Plants For Pinyon-Juniper Woodland

Grape soda lupine is one of the smaller bush lupines with many different forms that range from the desert to mountains. The foliage is gray, the flowers are purple and smell like grape soda. Do not w... Learn more.

(Berberis fremontii) Evergreen shrub, 4', Mojave Desert to Utah, yellow flowers, yellow berries, spiny leaves, full sun, excellent drainage, slow but tough. Deer proof. Learn more.

syn.Berberis haematocarpa, Odostemon haematocarpus, .Red barberry grows in favorable spots in our Southern California Desert Mountains and across into Texas, into Albuquerque. In California Mahonia ha... Learn more.

A 4' evergreen shrub with pink flowers and gray leaves. It likes full sun, dry conditions, good drainage, Native from Inyo to San Bernardino Co., Hoover says in our Co.. Learn more.

California Melic is a two feet high delicate perennial grass. In inland areas commonly on east/north slope, in part shade, under trees and shrubs, Pinus sabiniana, Quercus agrifolia, in oak woodland... Learn more.

A small little 1' perennial with a small blue flower clusters on a spike of scented green leaves. This one grows at higher elevations along creeks and in meadows. It has managed to make its way around... Learn more.

Monardella linoides ssp. stricta, Flaxleaf Monardella, is a mounding perennial that grows in gravelly soil that is wet in winter and dry in summer. Flaxleaf monardella is a delicate-leaved, lemon sce... Learn more.

A small little perennial that grows in our western mountains.The most likely place to find Mountain Muhly in California is Yosemite Valley. Companion plants include Mutton Grass (Poa fendleriana), We... Learn more.

A glorious annual from the desert edges of the Sierras. We don't grow. Nama is included only for drool purposes. Learn more.

Parry Nolina grows along the desert side of the San Bernardino and San Jacinto Mtns. and interior hills of Riverside and San Diego counties. It looks kinda like a tall pineapple with a six foot stalk... Learn more.

A short-lived perennial (ours seem to last 5-6 years). The native range is in the desert ranges from S.Ca. to E.Wash and Utah. It has white-pink 3" flowers that fade to pink. The 12" leaves are from b... Learn more.

Opuntia phaeacantha, Mojave Prickly Pear grows in rocky areas of Creosote woodland and Pinyon Juniper washes. 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.

Penstemon eatonii, Firecracker Penstemon,  is similar to Penstemon centranthifolius, in that most leaves are arranged in a low rosette next to the ground, and the flowers are borne on vertical floweri... Learn more.

A rather large perennial with 3"-6" coarsely serrated to smooth leaves arising in a clumping manner from a 1-2' base. The flowers are hot pink on spikes to end up being 3-4' tall. It needs sun, good d... Learn more.

Death Valley Penstemon is native to the Inyo Mountains, Panamint and Argus ranges into the west side of Death Valley. A shrubby little perennial with white snapdragon like flowers. Learn more.

Grinnell's Beard tongue or Penstemon grinnellii, is a 1 1/2 ft. high perennial with blue green leaves , 1" pink-violet flowers on a 2 ft. spike in late spring - early summer. This dryland penstemon l... Learn more.

Penstemon incertus is showy sky blue flowered perennial about 2 ft by 2ft with gray foliage. Desert Penstemon grows along the desert edges from north L.A. to Lone Pine. At the top of Walker Pass it m... Learn more.

Balloon flower, Penstemon palmeri is a showy perennial with tall spikes of large pale pink to white flowers, over silver leaves. The flowers of this Penstemon are fragrant! They smell like roses. It ... Learn more.

(Penstemon rostriflorus,Penstemon bridgesii, penstemon bridgesii amplexicaulis.), Bridges Penstemon is a 1-2' perennial with 2-3' spikes of 2 inch red flowers in summer. It likes moderate to high elev... Learn more.

A 2' perennial with 1-2" sky blue flowers, May-July. Native to southeastern Sierra Nevada to Wash., Idaho, Utah. It likes full sun good drainage and little water. It is a drought tolerant, a showy bor... Learn more.

Thompson's beardtongue is a small flat perennial with small gray leaves and bright blue flowers. Rather attractive in its diminutive way. We lost most of our plants in the Dec. 1990 freeze . It seems... Learn more.

A 2-3' perennial with small narrow leaves on slender stems with 1/2" blue flowers that are not showy but very interesting. The whole plant is a kind of invisible wild flower that is used by hummingbir... Learn more.

This one's native to mountains of Ca. desert to s. Utah and Ariz.. It has the tendency to flower through the snow on us with its pink-red flowers on a 2' spike. Its leaves are gray. It appears to be v... Learn more.

A flat little evergreen perennial that is actually a shrub. It's not very woody. 'Woody plants that seem to be molded over rocks, forming dense mats' (DeDecker,1988) The flowers are on a spike a few i... Learn more.