Plants For Chaparral

A cactus with yellow to red flowers, prickly, red fruit, very important wildlife plant, somewhat low, sprawling plant, forms wide clumps, can invade disturbed, denuded areas. SCo, sPR, ChI, Mex. Learn more.

Chaparral Broomrape grows from San Diego to Solano, Marin and Eldorado Counties usually associated with its host Chamise. Chaparral Broomrape is parasitic on Chamise roots and has not chlorophyll of ... Learn more.

syn. Castilleja purpurascens. low-growing annual, with purplish flowers, very showy in spring , grows in masses. a well-known California wildflower, believed to be a green, root-parasite, grows under ... Learn more.

Oso Berry, Osmaronia cerasiformis, is found in the wild  in either relatively highly forested areas in part or high shade or north slopes in fairly moist partial shade, sandy topsoil, clay subsoil. U... Learn more.

Paeonia brownii is a steely-gray perennial with maroon flowers. Like its cousin Paeonia californica you'll find it tucked under bushes on dry slopes. This peony grows mostly in northern California abo... Learn more.

California Peony is a one foot perennial with drooping maroon 2" flowers in Jan.-Mar.. Native from Monterey to San Diego Co. (and on the nursery site). It will tolerate sun to part shade, little or no... Learn more.

Indian Warrior is a hemiparasitic plant that is commonly associated with manzanitas in much of coastal California. Pedicularis can grow by it's little lonesome (but it will be little, yellow and lon... Learn more.

Coffee Fern a one or even two foot tall fern that is native to cismontane California. Pellaea andromedaefolia or) andromedifolia is native to sun in cooler climates and to shade at the nursery site. ... Learn more.

Bird's Foot Fern is one tough fern. About one foot tall, native throughout California and tolerant of wind, drought, sun to partial shade. Pellea mucronata grows in full unprotected rock cracks abo... Learn more.

Penstemon azureus, is a blue-purple (azure) flowering penstemon that is  a little perennial with bluish green leaves. and is native to the foothills and middle elevations of the Sierras. It likes sun... Learn more.

Penstemon centranthifolius Is an one to two foot perennial with a 2-4' spike of one to two inch red flowers in April-July. Native to dry slopes in the coast ranges and Southern Sierras up to 6500'... Learn more.

Cleveland's Beardtounge is a southern California Penstemon 2-3 ft foot tall with pink flowers and gray foliage. This dryland Penstemon is very showy. It grows in the inner coast ranges of Southern ... Learn more.

A 2-3' perennial with pink flowers and gray foliage. Showy. It grows in the inner coast ranges of Southern California bordering Riverside county. It is cold tolerant to about 25 deg.. Gray foliage,... Learn more.

This Penstemon grows in the chaparral in the California coast ranges from Monterey county north to the San Francisco Bay area and in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains ranging into the pinyon junip... Learn more.

Foothill Penstemon is a rather long lived(30 years?) perennial with hundreds of one inch violet flowers on three foot spikes in April- Aug.. Native to dry hills in the coast ranges. It likes full sun,... Learn more.

Penstemon heterophyllus 'Margarita BOP' is a nice tidy perennial that looks like candy tuft or a dwarf boxwood when not in flower, and a mass of bright sky blue to reddish purple flowers when in blo... Learn more.

Very similar to Penstemon heterophyllus but a little lower, darker green and little less cold hardy. Use this one if your rainfall is above 30 inches. In garden situations this form is happier than P.... Learn more.

Penstemon parishii seems to have the cold tolerance and drought tolerance of centranthifolius with the flowers and flowering of P.clevelandii, the plant matures to 3' with a 3' flower spike of the ... Learn more.

This plant seems to have the cold tolerance and drought tolerance of centranthifolius with the flowers and flowering of P.clevelandii, the plant matures to 3ft with a 3ft flower spike of the hottest p... Learn more.

This plant seems to have the cold tolerance and drought tolerance of centranthifolius with the flowers and flowering of P.clevelandii, the plant matures to 3ft with a 3ft flower spike of the hottest p... Learn more.

Penstemon spectabilis is a 3' perennial with lavender flowers in April-June. Native in dry creek beds, hill sides and coastal bluffs of southern California. A very showy border plant, (at the back, ... Learn more.

Penstemon heterophyllus, 'Frosty Margarita' is a perennial with green foliage and very pale lavender flower. This Penstemon grows to be about a foot or so tall and wide with flowers growing maybe 6 in... Learn more.

Foothill Penstemon is a tough cookie. This Penstemon grows in the inner coast ranges from the Bay Area down through San Diego. It will grow to about 18 inches tall and wide. This Penstemon is hardy to... Learn more.

California Phacelia is an attractive little perennial with curling purple flower clusters. Great for butterfly gardens especially in the Bay area. California Phacelia is also native to Los Angeles cou... Learn more.

A gray perennial that grows on the nursery site under pine trees. The fuzzy white flowers are well liked by many native wasps, flies, bee flies and ants. They're a-buzz with activity in May. Learn more.