fines Herbes (pronounced: feen ZAIRBS) used with ommlettes, chicken - things with short cooking time and on salads: parsley, chives, and a little chervil and tarragon. |
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| (6) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| herb: Chamomile | German Chamomile | |||
| Subtle anise flavored parsley - important in French cooking - a crucial component of Fines Herbes (pronounced: feen ZAIRBS) used with ommlettes, chicken - things with short cooking time and on salads: parsley, chives, and a little chervil and tarragon. |
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| (4) | six-pack | 8.00 | ||
| herb: Mentha 'Chocolate' | Chocolate Mint, herb | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | |
| herb: Mentha citrata | Lemon Mint, herb | ||
| (5) | 1/2 gal | 8.00 | |
| herb: Mentha spicata 'Mint Julep' | Mint Julep Spearmint, herb | ||
| (2) | 1/2 gal | 8.00 | |
| herb: Mentha spicata 'Nana' | Moroccan Spearmint, herb | |||
| Low growing form is an essential ingredient for Moroccan tea, with a mild flavor. Vigorous spreader with underground runners, best grown in a container. Spearmint likes heat and plenty of water with good drainage. | ||||
| (20) | 5" tree band | 6.00 | ||
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| herb: Mentha x piperita | Peppermint, herb | ||
| (3) | 2" rose pot | 3.00 | |
| 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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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| 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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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| 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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| (10) | 2 gal | 29.00 | ||
| Hoita macrostachya | Leather Root | East Bay | ||
 Wetland perennial with purple summer pea flowers on 4-foot sprawling stems. Winter dormant. |
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| (4) | 10" tree band | 14.00 | ||
| (2) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| Horkelia californica | California Dewberry | San Francisco | ||
 Good groundcover for neglected sunny rocky spot. Interesting musky fragrance when stepped on. |
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| (9) | 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. | ||||
| (6) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| 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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| (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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| (4) | 3" rose pot | 7.00 | ||
| (31) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (16) | 5" tree band | 6.00 | ||
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| 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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| (19) | 1/2 gal | 8.00 | ||
| 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) | 2 gal | 20.00 | ||
| 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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| (4) | 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 | |||
 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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| (3) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| (1) | 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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| (4) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Lupinus bicolor | ||||
| Annual, small species. | ||||
| (1) | 1 oz. seed | 30.00 | ||
| (1) | seed | 100.00 | ||
| Lupinus microcarpus | ||||
| Annual, small species. | ||||
| (2) | 1/2 gal | 4.00 | ||
| 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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| (1) | 10" tree band | 12.00 | ||
| (3) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Mimulus cardinalis 'Maroon' | Scarlet Monkeyflower | |||
 This form has a purple/maroon throat and deep red flowers. This species likes sun and water, even with it's feet in water. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
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| 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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| (2) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| 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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| (3) | 1 gal | 8.00 | ||
| (3) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| (7) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| Monardella linoides ssp. viminea | Willowy Monardella | |||
 An endangered species from rocky mesas of San Diego County, the willowy monardella survives long periods of benign neglect in the garden by sending a deep taproot down to find the water table. Fragrant foliage with an interesting scent and a cheerful lavender flower to 2 foot tall, three feet wide. The distinctive narrow leaves make a tasty mint tea. |
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| (4) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (5) | 4" pot | 7.00 | ||
| Monardella macrantha | Hummingbird Mint | Monterey | ||
 A trailing perennial with a delightful light mint scent and big, tubular red hummingbird flowers. Likes perfect drainage with a little water and part shade in hot areas. |
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| (5) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| 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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| (19) | 3" rose pot | 6.00 | ||
| (11) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| (2) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (10) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| (4) | 5" tree band | 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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| (3) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (25) | 5" tree band | 5.00 | ||
| (15) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| Montia parvifolia | Little-leaf Miner's Lettuce | |||
 Succulent leaves, grows in shady or moist spots. Makes an interesting little textural counterpoint in the garden. |
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| (1) | 3" rose pot | 6.00 | ||
| 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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| (2) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| 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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| (3) | 3" rose pot | 6.00 | ||
| (12) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| (11) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
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| 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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| (2) | 1 gal | 15.00 | ||
| (11) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| Penstemon newberryi var. sonomensis | Sonoma beardtongue | St. Helena | ||
 Creeping groundcover with abundant red flowers on showy 2' spikes in summer. A rare and elusive chaparral plant known from fewer than twenty occurrences, it requires good drainage and full sun to part shade. Can be difficult in the garden but worth it for the bloom. Sensitive to heat and frost. Too much water in the summer will kill it. |
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| (6) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| 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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| Perideridia kellogii | Western Yampah | |||
 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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| (1) | 5 gal | 40.00 | ||
| (1) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| Phacelia bolanderi | Woodland Phacelia | |||
 Beautiful easy flowers in the shade for bumblebees. |
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| (1) | 1/2 gal | 7.00 | ||
| 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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| (3) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| (36) | 2" rose pot | 1.50 | ||
| (200) | plug | 1.35 | ||
| (4) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (26) | shipping box | 40.00 | ||
| 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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| (1) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| (3) | 3" rose pot | 4.00 | ||
| (3) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (1) | 5" tree band | 3.50 | ||
| 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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| (3) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| (19) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| (6) | 3" rose pot | 5.00 | ||
| (1) | 1/2 gal | 8.00 | ||
| (17) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| 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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| (5) | seed packet | 8.00 | ||
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| 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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| (8) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (18) | 5" tree band | 6.00 | ||
| 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) | 3" rose pot | 5.00 | ||
| (9) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| Potentilla glandulosa | Sticky Cinquefoil | San Francisco | ||
 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 | ||
| (3) | deepot | 10.00 | ||
| Potentilla gracilis | Slender Cinquefoil | Bay Area | ||
 Big bright yellow flowers and palmate leaves. Recently renamed Drymocallis. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (5) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| (8) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| 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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| (3) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| (18) | 4" pot | 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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| (9) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (1) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| (5) | 3" rose pot | 5.00 | ||
| (55) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| 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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| (2) | 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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| (3) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| Salvia spathacea. | Hummingbird Sage | |||
 This aromatic perennial grows wild along the coast from Orange County to San Francisco, where it thrives on exposed north-facing slopes and in the dry duff under oaks. Creeps from a rhizome, sends up arrow-shaped leaves with the most delicious fragrance of any sage and robust pink blossoms that attract hummingbirds. See the star appearance of Salvia spathacea in the Locals Only story on Bernal Hill. |
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| (12) | 1 gal | 15.00 | ||
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| 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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| (9) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Scrophularia californica | Bee Plant | Bay Area | ||
 What can you say? Given regular water it will grow to the size of your car before you wake up in the morning. |
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| (5) | 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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| (3) | 3" rose pot | 7.00 | ||
| Sedum spathulifolium 'Carnea' | Carnea Stonecrop | |||
| A green succulent with red stems. Great for containers or rock gardens! |
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| (4) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| (9) | 3" rose pot | 5.00 | ||
| 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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| (1) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| (9) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| Silene scouleri | Scouler's Catchfly | San Bruno Mountain | ||
