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Molate Red Fescue Festuca rubra 'Molate' Molate Red Fescue, or Festuca rubra 'Molate,' is a fine-textured, dark green, cool-season grass native to California that grows best in sandy soil. This plant is often used as a low-maintenance lawn alternative or groundcover, can thrive in both sun and shade, and [...]

Scarlet Monkey Flower Mimulus cardinalis Scarlet Monkey Flower, or Mimulus cardinalis, is a California native perennial that blooms throughout the spring and late summer seasons, attracting many bees and butterflies, with it's slender, sticky leaves remaining all year long. This variety grows to be about 2-3ft tall and [...]

Kitten Around Catmint Nepeta faassenii 'Kitten Around' Kitten Around Catmint, or Nepeta faassenii 'Kitten Around,' is a compact aromatic mint known for its dense mounds and drought tolerance. This easy to grow perennial blooms with periwinkle-blue flower spikes from late spring to fall, attracting many pollinators. This plant likes [...]

Eve Case Coffeeberry Frangula californica 'Eve Case' Eve Case Coffeeberry, or Frangula californica 'Eve Case' is a smaller variety of the common, native, evergreen shrub Coffeeberry that is found throughout California. It has beautiful, dense, dark-agreen oval leaves and big berries that change color from red, to purple, [...]

Gray Lavender Cotton Santolina chamaecyparissus Gray Lavender Cotton, or Santolina chamaecyparissus, is a sun-loving and very drought-tolerant evergreen shrub native to the Mediterranean. It's silvery foliage releases fragrance when bruised and has button-like yellow flowers that attract many types of pollinators.

Sea Lavender Limonium perezii This tough, yet beautiful perennial herb is a sun-loving and drought-tolerant plant native to Tenerife in the Canary Islands. This plant can grow up to 3 feet tall and it blooms in late spring and summer with small, showy bunches of purple and white [...]

Wild Strawberry Fragaria vesca Wild Strawberry is a California native prized by people and wildlife alike for it's small, sweet fruits! This is a low-growing plant that works well as ground cover when grown in partial shade and consistently damp soil. This makes it well suited for planting [...]

Creek Sedge Carex amphibola Creek Sedge is native to the eastern United States and thrives in partial shade and moist to wet soils, making it perfect for rain gardens.

Foothill Sedge Carex Tumulicola Carex tumulicola is a native, grass-like plant found in western North America from British Colombia to California. It's bright green foliage is semi-evergreen and will tolerate periods of dryness. It grows to a height and width of 2 feet and spreads slowly, which makes [...]

Mexican Marigold Tagetes lemmonii This extremely drought tolerant shrub is native to northwestern Mexico and southern Arizona. It thrives in full sun and only needs infrequent, deep waterings after it's roots are established. It blooms profusely from late fall into spring, attracting many pollinators. It can sometimes reach [...]