Plants For Mixed-evergreen Forest
Poison-oak is a suckering deciduous shrub that can become a vine if given something to climb onto. Poison oak uses aerial roots to sucker and to latch onto trees or walls. We do not grow it as we've ... Learn more.
Our Native clovers are mostly annuals. We do not sell the seed but we do encourage the plants. The native clovers should not mowed or killed until the flowers are allowed to produce seed. This page ... Learn more.
Bay Laurel is an evergreen shrub to tree. Its final height is 47'average (in 100+years). It grows only a few inches a year here; along the coast it may grow a much as 4' or so each year. Native to th... Learn more.
A large perennial that is liked by butterflies and other native insects.(You\'ll hate it as it is a very large stinging nettle.) I\'ve seen it in Carpinteria on a north slope mixed with Ribes speciosu... Learn more.
Inside out flower, Vancouveria hexandra, is a semideciduous perennial that makes a small scale groundcover in a shade garden. In the wild you'll find it under Maples, Alders, Douglas fir, larch and o... Learn more.
California Vervain is an aggressive perennial that is weedy in gardens. In the wild it is a pioneer species that is used by many native butterflies and other insects. In the garden it will grow to 2-3... Learn more.
Shelton's Violet is a small little Violet from the forests of much of California. We may get some of these big enough to ship, I hope we will, but they are a small little perennial with yellow flowers... Learn more.
California grape is a deciduous vine to 30'. If this grape has no support it will make a nice groundcover and can cover a large greenhouse in 4-5 years. It has clusters of small edible grapes. Bees lo... Learn more.
A semi-dec.(evergreen in coastal California) sub-shrub, trailing perennial. It makes a delightful groundcover in a coastal garden's evergreen forest. Flowers are inconspicuous but most of the year the... Learn more.
Bear Grass grows in open slopes from Monterey to Montana. In Monterey Bear Grass grows right near the coast, but Xerophyllum can grow up to 6000 feet in the mountains. Learn more.
The Catalina form of California fuchsia is a fairly large upright flowering perennial. Very showy in late summer and fall when covered with 1-2 inch fuchsia flowers. But the primary reason to plant i... Learn more.
Mattole River California Fuchsia is a three-six inch tall perennial with grey-white foliage forming a clump 2-3 foot across. This California fuchsia likes full sun near the coast and afternoon shade i... Learn more.
Star lily is a bulb in the lily family. It has long shiny green basal leaves. Star lily has a single large showy flower spike with lots of star shaped flowers. Its' flowers are white with green cent... Learn more.