 Carnation relative for sunny rock garden conditions. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (5) | 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 | 12.00 | ||
| (57) | 5" tree band | 5.00 | ||
| (21) | 2" rose pot | 2.50 | ||
| Solanum umbelliferum var. incanum 'Indians Grey' | Blue Witch | |||
 Silvery leafed selection with more spreading habit. |
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| (2) | 5 gal | 14.00 | ||
| 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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| (6) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (6) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| 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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| (2) | 3" rose pot | 6.00 | ||
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| Sphaeralcea ambigua | Desert Globemallow | |||
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| (1) | 2 gal | 28.00 | ||
| (3) | 3" rose pot | 5.00 | ||
| Stachys ajugoides | Rigid Woodmint | San Francisco | ||
 This is the more common local species of this fuzzy, spreading, pink-flowered musky mint. |
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| (8) | 5" tree band | 6.00 | ||
| 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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| (4) | 1 gal | 8.00 | ||
| Tanacetum camphoratum | Dune Tansy | |||
 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. Renamed to T. bipinnatum :-( |
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| (1) | 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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| (18) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Verbena lasiostachys | Western Vervain | Berkeley | ||
 Perennial wetland species with tall spike of purple flowers on a lanky plant. |
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| (4) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (2) | 5 gal | 30.00 | ||
Native Shrubs
| Adenostoma fasciculatum | Chamise | Santa Cruz Mtns. | ||
 A common component of chaparral, chamise is evergreen and drought tolerant, a good choice as a low-maintenance shrub for neglectful or low-irrigation gardeners. Older specimens can become dry and flammable; not recommended for planting near houses in fire-prone areas. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 0.00 | ||
| Albutilon palmeri | Superstition Mallow | Desert Southwest | ||
 We know Abutilon in San Francisco as the non-native Flowering Maple which thrives in partly shaded foggy damp back yards but this one is a desert species from Creosote Bush Scrub habitat in the Mohave desert and beyond in the desert Southwest. Don't overwater, give it lots of sun, good drainage in any soil and you'll be rewarded with a long bloom season and felty silvery grey leaves to about 3 feet tall and wide. Protect from Deer, gophers and rabbits when young. Give it an occassional hose down in summer. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 15.00 | ||
| Arctostaphylos bakeri 'Louis Edmunds' | Louis Edmunds Manzanita | Sonoma County | ||
 A well-branched shrub from 5 to 8 feet with slender, upswept branches and a greyish-green tint to the foliage. A big and bright pink bloom leads to abundant reddish berries. This cultivar is a beautiful specimen and a reliable performer in northern California. |
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| (3) | 5 gal | 43.00 | ||
| (7) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| Arctostaphylos densiflora 'Sentinel' | ||||
 Closely related to 'Howard McMinn.' Gorgeous red bark with dark green-grey leaves. Erect habit, 6-12' high and 4-10 ft. wide. |
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| (4) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| Arctostaphylos edmundsii 'Big Sur' | Big Sur Manzanita | |||
 Lush groundcover for coastal conditions. Forms a 2-foot mound, gray-green leaves, bronze new growth, white flowers with pink tinge. Tolerates clay & heavy water if well drained. Lovely spilling over walls. |
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| (5) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| 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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| (4) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| Arctostaphylos manzanita 'St. Helena' | Manzanita | |||
 A disease-resistant manzanita that grows into a small tree. Selected from Napa County. |
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| (3) | 15 gal | 165.00 | ||
| 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) | 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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| (10) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
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| 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) | 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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| (13) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| 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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| (3) | 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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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (1) | 2" rose pot | 3.00 | ||
| Artemisia californica 'Montara' | Coastal Sage | Montara mt | ||
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 | ||
| Artemisia tridentata var. vaseyana | Great Basin Sagebrush | Eastern Sierra | ||
 Three foot silvery fragrant shrub, native to the high desert but does well in Bay Area gardens & looks a LOT nicer than you might think. Photo is different species but gives the general idea. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| 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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| (5) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| 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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| (1) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| (32) | 2 gal | 18.00 | ||
| (10) | 5 gal | 28.00 | ||
| 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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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| 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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| (2) | 2 gal | 18.00 | ||
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| 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 gal | 10.50 | ||
| (5) | 2 gal | 20.00 | ||
| 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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| (1) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| (4) | 2 gal | 25.00 | ||
| (2) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Berberis aquifolium 'Compacta' (Mahonia) | Oregon Grape | |||
 Spiny evergreen shrub with edible berries. 3 to 6 ft. high forming thick clumps through rhizomes. Sun to shade. Great habitat plant. Externally used by Natives in salves as a disinfectant. |
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| (1) | 2 gal | 25.00 | ||
| 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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| (4) | 5 gal | 50.00 | ||
| berry: Vaccinium x 'Sunshine Blue' | Sunshine Blue 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) | 2 gal | 30.00 | ||
| berry: Vaccinium ovatum 'Blue Madonna' | Evergreen Huckleberry, fruit | |||
 Smaller than other Vaccinium ovatum selections, 'Blue Madonna' has bluish-green leaves and small white flowers. This shrub tolerates sun or shade near the coast, but prefers shade inland. Grow it in well drained, acidic soil, and provide it with moderate watering. |
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| (3) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| berry: Vaccinium ovatum 'Indian's Wanderer' | Evergreen Huckleberry , fruit | |||
| Low, thicketing selection; reddish stems, dark narrow leaves. |
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| (6) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| berry: Vaccinium ovatum 'Wunderlich' | Evergreen Huckleberry, fruit | |||
| Succulent winedark berries (reputedly the tastiest of all native berries) emerging from the distinctive vase-shaped ericaceous flower, and luscious red new foliage maturing into deep shades of green -- behold the textural symphony of California huckleberry. Extremely adaptable to sun or shade, water or drought, wind or fog, this is a long favorite of savvy gardeners. Try planting it in an old tree stump, and watch it propsper! You'll need two plants to cross-pollinate and set fruit and they fruit more in the sun. 'Wunderlich' is a clone growing vigorously to 8' or more. |
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| (4) | 2 gal | 29.00 | ||
| (4) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| 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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| (3) | 1 gal | 15.00 | ||
| Ceanothus 'Centennial' | Centennial California Lilac | |||
 Deepest blue flowers & small holly leaves on a mat-forming plant. 12 inches high and 6 foot spread. |
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| (5) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
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| 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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| (2) | 1 gal | 12.50 | ||
| 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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| (2) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| 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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| (6) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Ceanothus 'Frosty Blue' | California Lilac | |||
 Reliable 6-8' selection from seed collected on Santa Cruz island. |
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| (1) | 5 gal | 40.00 | ||
| (2) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| 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 | ||
| (3) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Ceanothus 'Julia Phelps' | California Lilac | |||
 Similar to Dark Star but a bit wider spreading. |
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| (3) | 5 gal | 22.00 | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| 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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| (1) | 15 gal | 150.00 | ||
| (5) | 15 gal | 120.00 | ||
| (10) | 5 gal | 40.00 | ||
| (10) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| (14) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| Ceanothus 'Wheeler Canyon' | Wheeler Canyon California Lilac | Ventura | ||
 Numerous red buds unfold, blanketing the whole thing in sky-blue flowers. with medium-sized leaves on a 4-6-foot high, not too wide shrub. Prefers coastal climates. |
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| (4) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (1) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| Ceanothus arboreus | Island Blueblossom | Santa Cruz Island | ||
 The "tree ceanothus" can reach heights of 20 feet in the matter of a few years. Wonderful blue blossoms in spring attract butterflies and summer/fall seeds will bring feeding birds including quail. |
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| (2) | 2 gal | 25.00 | ||
| 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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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.50 | ||
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| 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 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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| (18) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Ceanothus griseus horizontalis 'Diamond Heights' | ||||
 Wide spreading shrub, with a dense, ground hugging habit, 1' x 6'. Even more significant is the foliage, which is a combination of bright green and golden yellow, highly appealing year round. The light blue spring flowers in this case take second place to the leaves.
