Evergreen Shrub
Small gray-green leaves are slightly fuzzy. Pendant light pink tubular flowers winter into spring.
Grasses, Perennials, Shrubs and Trees
Cotoneaster “Mooncreeper”
Evergreen Groundcover
Low growing groundcover with dark green leaves and vibrant red berries. Small white flowers in spring.
Cotula “Big Yellow Moon”
C. lineariloba “Big Yellow Moon”
Evergreen Perennial
Huge 1″ round yellow flowers sit well above the 2″ groundcover foliage. Plant 1-2 feet apart.
Cotula “Silver Mound”
Evergreen Perennial
Large yellow flowers resembling buttons rise above the silver-green groundcover foliage on 2″ stems, flowerinf from spring to fall.
Cotula hispida
Cotula lineariloba
Evergreen Perennial
Huge 1″ round yellow button flowers sit well above the 2″ groundcover foliage. Plant 1-2 feet apart.
Cuphea “Bat Face”
Cuphea llavea
An interesting and easy-to-grow perennial with red-eared bat-faced flowers. Burgundy-tinged green leaves. Low water, drought-tolerant, but a little more water in summer when in bloom to look its best.
Cuphea “David Verity”
Evergreen Perennial
Fast growing evergreen perennial with bright red-orange tubular flowers nearly year round. A hummingbird favorite!
Cuphea “Lavender Lace”
Evergreen Perennial
Heat tolerant, evergreen perennial with small lavender flowers nearly year round. Good for borders and does well in containers.
Cuphea “Starfire”
Deciduous Perennial
Fast growing perennial with vibrant pinkish red tubular flowers nearly year round. A hummingbird favorite!
Cuphea “Strybing Sunset”
Evergreen Perennial
Fast growing evergreen perennial with bright orange tubular flowers nearly year round. A hummingbird favorite!
Cuphea “Tiny Mice”
C. llavea “Tiny Mice”
An interesting and easy-to-grow perennial with red-eared mousey flowers. Burgundy-tinged green leaves. Low water, drought-tolerant, but a little more water in summer when in bloom to look its best.
Cuphea cyanea
Evergreen Perennial
Fast growing evergreen perennial with a huge profusion of bright pink tubular flowers nearly year round. A hummingbird favorite!
Cuphea llavea
Cuphea “Bat Face”
Evergreen Perennial
An interesting and easy-to-grow perennial with red-eared bat-faced flowers. Burgundy-tinged green leaves. Low water, drought-tolerant, but a little more water in summer when in bloom to look its best.
Cuphea micropetala
Evergreen Perennial
Fast growing evergreen perennial with bright yellow-red-orange tubular flowers nearly year round. A hummingbird favorite!
Cupressus macrocarpa
Evergreen Tree
Limited in the wild to small areas in Monterey and Carmel. Great coastal tree, medium sized, evergreen. Ideal shade tree, classic wind-sculpted shape. Lithograph: Smith, William Horace, Circa 1940.
Cussonia spicata
Evergreen Tree
Large distinctive tree with intricately divided leaves. Small yellow flower borne on club like spikes on the branch ends in Summer. Needs protection from frost and moderate water while young.
Cussonia transvaalensis
Evergreen Tree
Beautiful small tree can be a focal point for a garden with large green deep-lobed leaves. Corky bark. Edible roots. Can handle light frost, protect from freeze.
Cyanotis somaliensis
Cyathea cooperi
Semi-evergreen Fern
Fast growing tree fern that can get 20 ft tall and have a canopy spread of 10-12ft. Likes bright light, can handle sun at coast. Fronds will arc down as they age.
Cymbidium
A genus of 52 orchids from sub-tropical Asia. Hardy outdoors. Perfect as a potted patio plant or great as houseplants. Generally terrestrial, sometimes epiphytic. Fleshy leaves arc outwards from the pseudobulb.
Cymbopogon citratus
Datura wrightii
Self-seeding Annual
Large white to pink fragrant trumpet flowers. Spreads outward, great against a fence or in rock gardens. Fuzzy green leaves. Poisonous in all parts. 3″ showy round spiny fruit. Deer and gopher resistant.
Davallia trichomanoides
Semi-evergreen Fern
Beautiful foliage, white furry rhizomes. Fronds are intricately divided. Epiphytic in nature, can grow in hanging baskets and indoor. Will lose fronds in winter, may go deciduous.
Dendrobium kingianum
Evergreen Perennial
Grows on rocks and in well-drained rocky soils. Let soils dry out completely before watering.
Dendromecon harfordii
Perennial Shrub
Moderately-fast growing, evergreen poppy native to the Channel Islands. Bright yellow, 3″ flowers in spring and summer. Low water once established.
Dermatobotrys saundersii
Epiphytic, upright 2-3ft. with tubular flowers
Deschampsia “Northern Lights”
Evergreen Grass
A dramatic variegated bloom stalk atop thin slightly arcing tapered green blades in a tight clump
Deschampsia cespitosa
Evergreen Grass
A dramatic variegated bloom stalk atop thin slightly arcing tapered green blades in a tight clump.
Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. holciformis
Evergreen Grass
An easy to grow native grass forms pretty clumps with dense bloom stalks. Deer resistant.