La Tercera Park

Bush Germander Teucrium fruticans 'Azureum' This evergreen shrub is a drought-tolerant plant native to southern Europe. It has small, fragrant leaves and small purple-blue flowers that bees love. It does best when grown in full sun and well-drained soils.

California Fescue Festuca californica This fast-growing perennial grass grows in clumps that spray out from the center, reaching 3 feet wide and can up to 4 feet tall. The rough, narrow leaves host butterflies and moths. California fescue prefers loamy or clay soils, grows in full sun or [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Island Alum Root, or Heuchera maxima Island Alum Root, also known as Heuchera maxima is a perennial plant native to the Channel Islands that grows best in full sun in coastal gardens or under shade when growing inland. It's bright green foliage grows up to 1.5 feet high [...]

Carmel Creeper Ceanothus, Ceanothus griseus var. horizontalis Carmel Creeper Ceanothus, also known as Ceanothus griseus var. horizontalis, is a California native shrub with evergreen leaves and flowers from winter through spring. It's endemic to the coasts of California, normally growing in chaparral, coastal scrub, and closed-cone-pine forests. It's [...]

Bush Anemone Carpenteria Californica Bush Anemone, or Carpenteria californica, is an attractive evergreen shrub with glossy dark green and narrow leaves. It is a rare California native plant with abundant bright white and yellow flowers that bloom in late spring and early summer. They have a pleasant fragrance [...]