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| (8) | 5 gal | 38.00 | ||
| 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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| (5) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| Ceanothus maritimus 'Frosty Dawn' | California Lilac | |||
| Compact coastal ceanothus with lavender-blue flowers. 2' tall by 5' wide. Very early bloomer. |
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| (14) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| (8) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| (5) | 1/2 gal | 8.00 | ||
| 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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| (6) | 2 gal | 25.00 | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Ceanothus thyrsiflorus | California Lilac | |||
 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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| (2) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| 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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| (1) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| (1) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| Ceanothus thyrsiflorus 'Denim' | San Bruno Mt. | |||
| Nice medium dark blue. |
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| (21) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (4) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
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| 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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| (33) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (3) | 3" rose pot | 6.00 | ||
| (21) | 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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| (5) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| (5) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| Ceanothus thyrsiflorus.. | Presidio | |||
| Narrow leaves, nice blue flower. |
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| (1) | 15 gal | 130.00 | ||
| 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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| (1) | 15 gal | 0.00 | ||
| (12) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| (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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| (8) | 15 gal | 150.00 | ||
| (5) | 5 gal | 43.00 | ||
| 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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| (3) | 15 gal | 120.00 | ||
| (1) | 2 gal | 25.00 | ||
| Cornus sericea ssp. occidentalis | Red-twig Dogwood | |||
 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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| (4) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| (1) | 2 gal | 25.00 | ||
| Corylus cornuta | Hazel | |||
 Hazel trees look great in the dappled understory of a larger canopy, often growing as a multi-trunk with a fountain shape. Nuts are tasty and edible but other critters usually get them first. The wide translucent mint-shaped leaves will catch and hold any available light; after the fall drop, they make a rich mulch. Usually wider than tall (6 to 10 feet), this tree grows more compact when wind-clipped. |
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| (1) | 15 gal | 160.00 | ||
| Crataegus douglasii | Douglas' Hawthorne | |||
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| (1) | 15 gal | 0.00 | ||
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| (1) | 2 gal | 29.00 | ||
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| 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 parvifolium | Cliff Buckwheat | Moss Landing | ||
 Compact pink or whitish-flowered species. |
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| (3) | 3" rose pot | 6.00 | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (4) | 2" rose pot | 2.50 | ||
| Forestiera pubescens | Desert Olive | Mines rd. Alameda Co. | ||
 Deciduous olive relative from desert washes, fairly unusual in the Bay Area, easy to grow. Makes small yellow flowers and little edible olives. Six to fifteen feet tall and wide. |
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| (2) | 15 gal | 165.00 | ||
| (3) | 10 gal | 100.00 | ||
| Fremontodendron 'California Glory' | Flannel Bush | |||
 Large evergreen tree/shrub with fast-growing sprawling habit to 30 feet tall. Gorgeous yellow bloom for most of the year. Extremely drought-tolerant once established.
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| (2) | 5 gal | 42.00 | ||
| Fruit: Actinidia arguta 'Issai' | Issai Russian Kiwi, fruit | |||
 Self fertile and dwarf deciduous vine to 12-20 feet tall. Vigorous vine, smaller sweeter fruit than you see in the grocery store, you can eat the skin. |
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| (3) | 5 gal | 50.00 | ||
| 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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| (2) | 5 gal | 45.00 | ||
| (16) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| Fruit: Feijoa sellowiana 'Unique' | Unique Pineapple Guava, fruit | |||
| Super-tasty fruits which are not viable for shipping to supermarkets - just for your back yard. |
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| (1) | 15 gal | 150.00 | ||
| Fruit: Olive | Olive | |||
| Deciduous olive relative from desert washes, fairly unusual in the Bay Area, easy to grow. Makes small yellow flowers and little edible olives. Six to fifteen feet tall and wide. |
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| (2) | 2 gal | 45.00 | ||
| (1) | 2 gal | 35.00 | ||
| Fruit: Passiflora edulis 'Red Rover' | Red Rover Purple Passionflower, fruit | |||
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| (2) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| Fruit: Pineapple Tomatillo | Pineapple Tomatillo, fruit | |||
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| (5) | 4" pot | 8.00 | ||
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| Fruit: Psidium littorale | Strawberry Guava, fruit | |||
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| (4) | 5 gal | 45.00 | ||
| Fruit: Psidium lucidum | Lemon Guava, fruit | |||
| Larger, sweeter fruit than Strawberry Guava and needs a little more heat. | ||||
| (5) | 5 gal | 45.00 | ||
| 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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| (5) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| 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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| (3) | 5 gal | 40.00 | ||
| 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) | 15 gal | 150.00 | ||
| (1) | 7 gal | 65.00 | ||
| (1) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| herb: 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 | ||
| 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) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| (1) | 5 gal | 40.00 | ||
| (4) | 2 gal | 18.00 | ||
| (5) | 1 gal | 45.00 | ||
| Heteromeles arbutifolia 'Davis Gold' | Toyon | |||
| Yellow-berried form of Toyon. |
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| (1) | 2" rose pot | 5.00 | ||
| Heteromeles arbutifolia 'Sunrise' | Sunrise Toyon | San Bruno Mountain | ||
 This selection From San Bruno Mountain starts with a mix of orange and red, eventually ripening mostly red. |
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| (4) | 1 gal | 15.00 | ||
| (2) | 3" rose pot | 7.00 | ||
| (1) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
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| Holodiscus discolor | Ocean Spray | |||
 A gorgeous and adaptable shrub for both sun or shade, Ocean Spray has fine scalloped leaves, a prolific and frothy white bloom, and the ability to thrive under conditions of garden water or total drought. |
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| (2) | 5 gal | 40.00 | ||
| (2) | 15 gal | 130.00 | ||
| (1) | 15 gal | 130.00 | ||
| Juniperus californica | California Juniper | Livermore | ||
 Slow growing to 15 feet, very blue leaves, edible berries, no water once established. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| (1) | 3" rose pot | 8.00 | ||
| (1) | 5" tree band | 8.00 | ||
| 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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| (5) | 3" rose pot | 5.00 | ||
| Lonicera involucrata. | Twinberry | Butte County | ||
 Northern foothills variety with yellow flowers and red berries. |
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| (1) | tree pot | 18.00 | ||
| Lupinus albifrons | Silver Lupine | |||
 The caterpillar food plant of San Francisco's rare and endangered Mission Blue butterfly, Silver Lupine grows 3-4 feet tall with feathery silver foliage and a heavy summer bloom of bright blue blossoms. A proven favorite for low maintenance, wildlife attraction, and unparalleled beauty. |
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| (86) | 5" tree band | 5.00 | ||
| (9) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| (17) | plug | 1.75 | ||
| Lupinus albifrons. | Silver Lupine | San Mateo Canyon | ||
| The caterpillar food plant of San Francisco's rare and endangered Mission Blue butterfly, Silver Lupine grows 3-4 feet tall with feathery silver foliage and a heavy summer bloom of bright blue blossoms. A proven favorite for low maintenance, wildlife attraction, and unparalleled beauty. |
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| (4) | 5" tree band | 7.00 | ||
| Malacothamnus fasciculatus 'Casitas' | Bushmallow | |||
 This is the most local bush mallow species, although 'Casitas' is a selection from Ventura that grows 6 to 8 feet with an upright habit and light pink flowers in late summer. Spreads to form thickets from underground runners. |
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| (4) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| 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 | 40.00 | ||
| (1) | 2 gal | 25.00 | ||
| (4) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (3) | 3" rose pot | 6.00 | ||
| 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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| (7) | 3" rose pot | 5.00 | ||
| (5) | 1 gal | 15.00 | ||
| 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 | ||
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| Mimulus 'Ruby Slippers' | Red Bush Monkeyflower | |||
 Large, deep red flowers. |
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| (20) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| 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) | 1/2 oz seed | 15.00 | ||
| (1) | seed | 100.00 | ||
| (16) | 3" rose pot | 6.00 | ||
| 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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| (25) | 15 gal | 144.00 | ||
| (2) | 15 gal | 144.00 | ||
| (1) | 24" box | 350.00 | ||
| (5) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| (2) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Oemleria cerasiformis | Osoberry | |||
 This deciduous shrub produces buckets of berries with a mild apricot flavor and large seeds. A proud member of the native habitat garden. Osoberry are dioecious; you need a male and female plant to set seed. They grow to about five-foot in California and can reach 15-foot tree proportions in Oregon or maybe with extra water in CA. |
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| (4) | 5 gal | 40.00 | ||
| (4) | 10" tree band | 14.00 | ||
| Philadelphus lewisii | Mock Orange | |||
 Deciduous shrub with sweetly fragrant white flowers. Large vase shape. This species is native to California's northern mountainous regions. |
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| (9) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| 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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| (6) | 2 gal | 26.00 | ||
| 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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| (6) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| (5) | 5 gal | 40.00 | ||
| (16) | 2 gal | 25.00 | ||
| Prunus illicifolia ssp. lyonii | Catalina Cherry | |||
 From the Channel Islands, a tall, robust form of the Islais cherry. Grows to 40 feet or more. Large and dark and shiny leaves and long panicles of white flowers on this Catalina Island native tree. Birds love the berries. |
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| (1) | 2 gal | 25.00 | ||
| (1) | 7 gal | 65.00 | ||
| (1) | 15 gal | 150.00 | ||
| 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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| (3) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| (1) | 7 gal | 50.00 | ||
| (1) | 10 gal | 70.00 | ||
| (1) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
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| Quercus berberidifolia | California Scrub Oak | |||
 Semi-evergreen shrub sized oak that fits in your garden. 10'+, drought is a-ok! |
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| (7) | 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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| (6) | 5 gal | 42.00 | ||
| 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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| (5) | 5 gal | 40.00 | ||
| (1) | 5 gal | 40.00 | ||
| Rhamnus californica 'Seaview' | Dwarf Coffeeberry | |||
| Low growing form to 2 feet high and twice as wide. |
