Plants For Coastal Strand
Perennial with white to lavender flowers, in curved clusters, showy, grows on coastal bluffs and dunes, goes deciduous in the summer after flowering, low growing, spreading, only noticeable during flo... Learn more.
A gray conifer to 40 ft.. There are two wild colonies left in San Diego and on Santa Rosa Island. A tree with open habits and fast growing. It has proven to be drought tolerant here with little or no ... Learn more.
Coffeeberry is an evergreen shrub that grows fast to 6-8, sometimes as high as 10 ft.. Coffeeberry is native from the Oregon Coast ranges through most of California into Arizona and Baja. Coffeeberry... 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.
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.
Salvia Pozo Blue is very drought tolerant three foot green-gray perennial. A hybrid of Salvia clevelandii and Salvia leucophylla. It is one of our older Las Pilitas selections. We named it for th... Learn more.
Salvia mellifera repens can be a relatively flat fragrant shrub with dark green foliage and light blue flowers. In interior heat this black sage becomes a lower version of itself and can get to be 6... Learn more.
Hummingbird Sage is an one foot high perennial that spreads by rhizomes. This sage is native to coastal California from Napa to Orange. As the name implies Hummingbirds work this species very heavily... Learn more.
(Syn. S. campestris. S. paludosus, S. robustus, S. pacificus) A creeping perennial with aggressive rhizomes that will fill in a moist creek or salt marsh bank. Learn more.
(Syn. Silene laciniata ssp. major) A 2' perennial with 1-2" red flowers. This grows within 5' of Morro Bay in beach sand but grows in many diverse soils and sites. In Los Osos it grows with Potentill... Learn more.
A little rare and endangered weed that grows in the sand on the San Francisco Peninsula. It is very stable in our location and is actually sreading. The flowers are ok but it always looks like it is g... Learn more.
Sisyrinchium californicum, Yellow-Eyed Grass, is a small perennial about 8 inches tall that forms a little clump of iris leaves with bunches of yellow flowers that appear May through June. Yellow-Eyed... Learn more.
Perennial with white flowers, that goes deciduous in the summer, berries eaten by many species of birds and small mammals. Grows best in partial shade, somewhat straggly, Entire plant is poisonous to ... Learn more.
We grew this from a Vandenberg mitigation. The mother plants were growing on a ocean facing (west) slope about one mile from the water. The rainfall on the site is 12-15 inches with additional 5-10 i... Learn more.
Thin annual, with fleshy leaves, pink flowers, very delicate, widely distibuted, grows in alkaline places, sandy areas, salt marshes, very adaptable in its environmental requirements. Found along the ... Learn more.
Short-spiked Hedge Nettle is a light green perennial with globe-shaped, compact, clusters of white/maroon flowers and fragrant leaves. Commonly associated with serpentinite soil. This perennial needs... Learn more.
Sea-Blite is a Rare plant. CNPS List 1b, R-E-D Code 3-3-3. The foliage is grey-green smooth (like a small iceplant) flowers are yellow-green blobs that resemble clusters of pollen followed fruits tha... Learn more.
Native to the sand dunes of San Francisco Bay. This is a rare plant. Our mother plant was happy and spreading in decomposed granite until the dec. 1990 frost froze it back to the roots. It has since r... Learn more.
