Plants For Chaparral

A wonderful creeping groundcover for seasonally wet (winter) spots near the coast. A frogs delight. Use where the soil is shallow and wet in the winter in place of lawn., A rush that looks superficial... Learn more.

Yellow Bush Snapdragon is a three foot or so perennial shrub that will go deciduous under drought stress. In most California gardens in late fall and early winter this Penstemon will be tacky, BUT, y... Learn more.

This bush penstemon is a sprawling subshrub that usually props itself up on a rock or neighbor so you can see the purple striped, white flowers. Keckiella breviflora is a plant for tough situations a... Learn more.

Heart Leaf Penstemon, Keckiella cordifolia, is a 3' to 6' sprawling subshrub that is evergreen in mild climates with a little watering, deciduous in winter cold or under drought stress. The flowers a... Learn more.

A very attractive perennial sub-shrub with bright red flowers that attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. Usually grows on exposed areas of north slopes. You'll usually find Dudleyas, Keckiella antirr... Learn more.

Whorl Leaf Penstemon, Keckiella ternata septentrionalis, is a wispy perennial shrub to 4', sometimes sending leafless 8' stems through surrounding plants, popping the bright red flower clusters out of... Learn more.

A small perennial grass that looks like it belongs in a Japanese Garden. Although it grows in pine wood and heavy chaparral I've seen it only on the edge of a coastal prairie site at Vandenberg Air Fo... Learn more.

A small little early spring annual that is a pioneer species in many bad habitats. In the San Joaquin Valley it makes mass displays of bright yellow in areas that are still intact. It will grow in any... Learn more.

A curly little perennial the grows in the hills and mountains of Central and Northern Calif.. It is native down the road under Quercus agrifolia, Pinus Sabiniana and Quercus Douglasii. It is on the n... Learn more.

San Diego Sweetpea is native to San Diego Co., from the coastal areas up to the desert edges. It usually is hiding under Coast Live Oak(Quercus Agrifolia) and is commonly associated with Keckiella cor... Learn more.

Pride of California is a 2-4' perennial vine-shrub with 1-2" crimson red flowers. It climbs over chaparral shrubs in San Diego County. Pride of California likes part sun with some protection provided... Learn more.

Pacific pea is a perennial with twining stems, with tendrils, eastern slope, after fire, chaparral, scattered annuals assoc., and crown-sprouting shrubs, Cercocarpus betuloides, Heteromeles arbutifol... Learn more.

California Pitcher Sage is a 5-8' tall and 3-6' wide evergreen perennial or shrub with white digitalis-like flowers in April to June. Pitcher Sage is native to chaparral areas in central and southern... Learn more.

An evergreen perennial shrub like Lepechinia calycina but flower is pink and leaves a little fuzzier. No cold damage at 20 deg., froze out at 10 F. Native to the coastal Southern California Mountains,... Learn more.

A woody perennial that arches from the base with slender, rather delicate stems branching into even more delicate branchlets and pedicels with with big flower on it. This pitcher sage grows on ridges ... Learn more.

A shrub that can grow to chin height. It looks like a bunch of green corn stalk brooms tied together with yellow flowers on top. It grows in season stream bottoms. Very showy when in flower, ugly the ... Learn more.

Prickly Phlox, Leptodactylon californicum, is a subshrub, 1-3 ft tall. Flowers are very Fragrant and bright pink. Native from San Luis Obispo Co. to Los Angeles. Needs full sun and excellent drainag... Learn more.

Humboldt Lily, Lilium humboldtii bloomerianum is beautiful lily has large 3-4" red-yellow flowers on 3' spikes. At higher elevations Humboldt Lily; has grown to 6'. This subspecies is native from ... Learn more.

Perennial herb, small, 12" white flowers, plant seems to disappear in summer heat, for woodland garden, north slope, full shade, a plant for mossy areas. It was native on our site but was lost after t... Learn more.

Cardinal flower is a flat perennial herb with 1-2 inch red flowers in 1-2 foot spike of 20 or more. It grows in bogs. Cardinal flower has nice cut flowers. It is a hummingbird flower. Useful in the ... Learn more.

Blue Lobelia, Lobelia dunnii serrata, is a pretty little perennial with lots of little blue flowers. The plant stays low, around a foot tall. It grows in wet spots in Southern California. Use as a sm... Learn more.

Woolly fruit desert parsley grows in openings in the chaparral, coastal sage scrub, up into the pines of Mt. Pinos and Mt. Laguna, through the Sierras and coast ranges below 7000 ft. The larval of the... Learn more.

A sprawling, deciduous shrub with yellow honeysuckle flowers. Native from central and northern California mountains. It likes full sun to shade, dry conditions. Great on banks. It has edible berry b... Learn more.

A 2-5 foot perennial that always looks good . It has creamy yellow flowers in nice cluster. It does not look native. Upper leaf pairs not fused around stem, corolla often hairy. Southern Honeysuckle o... Learn more.

A 2-5' perennial that always looks good . It has creamy yellow flowers in nice cluster. It doesn't look 'native'. This form occurs around Santa Barbara.Honeysuckles? Click here for more. We're not ha... Learn more.