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| (5) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| (2) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (6) | 3" rose pot | 6.00 | ||
| (3) | 3" rose pot | 12.00 | ||
| 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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| (1) | 7 gal | 85.00 | ||
| Rhus integrifolia | Lemonadeberry | Coastal So. Cal. | ||
 Glossy evergreen glosssy leafed shrub 3-10 foot tall and wide, compared to Rhus ovata, this one does better in coastal conditions but still drought tolerant. The fruit makes a nice lemonade flavored extract. |
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| (11) | 2" rose pot | 3.00 | ||
| Ribes divaricatum | Spreading Gooseberry | |||
 Very prickly, nice fall color. Edible berries, likes slightly dry part shade, tolerates seasonal flooding and is summer dormant. Great for under oaks or edge of garden; do not put on walkways. |
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| (1) | 5 gal | 40.00 | ||
| Ribes malvaceum 'Christy Ridge' | Chapparal Currant | Santa Cruz Island | ||
 Best flowering currant for the Bay Area. More drought tolerant, dense growing and sun loving than sanguineum. Light pink flowered selection with profuse bloom. |
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| (2) | 5 gal | 40.00 | ||
| (3) | 7 gal | 65.00 | ||
| Ribes malvaceum 'Dancing Tassels' | Chapparal Currant | Santa Cruz Island | ||
| Best flowering currant for the Bay Area. More drought tolerant, dense growing and sun loving than sanguineum. Light pink flowered selection from Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden has a long blooming period and longer flower tassels. |
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| (1) | 3" rose pot | 6.00 | ||
| Ribes malvaceum 'Montara Rose' | Chapparal Currant | Montara Mountain | ||
| This flowering currant has deep ruby flowers and grows more densely to six feet - more tolerant of sun and drought. Birds love the berries. |
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| (1) | 5 gal | 0.00 | ||
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| Ribes sanguineum var. glutinosum | Flowering Currant | San Francisco | ||
 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. This batch was propagated from local San Francisco stock. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| Ribes sanguineum var. glutinosum | Flowering Currant | |||
| 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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| (4) | 5 gal | 43.00 | ||
| 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) | 5 gal | 40.00 | ||
| Ribes speciosum 'Rana Creek' | Fuchsia Flowered Gooseberry | |||
 A gorgeous woodland plant with fuchsia-style flowers, this mid-size shrub is quite thorny and thus makes an excellent "green fence" for keeping neighborhood dogs and children out of the garden. Also a hummingbird magnet. 4-6' tall and wide. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| Rosa californica | ||||
 Gets big & spreads with sun & water on creek banks. |
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| (6) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Rosa gymnocarpa | Wood Rose | |||
| Fine texture, small leaf, much smaller & not invasive like Rosa californica. Usually no more that 2 feet high in dry shade under Oaks. |
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| (10) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| 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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| (2) | 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 parviflorus | Thimbleberry | |||
 Big, thornless 3-4 foot rangy beautiful soft-stemmed blackberry relative for moist fertile conditions but happy with just a bit of water & shade or sun on the coast. Large maple-leaves drop in winter leaving a rich twiggy texture. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (2) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| 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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| (2) | 5 gal | 30.00 | ||
| (5) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| (1) | 10 gal | 65.00 | ||
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| Rubus ursinus | California Blackberry | |||
| Photo is another species. |
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| (1) | 10" tree band | 12.00 | ||
| Salix exigua | Sandbar Willow | |||
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| (4) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Salix laevigata | Red Willow | Peninsula | ||
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| (1) | 15 gal | 0.00 | ||
| (16) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| (3) | 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 | ||
| (6) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| (1) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| Salix lucida | Shining Willow | San Francisco | ||
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| (1) | 15 gal | 130.00 | ||
| (5) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| (2) | 5" tree band | 5.00 | ||
| (13) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| (4) | 10" tree band | 12.00 | ||
| (5) | 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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| (6) | 2" rose pot | 2.50 | ||
| (4) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| (5) | 2" rose pot | 3.00 | ||
| (1) | 3" rose pot | 6.00 | ||
| (24) | 5" tree band | 5.00 | ||
| (10) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| Salvia 'Dara's Choice' | cultivar of Sonoma sage | |||
 'Dara's Choice' is likely S. sonomensis x S. clevelandii. Grows with an arching habit to 3 feet high and 6 feet wide, an excellent bloomer. Bright green leaves, striking blue flower. |
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| (15) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (7) | 5" tree band | 5.00 | ||
| (4) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| 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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| (217) | 1 gram | 0.25 | ||
| (8) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (215) | 1 gram | 7.00 | ||
| 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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| (18) | 5" tree band | 7.00 | ||
| (6) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| 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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| (1) | 5 gal | 38.00 | ||
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| Salvia clevelandii 'Baja Blue' | ||||
 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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| (5) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| 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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| (14) | 5" tree band | 6.00 | ||
| (8) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| 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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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Salvia leucophylla 'Figueroa' | ||||
| Silver fragrant leaves and pinkish purple flowers! 3' tall by 6' wide. |
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| (6) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| 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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| (5) | 5" tree band | 6.00 | ||
| (2) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Salvia mellifera 'Sweet Honey' | Black sage | Monterey Co. | ||
| A 3-4' tall x 4-6' wide mounding shrub with dense green, sweetly frangrant leaves and white early summer flowers. Selected for it's flavor. Likes full sun and good drainage with very little summer watering. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| Sambucus racemosa | Red Elderberry | |||
 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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| (2) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| 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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| (2) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| Styrax officionalis | Snowbell Bush | |||
 Small delicate deciduous tree/shrub with fragrant snowdrop blossoms. Looks similar to Cercis/Redbud in leaf. |
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| (1) | 5 gal | 45.00 | ||
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| Symphoricarpos albus. | 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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| (2) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| Symphoricarpos mollis | Creeping Snowberry | |||
 Local species, low growing ground cover. |
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| (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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| (1) | 7 gal | 0.00 | ||
| 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
| Abies concolor | White Fir | |||
 Can grow to 200 feet tall from Western mountains above 3,000 ft. Needs summer water. Popular as a Christmas tree. |
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| (1) | 5 gal | 40.00 | ||
| 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 | ||
| (3) | 10 gal | 130.00 | ||
| Acer negundo | Box Elder | |||
 Multistem shrub or small tree, 6-18 ft. high. Moist to fairly dry slopes and canyons. |
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| (8) | 15 gal | 130.00 | ||
| (4) | 5 gal | 40.00 | ||
| 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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| (2) | 2 gal | 25.00 | ||
| 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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| (22) | 5 gal | 40.00 | ||
| (1) | 7 gal | 65.00 | ||
| (16) | 10" tree band | 14.00 | ||
| Aesculus californica.... | California Buckeye | San Francisco | ||
| 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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| (1) | 15 gal | 125.00 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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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| (2) | 15 gal | 110.00 | ||
| (8) | 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 | ||
| (1) | 2 gal | 25.00 | ||
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| Cupressus goveniana | Gowen Cypress | Pacific Grove | ||
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| (5) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| (4) | 2 gal | 25.00 | ||
| (2) | 3" rose pot | 8.00 | ||
| (2) | 1 gal | 8.00 | ||
| Cupressus guadalupensis 'Greenlee's Blue Rocket' | 'Greenlee's Blue Rocket' Tecate Cypress | Guadalupe Island, Baja | ||
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| (24) | 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 | ||
| (2) | 2 gal | 25.00 | ||
| Fruit: Persimmon Chocolate | Chocolate Persimmon, Fruit | ||
| (3) | 5 gal | 45.00 | |
| 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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| (13) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (23) | 2 gal | 20.00 | ||
| (2) | 3" rose pot | 14.00 | ||
| Lyonothamnus floribundus ssp. asplenifolius | Fernleaf Catalina Ironwood | |||
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| (2) | 15 gal | 165.00 | ||
| Pinus contorta ssp. contorta | Shore Pine | Mendocino | ||
 A wind-sculpted beauty. Nice for a large bonsai subject. |
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| (1) | 24" box | 350.00 | ||
| (2) | 15 gal | 130.00 | ||
| Pinus ponderosa | Ponderosa Pine | |||
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| (2) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| Platanus racemosa | Western sycamore | Cull Canyon | ||
 Fast-growing deciduous tree, often found in riparian zones. |
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| (5) | 2 gal | 28.00 | ||
| Populus tremuloides | Quaking Aspen | |||
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| (2) | 2 gal | 20.00 | ||
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| 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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| (3) | 5 gal | 40.00 | ||
| (2) | 2 gal | 25.00 | ||
| 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. | ||||
| (8) | 2 gal | 27.00 | ||
| 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) | 24" box | 350.00 | ||
| (1) | 36" box | 1.00 | ||
| (1) | 10" tree band | 15.00 | ||
| (6) | 15 gal | 130.00 | ||
| Quercus wislizenii | Interior live oak | Mendocino Co | ||
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 | ||
| (2) | 5 gal | 40.00 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Torreya californica | California Nutmeg | Tilden | ||
 A California endemic, this slow-growing tree puts on about a foot a year (up to 140 feet) with horizontal branches and aromatic wood. The seeds were a highly esteemed foodstuff of California Indians and will attract numerous birds and other wildlife. Torreya are dioecious; you need a male and female plant to set seed. |
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| (1) | 7 gal | 75.00 | ||
| (1) | 15 gal | 0.00 | ||
Native Vines
| Aristolochia californica | Pipevine | |||
 Deciduous vine with lush tropical-looking foliage, the exclusive host plant for caterpillars of the Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly. Sun to shade. Stems up to 12ft. long.
