Plants For Coastal Sage Scrub

Rhamnus californica 'Mound San Bruno' Coffeeberry is an attractive evergreen that can be a shrubby groundcover, border planting, or foundation plant. .Tolerates shearing and can be shaped into a poodl... Learn more.

'Tranquil Margarita' Coffeeberry is the most beautiful coffeeberry I've ever seen. (At first I didn't realize it was a coffeeberry!) Leaves are clean, shiny and rich looking. The whole plant looks li... Learn more.

Rhamnus californica 'Eve Case' is a lower form of Rhamnus californica that grows slightly slower, and has a more refined and formal look. I think this form came from the bluffs of Big Sur as the plan... Learn more.

An evergreen shrub that usually grows to 2' inland and flat near coast. It will get to about 6' across. Native to the coast ranges from Napa to Baja. It likes full sun near the coast and afternoon sha... Learn more.

Lemonade Berry is an evergreen shrub to 8' inland, 2' tall in view of ocean. Native from about Santa Barbara south(the ones that are in the Arroyo Grande area, may or may not be native). In San Diego ... Learn more.

Rhus trilobata (aromatica), Fragrant Sumac is a very tidy looking deer proof shrub. It has a very attractive arching habit and some of the most beautiful fall color in warmer drier climates. Rhus tril... Learn more.

Golden Penny, Ribes aureum gracillimum, is a bigger and better Golden Currant. It grows to 4 ft. tall and 3 ft. wide with larger yellow flowers and good sized berries.I have no idea if our Ribes aureu... Learn more.

Ribes californicum, Hillside Gooseberry is a deciduous shrub with white-purple flowers in Feb.-Mar.. Hillside Gooseberry is native to the coast ranges. The Southern  California form is Ribes cali... Learn more.

Deciduous shrub to 5'. The thorniest of the gooseberries. A stream side bush or moist coastal understory plant. Spreading Gooseberry can be used as a bramble in the shade for the wildlife or to make a... Learn more.

Ribes indecorum, or White chaparral currant is a deciduous shrub that grows to six feet or so. White flowering cuurant makes showy sprays of white under our oaks in Jan.-Mar. . Native to the south ... Learn more.

Fuchsia flowering or fuchsia flowering gooseberry, Ribes speciosum, is a four foot shrub with red fuchsia-like flowers that appear in Jan.-May after the foliage emerges.  This gooseberry has spiny ... Learn more.

Catalina Perfume or Evergreen currant is a two to three foot evergreen perennial shrub that can grow to eight feet wide, but can be held easily in a two foot flower bed. The heavily scented dark g... Learn more.

Matilija Poppy, Romneya coulteri,  is a perennial/shrub to eight feet tall and if in a light soil forever wide(It spreads by rhizomes). The large paper-mache flowers are white with a yellow center. ... Learn more.

The only difference between this and R. Coulteri is a fuzzy calyx and the leaves are a little narrower. A perennial Matilija Poppy to eight feet tall. This form of Matilija Poppy has six inch flower... Learn more.

Wood Rose is a delicate sub-shrub that arches up to 3'. Normally 2'. A bristly slender shrub with fairly large fragrant pink flowers. This looks like a little formal perennial in cultivation. In the ... Learn more.

Desert Rose, or Rosa Silvestre grows from the red clay of El Rosario (in Baja) up onto Otay Mesa. A really thorny dwarf rose with single pink flowers. The thorns are close and intense, but will not bi... Learn more.

Ground rose grows in small colonies in Central California from the San Luis Obispo area up into Mendocino and Humbolt and in the Sierras from Tulare to Yuba. Rosa spithamea has a poorly defined var. s... Learn more.

Rubus ursinus, Pacific blackberry, is a  native blackberry that ranges from Baja to British Columbia and into Idaho. In southern California this blackberry doesn't always set fruit. It appears like ... Learn more.

A 15-30' deciduous shrub-tree. Yellow stems and light green leaves. Native through much of the Southwest. Not a fast grower. It spends most of its first few year growing roots. We have seen this in th... Learn more.

A 15-30ft deciduous shrub-tree. Yellow stems and light green leaves. Native through much of the Southwest. Not a fast grower. It spends most of its first few year growing roots. Learn more.

A 10-20\' deciduous shrub or tree. We list it for stream bank stabilization. This one is native to most of Ca. north to Idaho and Alaska. It is native on the nursery site in the seasonal creek. A pion... Learn more.

Salvia Bee's Bliss Sage came out of the University of California Botanic Garden, discovered by Roger Raiche and named by Marcia Donehue. It makes a nice low, silver ground cover.Bee's Bliss sage grow... Learn more.

Sorry I can't find any information about the person or the plant, but we have some in inventory so I have to fill in the blanks. This sage is maybe a native hybrid. It behaves as a non-native. A Salvi... Learn more.

Dara's Choice is a lovely vibrant green sage with blue flowers. A hybrid between Salvia mellifera and Salvia sonomensis. A hardy groundcover, Dara's Choice grows 2 ft tall and 3ft across. Easy to grow... Learn more.

Salvia sonomensis X Salvia clevelandii 'Gracias' is all the information we can find as to the history of the plant. The plant is definitely a Salvia sonomensis, the hybridization with S. clevelandii ... Learn more.