Coyote Mint Monardella villosa This spreading shrub has fragrant mint-scented foliage and delicate lavender flowers that bloom in the summer, attracting many butterflies and bees. Coyote mint loves full sun, but will tolerate partial shade in sunnier locations. It is drought tolerant but does best with some summer [...]
Common Yarrow Achillea millefolium This California native is durable and easy to grow in a wide range of soil types and requires little watering, which makes it a popular plant choice! With it's fluffy fronds and quick spreading nature, it makes a great groundcover plant for lawn replacement. [...]
Echinacea, or Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea Echinacea purpurea is a type of coneflower native to North America that blooms in the summer through early fall. It is a drought-tolerant perennial that prefers full sun to partial shade, and well drained soil. This plant does well on the edge [...]
Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Bearberry, also known as Kinnikinnick, is a popular low-growing manzanita that is often used as a groundcover. It is a spreading evergreen shrub that features small, pinkish-white flowers and red berries. Both the flowers and fruit are attractive to birds and insects. This variety grows [...]
Narrowleaf Milkweed Asclepias fascicularis This flowering perennial is the single most important host plant for Monarch Butterflies in California, attracting them and hosting their caterpillars. It has long, thin pointed leaves and blooms in summer through fall, with interesting clusters of lavender or pinkish white flowers. The fruits are smooth [...]
Concha Ceanothus Ceanothus 'concha' This reliable, fast-growing shrub is valued for its year-round, dark green foliage and dense cobalt-blue spring blooms that attract butterflies and bees. One of our favorite choices for wild-life friendly gardens. This variety will grow to about 6 feet high and wide, with a [...]
Silver Carpet Beach Aster Corethrogyne filaginifolia 'Silver Carpet' This is one of the best native California groundcovers. It is very low growing and compact, forming nice mounds, with beautiful silver foliage and pink flowers that last from summer through the fall. It supports tons of native bees, butterflies, moths, [...]
California Goldenrod Solidago velutina ssp. californica This plant is a perennial herb that produces tall masses of yellow flowers in late summer and fall, when many other plants are dormant. It's a fast grower and produces flower spikes up to 5 feet tall. You can find this plant [...]
Red-Flowered Buckwheat Eriogonum grande v rubescens This plant is native to the Channel Islands of California, as well as northwestern Baja California. Despite its island origin, it performs well inland if given some afternoon shade and a little extra water. It is a mat-forming perennial herb that produces [...]
Canyon Prince Wild Rye Elymus condensatus This grass grows in bunches, has a distinctive silver blue hue, and does not die back in any season. It grows in California and northern Mexico in coastal sage scrub, chaparral and woodlands, and rarely in wetlands. This plant supports butterflies and [...]