Native to San Francisco and greater Bay Area. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 15.00 | ||
| Galvezia speciosa 'Boca Rosa' | Island Snapdragon | Catalina Island | ||
| Lush, drought-tolerant vine or ground cover with evergreen foliage and snapdragon blossoms of lipstick red all summer. Sun or shade with fewer flowers. The name has recently been changed to Gambelina. |
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| (10) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (19) | 3" rose pot | 6.00 | ||
| Galvezia speciosa 'Firecracker' | 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.
The cultivar 'Boca Rosa' has bright green leaves and is more vigorous, can be trained as a vine up a chain link fence, 'Firecracker' has more silvery leaves and grows as a tall groundcover in dry sunny settings. Drought tolerant. The name has recently been changed to Gambelina. |
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| (1) | 1/2 gal | 10.00 | ||
| (3) | 5" tree band | 6.00 | ||
| (1) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| 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 | ||
| (3) | 4" pot | 8.00 | ||
| Marah fabaceus | Manroot | Marin | ||
 Our native gourd, this deciduous vine comes up with the rains and coils up fences and shrubs, flowering white and eventually forming large, spiky ball-like (inedible) fruits. |
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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) | 2 gal | 22.00 | ||
| (12) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| 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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| (1) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
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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| (79) | shipping box | 40.00 | ||
| (2) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| Agrostis pallens Bronze Form | Bronze 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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| (13) | 10" tree band | 8.00 | ||
| 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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| (39) | 3" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| 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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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (59) | 5" tree band | 6.00 | ||
| 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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| (31) | 3" rose pot | 5.00 | ||
| (44) | 2" rose pot | 2.50 | ||
| (9) | 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 | ||
| (3) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Carex deweyana ssp. leptopoda | Berkeley Sedge | Grizzly Peak | ||
 A true Berkeley Sedge. |
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| (15) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| (10) | 3" rose pot | 5.00 | ||
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| 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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| (1) | 2 gal | 20.00 | ||
| Carex obnupta | Slough Sedge | Humboldt | ||
 Very large upright clumping wetland sedge. 2' tall or more, great for wildlife habitat. |
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| (22) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| Carex pansa | Pacific Dune Sedge | Asilomar | ||
 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. 1.75 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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| (10) | 200 plug tray | 350.00 | ||
| (28) | shipping box | 40.00 | ||
| (7) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| (21) | tray deposit | 5.00 | ||
| (1) | plug | 1.75 | ||
| (9) | 1 gal | 11.00 | ||
| Carex pansa | Dune Sedge | |||
 One of the most popular sedges for creating a wild 'lawn'. Looks best unmowed with occasional water, 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. A David Amme selection. |
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| (8000) | D40 | 3.20 | ||
| Carex pansa | Pacific Dune Sedge | Asilomar | ||
| 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. 1.75 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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| (6) | 3" rose pot | 5.00 | ||
| (200) | 1 gal | 12.38 | ||
| 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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| (94) | shipping box | 57.14 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Deschampsia caespitosa | Tufted Hairgrass | Presidio, SF | ||
 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 | ||
| (9) | 1 gal | 10.50 | ||
| 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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| (119) | 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 | ||
Native Grasses continued...
| 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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| (6) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| 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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| (16) | 3" rose pot | 5.00 | ||
| (6) | 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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| (4) | 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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| (39) | 3" rose pot | 5.00 | ||
| (12) | 3" rose pot | 3.00 | ||
| Equisetum arvense | Common Horsetail | |||
 This one makes fluffy quills like a horse tail. _call ahead item not kept on site_ |
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| (5) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| Equisetum scirpoides | Miniature Horsetail | |||
 Miniature species from northern forests. Use only in a pot in wetland situations, it will spread and take over in the ground. |
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| (3) | 3" rose pot | 7.00 | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (2) | 1/2 gal | 10.00 | ||
| 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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| (98) | plug | 1.35 | ||
| (4) | 1 gal | 10.50 | ||
| Festuca californica 'Blue form' | Silver-blue California Fescue | |||
| Slightly more silvery-blue form with purple stems. A robust and drought-tolerant bunchgrass, great for dancing down lightly shaded slopes. |
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| (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 | ||
| Festuca idahoensis 'Warren Peak' | Idaho Fescue | Palm Springs | ||
| Nice fine textured blue selection. |
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| (9) | 2" rose pot | 3.00 | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 10.50 | ||
Native Grasses continued...
| 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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| (100) | tray deposit | 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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| (94) | shipping box | 40.00 | ||
| (96) | plug | 1.35 | ||
| 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. | ||||
| (36) | 5" tree band | 5.00 | ||
| Hierochloe occidentalis | Vanilla Grass | Bay Area | ||
 Deep Redwood forest bunch grass with wide fragrant green leaves which does well in deep organic soils in the shade of conifers with slightly dry soils. |
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| (2) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| (9) | 3" rose pot | 6.00 | ||
| 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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| (68) | 1 gal | 8.00 | ||
| 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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| (1) | 10" tree band | 12.00 | ||
| Juncus sp | Rush | |||
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| (2) | 5 gal | 20.00 | ||
| (1) | 5" tree band | 5.00 | ||
| (5) | 3" rose pot | 5.00 | ||
| (3) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| (8) | 10" tree band | 8.00 | ||
| (109) | 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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| (2) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (3) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| (4) | 10" tree band | 12.00 | ||
| (1) | 3" rose pot | 6.00 | ||
| 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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| (1) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| (3) | 3" rose pot | 5.00 | ||
| (10) | plug | 1.38 | ||
| (7) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
Native Grasses continued...
