Plants For Chaparral

Western Hazelnut native to many shady moist spots from Santa Cruz and Yosemite north to B.C. One of our customers report a grove in the Santa Barbara Area. One of the early Spanish expeditions along t... Learn more.

Crossosoma californicum is 3-5' semi-evergreen unless under stress, then becomes an unbecoming perennial. Native to the Channel Islands and the Palo Verde Peninsula. 1" white flowers from January t... Learn more.

A small, gray-scurfy perennial, with no perceptible flowers, grows in open areas between shrubs such Ericameria ericoides, Salvia mellifera, Artemisia californica.Lives in the coastal sage scrub and ... Learn more.

Small annual, grows in sandy or rocky areas, sometimes serpentine, with tiny, insignificant white flowers, with hairy leaves and stems, fine for a wild garden. sNCo, sNCoRI, CW, SCo, ChI, Baja, CA. Learn more.

A coarse, trailing perennial, with gray-green, rough leaves, yellow flowers, and a large root, undergoes dormancy after flowering and fruiting. Occurs often in sandy areas. Produces a gourd, not edibl... Learn more.

Baker Cypress, Cupressus bakeri,  is an evergreen tree to 50 ft (not in your lifetime, maybe your kids or grand kids). A slow growing cypress. It might be a bonsai candidate. A very tough cypress that... Learn more.

Tecate cypress is native to the southern California mountains looking down into Tijuana, Mexico. It is fast to 12-15 feet, then very slow to 20-30 feet or higher. Easily held at 15 ft. (After it rea... Learn more.

Native to the foothills surrounding the Sacramento Valley in northern California. Fast to 12 ft. then slow to 40 ft. An evergreen tree with branching near base. Flat sprays like thuja. A fragrant, nic... Learn more.

In the wild Sargent Cypress is a small gray evergreen tree, with gray bark. In most gardens Sargent Cypress will grow real fast to 10 feet, then slowly (1'/year) to 50'. C. sargentii is easy to hold t... Learn more.

A 2' perennial with flowers in a 4' red spike. July- Aug., 1" red flowers worked by hummingbirds. They lived on our gallons in the nursery. Native in coast ranges, Monterey south. It has nice cut flow... Learn more.

A smaller form of Delphinium cardinale that grows in the mixed evergreen forest, chaparral and yellow pine forest openings. Usually you'll find it along stream banks, north slopes, east slopes or near... Learn more.

A evergreen shrub to 8 ft. It is not as cold or drought tolerant as Dendromecon rigida, but more garden tolerant. A highly prized bush that is rare in cultivation and hard to produce. It is cold hardy... Learn more.

An evergreen shrub normally 6 feet tall. It has yellow flowers, 2 inches across in March - June, grey-green leaves. Native to calif. coast ranges. Likes sun, fast-draining soil, better in clay soil if... Learn more.

Dicentra chrysantha, Golden Eardrops, is a gray perennial 2 feet tall with 4 feet spikes of yellow flowers. Flowers May - July. Found in the interior coast ranges and Sierra Nevada Range. cold tolera... Learn more.

Diplacus aurantiacus, Sticky Monkey flower is the coastal form of Mimulus aurantiacus, a perennial with 1" orange flowers that likes partial shade if planted in the interior sun if it is along the c... Learn more.

A monkey flower from the mid elevations of the central and northern Sierra Nevada mountains. Diplacus (Mimulus) aurantiacus is a little nicer looking than the common coastal form, flowers are the sam... Learn more.

Diplacus calycinus, Kaweah River bush Monkey Flower, is a little startling to see; a lovely butter-yellow-flowered monkey flower in full sun amongst the cacti and saltbush or sticking out of what ap... Learn more.

Diplacus grandiflorus, 'Adelaide', (Syn. Mimulus 'Adelaide') Azalea-flowered Monkey or Large-flower bush-monkey-flower, is a very showy California native sub-shrub with flowers that are a pale peach ... Learn more.

Diplacus longiflorus is a very large-flowered monkey flower that is native on the Santa Margarita nursery site. This southern monkey flower is a one to three foot perennial with masses of creamy ye... Learn more.

This Monkey Flower (Diplacus or Mimulus) is native to the Agoura area. It commonly grows in washes, under the oaks or in rock outcroppings in all but the hottest spots. The associates for this monkey... Learn more.

Red monkey flower is a two foot high evergreen shrub with red flowers most of the year. The species ranges from Los Angeles county to San Diego county, California. Diplacus puniceus likes partial sha... Learn more.

Bert's Raspberry Monkey flower (Mimulus 'Bert's Raspberry' or Diplacus puniceus 'Berts Raspberry') has really large flowers with a striking Raspberry color. We found this variety in the Nursery, in a ... Learn more.

Diplacus puniceusX San Diego Sunrise is an attractive monkey flower with red flowers that turn an orangey -yellow with maturity and shiny, dark green foliage. Or, sometimes they will be yellow flower... Learn more.

Santa Susana Monkey Flower, Diplacus rutilus. is a perennial with large 2 inch velvet red flowers that grows in rock outcroppings in decomposed granite along the north side of Los Angeles. A knock ... Learn more.

Diplacus 'Tequila Sunrise' is a beautiful multicolored monkey flower. Plant matures to about 2 to 3 foot tall and wide. Happiest with about 25 in of annual precipitation. Tolerates clay as well as s... Learn more.