| 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 | ||
| (5) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Leymus mollis | Beach grass | |||
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| (5) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (87) | 9" tree band | 8.00 | ||
| 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 | ||
| (3) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| (1000) | bare root | 1.10 | ||
| 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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| (11) | 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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| (111) | plug | 1.38 | ||
| (11) | 5" tree band | 5.00 | ||
| (50) | 2" rose pot | 2.50 | ||
| 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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| (2) | 5" tree band | 5.00 | ||
| (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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| (14) | 2" rose pot | 3.00 | ||
| (1) | 10" tree band | 12.00 | ||
| (1) | 3" rose pot | 5.00 | ||
| 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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| (14) | 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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| (1) | 1 gal | 0.00 | ||
| 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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| (2) | 3" rose pot | 6.00 | ||
| (1) | 2 gal | 20.00 | ||
| (41) | 1 gal | 10.00 | ||
| (33) | 2" rose pot | 2.50 | ||
Native Grasses continued...
| 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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| (5) | 3" rose pot | 4.00 | ||
| Nassella pulchra. | Purple Needle Grass | |||
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| (2) | 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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| (5) | 3" rose pot | 6.00 | ||
| (31) | 2" rose pot | 2.50 | ||
| 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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| (16) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| (6) | 5" tree band | 5.00 | ||
| 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 | ||
| (824) | sq. ft. sod | 4.00 | ||
| (100) | sod installation | 500.00 | ||
| 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: Coastal Select | Coastal Select Sod | |||
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| (888) | sq. ft. sod | 4.00 | ||
| (99) | sod delivery | 60.00 | ||
| Sod: Fescue Blend | Fescue Blend Sod | |||
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| (60) | sq. ft. sod | 4.00 | ||
| (98) | sod delivery | 60.00 | ||
| (1009) | 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 | ||
Native Grasses continued...
| Sod: Heritage Mix | Heritage Mix Sod | |||
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| (99) | sod delivery | 60.00 | ||
| (1800) | sq. ft. sod | 4.00 | ||
| Sporobolus airoides | Alkali Sacaton | |||
 Grows in alkalai seeps and makes big fascinating feathery flower heads. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (2) | 9" tree band | 8.00 | ||
| (1) | 1/2 gal | 8.00 | ||
| (3) | 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 | ||
| veggie: Canna | Canna | ||
| (8) | 1 gal | 15.00 | |
| veggie: Phyla edulis | Aztec Sweet Herb | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 10.00 | |
Native Ferns
| Athyrium filix-femina | Lady Fern | |||
 Beautiful bright green deciduous fern that requires lots of moisture & shade. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| 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 | 14.00 | ||
| 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) | 4" pot | 7.00 | ||
| (4) | 3" rose pot | 4.00 | ||
| Polystichum munitum | Sword Fern | |||
 A rugged and robust evergreen fern 2-4 feet tall with numerous fronds, common in damp woodlands below 2500 ft. Easy, beautiful, and bold in the garden. |
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| (1) | 2 gal | 26.00 | ||
| (5) | 1 gal | 14.00 | ||
| (1) | 1/2 gal | 10.00 | ||
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 | ||
| (1) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| (28) | 5" tree band | 6.00 | ||
| (4) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| Dichelostemma capitatum | Blue Dicks | San Rafael | ||
 Gorgeous summer dry grassland bulb, these bloom earlier than Tritelieia. |
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| (2) | 4" pot | 10.00 | ||
| (35) | 2" rose pot | 3.00 | ||
| 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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| (1) | 1/8 oz. seed | 6.00 | ||
| Iris douglasiana | Douglas Iris | Presidio, San Francisco | ||
| Lush deep green foliage and a beautiful spring bloom distinguish this gorgeous iris propagated from local stock in San Francisco's Presidio. A perfect choice for the garden in partial shade. |
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| (1) | 2 gal | 25.00 | ||
| 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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| (1) | 10 gal | 75.00 | ||
| (15) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| Lilium humboltii | Humbolt Lily | |||
 This species looks similar to the common Leopard lily but it's more drought tolerant and can get quite large. |
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| (1) | 5" tree band | 10.00 | ||
| Lilium parryi | Lemon Lily | |||
 A rare fragrant beauty. |
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| (1) | 1 gal | 18.00 | ||
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 | 41.50 | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 44.00 | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 75.00 | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 31.50 | ||
| (1) | 1/2 gal | 31.00 | ||
| (1) | 1/2 gal | 27.00 | ||
| (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 | 27.00 | ||
| (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 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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| (2) | 2" rose pot | 4.00 | ||
| Zigadenus fremontii | Death Camas | San Francisco | ||
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| (13) | 2" rose pot | 4.00 | ||
| (6) | 3" rose pot | 5.00 | ||
Native Annuals
| Bowlesia incana | Hoary Parsley-vine | |||
 Interesting little annual in the carrot family, Bowlesia grows on seasonally moist well drained shady slopes and makes a lovely red color as it dries out. Often found with Galium and Maidenhair Ferns. Edible and can be weedy in moist shaded places. |
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| (40) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| Camissonia cheiranthifolia | Beach Evening Primrose | |||
 Low growing sand-loving perennial with bright yellow flowers that fade to orangish tones. |
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| (6) | 1 oz. seed | 38.00 | ||
| (2) | 1/2 oz seed | 23.00 | ||
| 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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| (5) | seed packet | 10.00 | ||
| (17) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| (1) | six-pack | 3.00 | ||
| (2) | six-pack | 3.00 | ||
| 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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| (3) | seed packet | 6.00 | ||
| (3) | 1 oz. seed | 40.00 | ||
| (18) | 3" rose pot | 4.00 | ||
| (1) | 2" rose pot | 2.50 | ||
| 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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| (29) | 3" rose pot | 4.00 | ||
| Claytonia parviflora | Miner's Lettuce | Bay Area | ||
 Edible, shade annual, reseeds. As tasty as any grocery store lettuce. |
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| (12) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| 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) | 1/8 oz. seed | 6.00 | ||
| (4) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| (1) | 1/2 lb. seed | 200.00 | ||
| (5) | 3" rose pot | 3.00 | ||
| Collomia grandiflora | Large-flowered Collomia | |||
 Stunning peach/salmon/white phlox flowers on a tall annual for sunny meadows. |
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| (4) | 2" rose pot | 1.00 | ||
| (6) | six-pack | 4.00 | ||
| Eschscholzia californica | California Poppy | |||
 We usually have a couple on hand in case someone doesn't already have them. |
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| (1) | 1/8 oz. seed | 6.00 | ||
| (2) | 1/2 oz seed | 15.00 | ||
Native Annuals continued...
| Gilia capitata | Globe Gilia | |||
 Beautiful blue flowers attract bees, reseeds readily. Can get up to 18 inches in fertile soil. |
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| (2) | 1/8 oz. seed | 6.00 | ||
| (1) | 1/2 lb. seed | 95.00 | ||
| (1) | 1 oz. seed | 25.00 | ||
| (10) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| Layia platyglossa | Tidy Tips | Colusa Co. | ||
 Small yellow and white annual. |
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| (16) | 3" rose pot | 4.00 | ||
| (1) | seed | 75.00 | ||
| (1) | 1/8 oz. seed | 6.00 | ||
| (2) | 1 oz. seed | 25.00 | ||
| (10) | six-pack | 5.00 | ||
| (1) | seed | 75.00 | ||
| (1) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| (16) | 3" rose pot | 3.00 | ||
| 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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| (27) | 3" rose pot | 3.00 | ||
| (115) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 8.00 | ||
| (2) | seed packet | 6.00 | ||
| Madia elegans ssp. densifolia | Showy Tarweed | |||
 Called 'tar'weed for its sticky, bubblegum-scented sap. When happy, this gigantic (3 foot) annual is a tower of dozens of bright sunny daisies. Flowers in summer when many other annuals are dormant, and is a vital food source for pollinating insects. |
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| (2) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| Nemophila maculata | Five-spot | |||
 Annual wildflower similar to Baby Blue-eyes but white with blue spots. |
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| (1) | 1/2 oz seed | 15.00 | ||
| (6) | 1/8 oz. seed | 6.00 | ||
| (3) | 1 oz. seed | 25.00 | ||
| (2) | 1/2 lb. seed | 125.00 | ||
| Nemophila menziesii | Baby Blue Eyes | |||
 Easy carpets of baby-blue bliss for the bees. |
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| (1) | seed | 75.00 | ||
| (1) | 1/2 oz seed | 15.00 | ||
| (2) | 1/8 oz. seed | 6.00 | ||
| Oenothera elata ssp. hirsutissima | Hooker's Evening Primrose | |||
 Tall, vigorous, covered in yellow blossoms! This free-seeding freebooter comes up everywhere it wants to. Hummingbirds like it. AKA Oenothera hookeri |
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| (6) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (3) | 1 oz. seed | 25.00 | ||
| Phacelia malvifolia | Stinging Phacelia | Marin | ||
 Annual with white flowers for mixed shade delights bumblebees and stings your fingers slightly. Easy, reseeds. |
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| (8) | 3" rose pot | 3.00 | ||
| (16) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| Plantago erecta | California Plantain | Yolo Co. | ||
 Small annual herb that likes serpentine soil. It can be found on grassy slopes or open woodland. Its leaves are needle-shaped, and the translucent flowers are clustered. This plant hosts the Edith's checkerspot butterfly. |
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| (8) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| Zeltnera davyi | Davy's Centaury | |||
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| (6) | 5" tree band | 4.00 | ||
Exotic Edible Species
| berry: Fragaria 'Albion' | Albion Strawberry | |||
| Selection from California farms is ever-bearing with very sweet fruit. | ||||
| (1) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| berry: Fragaria ananassa 'Elan' | Elan Strawberry | ||
| (2) | 1/2 gal | 8.00 | |
| berry: Fragaria vesca 'Golden Alexandria' | Wood Strawberry | Europe | ||
| Runnerless strawberry with unique Lime-gold foliage. Fruits from Summer till Fall. | ||||
| (2) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| berry: Ribes rubrum | White Currant, berry | |||
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| (3) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| berry: Ribes rubrum 'Red Lake' | Red Currant, berry | |||
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| (2) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| berry: Vitis vinifera | Wine Grape, berry | |||
 Rarely available reclaimed 40-year-old wine grape vines. |
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| (3) | 24" box | 400.00 | ||
| berry: Vitis vinifera 'Thompson Seedless' | Thompson Seedless Table Grape, berry | |||
 White seedless table grapes. |
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| (6) | 5 gal | 35.00 | ||
| Campanula portenschlagiana | Dalmatian Bellflower | ||
| (13) | 1/2 gal | 8.00 | |
| Chickens | Chickens | |||
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| (1) | 22.58 | |||
| (3) | 33.00 | |||
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| Crambe maritima | |||
| (2) | 1 gal | 6.00 | |
| culinary sage | ||||
| (3) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| eggs | eggs | |||
| Delicious nutritious eggs from our own flock of chickens. If you buy an egg from the grocery store, it comes from an abused chicken, guaranteed. Even free range, cage free and organic are abused terribly. Our birds are given organic feed and lots of weeds, bugs and worms which results in twice the nutritional value. |
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| fruit: Akebia quinata | Silver Bells, fruit | |||
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| (1) | 1 gal | 25.00 | ||
| fruit: Apple 'Golden Dorsett' Espalier | Golden Dorsett Apple, fruit | |||
Smallish fruited subtropical variety, evergreen in The Bahamas where the variety originated as a seedling from a Golden Delicious. Lowest chill, it will even work in a foggy neighborhood. Forms lots of fruiting spurs and fruits so heavily that it doesn't have time to grow large. Can make 3 crops a year.
Estimated Chilling Requirement
100 hours below 45°F
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones
5 - 10
Pollination
Self-fruitful.
Bloom Season within fruit type(see note)
very early
Harvest Season within fruit type
very early
Harvest Dates
June 25 to July 10
(approximate for Hickman, CA)
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| (1) | 24" box | 350.00 | ||
| fruit: Apricot 'Katy' | Katy Apricot, fruit | |||
Marginal in SF, but low chill and early. On Citation.
Estimated Chilling Requirement
200-300 hours below 45°F
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones
7 - 10
Pollination
Self-fruitful.
Bloom Season within fruit type(see note)
very early
Harvest Season within fruit type
early
Harvest Dates
May 25 to June 5
(approximate for Hickman, CA)
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| (1) | 15 gal | 150.00 | ||
| fruit: Aprium' Flavor Delight' | Flavor Delight Aprium, fruit | |||
On Citation.
Estimated Chilling Requirement
less than 300 hours below 45°F
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones
6 - 10
Pollination
Self-fruitful, but largest crops when pollenized by another apricot.
Bloom Season within fruit type(see note)
very early
Harvest Season within fruit type
early
Harvest Dates
June 3 to June 17
(approximate for Hickman, CA)
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| (2) | 7 gal | 50.25 | ||
| fruit: Asian Pear 'Shinseiki' | Shinseiki Asian Pear, fruit | |||
On Calleryana
Estimated Chilling Requirement
250-300 hours below 45°F
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones
5 - 10
Pollination
Self-fruitful.
Bloom Season within fruit type(see note)
midseason
Harvest Season within fruit type
early
Harvest Dates
July 25 to August 10
(approximate for Hickman, CA)
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| (4) | 15 gal | 59.75 | ||
| (1) | 15 gal | 150.00 | ||
| fruit: Avocado 'Bacon' | Bacon Avocado, fruit | |||
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| (2) | 5 gal | 50.00 | ||
| fruit: Avocado 'Little Cado' | Little Cado Avocado, fruit | |||
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| (3) | 5 gal | 50.00 | ||
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| fruit: Avocado 'Mexicola' | Mexicola Avocado, fruit | |||
| Slightly smaller version of the Mexicola Grande. Cold Hardy to 18F! High quality fruit with thin shiny black skin. Fruit Size 4
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8 oz
. Ripens August
to October (our warm season). A
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Type varieties have flowers that open as females on the first
morning that then
close that afternoon. The next afternoon the flowers open again but this time they
are male. They shed pollen for a few hours and then the flower closes again, this
time for good. more info
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| (1) | 15 gal | 230.00 | ||
| fruit: Avocado 'Stewart' | Stewart Mexicola Avocado, fruit | |||
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| (3) | 5 gal | 50.00 | ||
| fruit: Cherry 'Royal Lee' | Royal Lee Cherry | |||
Cherries are marginal in SF but this is your best bet. Can grow in containers. On Newroot-1.
Needs another cherry (best is Minnie Royal) to cross-pollinate.
Estimated Chilling Requirement 200-300 or fewer hours below 45�F USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 6 - 10 Pollination Pollenized by Royal Lee. Bloom Season within fruit type(see note) early Harvest Season within fruit type early Harvest Dates May 10 to May 23 (approximate for Hickman, CA) |
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| (2) | 7 gal | 85.00 | ||
| fruit: citrus, Blood Orange, 'Tarocco' | Tarocco Blood Orange, fruit | |||
 Largest fruit among Blood oranges. Excellent tasting flesh is spotted red; orange skin. Vigorous open growth character. Borderline in sunny SF neighborhoods but worth trying in a warm protected spot. |
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| (1) | 15 gal | 137.00 | ||
| fruit: citrus, Citron, 'Buddha's Hand' | Buddha's Hand Citron, fruit | |||
 Very unusual fingered fruit with a rich fragrance. We've seen them set fruit near Dolores Park. Use the rind in recipies calling for zest or to perfume a room. |
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| (1) | 5 gal | 40.00 | ||
| fruit: citrus, Grapefruit, 'Oroblanco' | Oroblanco Grapefruit | |||
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| (1) | 2 gal | 45.00 | ||
| fruit: citrus, Lemon, Improved Meyer | Improved Meyer Lemon, fruit | |||
 Good performer in cool climates. Thin skin, sweet flavor. SF favorite. |
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| (1) | 2 gal | 45.00 | ||
| fruit: citrus, Lime, Calimansi | Calamondin, fruit | |||
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| (2) | 2 gal | 45.00 | ||
| fruit: citrus, Lime, Keiffer | Thai Lime, fruit | |||
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| (2) | 2 gal | 45.00 | ||
| fruit: citrus, Orange, 'Bouquet de Fleurs' | Bouquet de Fleurs Sour Orange, fruit | |||
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| (3) | 2 gal | 45.00 | ||
Exotic Edible Species continued...
| fruit: citrus, Orange, 'Robertson Naval' | Robertson Naval Orange, fruit | |||
 Borderline in sunny SF neighborhoods but worth trying in a warm protected spot. |
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| (1) | 15 gal | 137.00 | ||
| fruit: citrus, Orange, 'Trovita' | Trovita Orange, fruit | |||
 Best orange for cooler climates. Borderline in sunny SF neighborhoods but worth trying in a warm protected spot. |
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| (2) | 2 gal | 45.00 | ||
| fruit: Elaeagnus multiflora | Goumi, fruit | |||
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| (5) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| fruit: Elaeagnus multiflora 'Sweet Scarlet' | Sweet Scarlet Goumi, fruit | |||
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| (1) | 1 gal | 25.00 | ||
| fruit: Fig 'Brown Turkey' | Brown Turkey Fig, fruit | |||
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| (4) | 5 gal | 45.00 | ||
| fruit: Fig 'Desert King' | Desert King Fig, fruit | |||
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| (3) | 5 gal | 45.00 | ||
| fruit: Fig 'Violeta de Bordeux' | Violeta de Bordeux Fig, fruit | |||
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| (3) | 5 gal | 45.00 | ||
| fruit: Goji Berry | Goji Berry, fruit | |||
 Chinese super-food related to tomatoes. |
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| (6) | 2 gal | 16.00 | ||
| fruit: Morus nigra, 'Pakistan Bush' | Pakistan Bush Mulberry, fruit | |||
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| (4) | 15 gal | 125.00 | ||
| (6) | 5 gal | 50.00 | ||
| fruit: Nectarine 'Arctic Star' | Arctic Star Nectarine, fruit | |||
White subacid Nectarine. On Citation.
Estimated Chilling Requirement
300 hours below 45°F
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones
7 - 10
Pollination
Self-fruitful.
Bloom Season within fruit type(see note)
early
Harvest Season within fruit type
early
Harvest Dates
June 8 to June 25
(approximate for Hickman, CA)
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| (1) | 10 gal | 63.85 | ||
| (1) | 15 gal | 150.00 | ||
Exotic Edible Species continued...
| fruit: Nectarine 'Snow Queen' | Snow Queen Nectarine, fruit | |||
On Citation
Estimated Chilling Requirement
250-300 hours below 45°F
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones
8 - 10
Pollination
Self-fruitful.
Bloom Season within fruit type(see note)
late midseason
Harvest Season within fruit type
early midseason
Harvest Dates
June 18 to July 1
(approximate for Hickman, CA)
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| (1) | 5 gal | 43.85 | ||
| fruit: Opuntia ellisiana | Spineless Prickly Pear, fruit | |||
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| (4) | 1 gal | 25.00 | ||
| (1) | 10" tree band | 12.00 | ||
| fruit: Pluot 'Flavor Grenade' | Flavor Grenade Pluot, fruit | |||
On Myro 29C. Needs a Santa Rosa plum or another pluot to cross-pollinate.
Estimated Chilling Requirement
200-300 hours below 45°F
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones
6 - 10
Pollination
Pollenized by Flavor King Pluot®, Dapple Dandy Pluot®, Emerald Drop Pluot® or Santa Rosa plum.
Bloom Season within fruit type(see note)
midseason
Harvest Season within fruit type
late
Harvest Dates
August 30 to October 2
(approximate for Hickman, CA)
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| (2) | 10 gal | 125.00 | ||
| fruit: Pomegranate 'Wonderful' | Wonderful Pomegranate, fruit | |||
 150 chill hours, best for juicing rather than eating but seeds are soft and easy to chew. The most popular commercial Pomegranate in California. |
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| (7) | 5 gal | 40.00 | ||
| fruit: Solanum abutiloides | Dwarf Tamarillo | |||
| Relative of Tamarillo (Solanum betaceum), this one makes clusters of small yellow fruits with a tropical flavor. From Argentina and Bolivian rocky scrub land, it makes a small tree as tall as 25 feet, usually smaller. | ||||
| (1) | 1 gal | 15.00 | ||
| (9) | 4" pot | 5.00 | ||
| fruit: Solanum quintoense | Naranjalilla | ||
| (1) | 1 gal | 15.00 | |
| fruit: Ugni molinae | Chilean Guava, fruit | |||
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| (6) | 5 gal | 45.00 | ||
| herb: Aloe vera | True Aloe, herb | |||
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| (6) | 1 gal | 12.00 | ||
| (1) | 2 gal | 35.00 | ||
| herb: Basil, Genovese | Genovese Basil, herb | |||
| This is a wonderful herb for any home garden, can be grown indoors or out. Italian Basil has a tasty leaf that is used in many culinary dished and is one of the main ingredients in pesto. Basil needs full sun in light, well drained soil with plenty of water. you can encourage bushy growth by topping the plant and pinching the flowers heads off before they bloom. Genovese can be harvested 7 or 8 times and has the best flavor for pesto sauce. | ||||
| (9) | 2" rose pot | 1.50 | ||
| herb: Borago officionalis | Borage, herb | |||
| Brilliant blue flowers attract pollinators and add a cucumber flavor to salads and drinks. | ||||
| (2) | 2" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| (1) | 1/2 gal | 7.00 | ||
Exotic Edible Species continued...
| herb: Chives | Chives, herb | |||
| Chives are a wonderful herb native to the Eurasian continent. The leaves have a sweet onion taste that is a great accent for many culinary dishes. Easy to grow in the ground or container the neat rich green foliage makes a lovely border or addition to your herb garden. Both leaves and flower are edible and they like a well draining and fertile soil. You can pinch the flower buds for more leaf production and if leaves look ragged in winter they can be cut back to the ground and will grow back in the spring. | ||||
| (10) | 3" rose pot | 2.00 | ||
| herb: Cilantro, Santo | Santo Cilantro, herb | ||
| (8) | 4" pot | 5.00 | |
| (37) | six-pack | 1.00 | |
| herb: Dill | Dill, herb | |||
| This herb is an important ingredient in pickling, and is also used in soup stocks, salads, and to season fish. Tasty and has a nice, homey fragrance. | ||||
| (1) | 3" rose pot | 4.00 | ||
| herb: Dysphania ambrosioides | Epazote, herb | |||
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| (1) | 1/2 gal | 8.00 | ||
| herb: French Tarragon | French Tarragon, herb | |||
| AKA Wormwood. Exotic spice used in a variety of dishes including chicken fish or eggs to bring a unique taste to the table. Likes heat and well drained soil, very drought tolerant needs some protection in the winter if in wet conditions. |
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| (6) | 1/2 gal | 6.00 | ||
| herb: Italian Marjoram | Italian Marjoram, herb | |||
 Milder version of Oregano.
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| (5) | 1 gal | 8.00 | ||
| herb: Italian Oregano | Italian Oregano, herb | |||
| Italian cooking spice, use dried or fresh in a variety of dishes, especially pasta's and pasta sauce. Grows best in hot slightly dry conditions with well drained soil. Does very well in gardens as well as in planter boxes |
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| (1) | 4" pot | 6.00 | ||
| (2) | 1/2 gal | 3.00 | ||
| herb: Large-leaf Italian Basil | Large-leaf Italian Basil, herb | |||
| This is a wonderful herb for any home garden, can be grown indoors or out. Italian Basil has a tasty leaf that is used in many culinary dished and is one of the main ingredients in pesto. Basil needs full sun in light, well drained soil with plenty of water. you can encourage bushy growth by topping the plant and pinching the flowers heads off before they bloom. | ||||
| (10) | 3" rose pot | 3.00 | ||
| herb: Oregano 'Gold' | Gold Oregano, herb | |||
| Italian cooking spice, use dried or fresh in a variety of dishes, especially pasta's and pasta sauce. Grows best in hot slightly dry conditions with well drained soil. Does very well in gardens as well as in planter boxes |
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