Evergreen Desert Shrub
Very heat-tolerant. Fuzzy gray leaves, orange poppy flowers. An astounding addition to any drought-tolerant or native-plant garden.
Full Sun
Acacia baileyana “Purpurea”
Evergreen Tree
Small tree, stunning blue and purple small feathery leaves. Long weeping branches. Golden yellow flowers. Drought tolerant but keep watered before fire season.
Acacia cognata
Weeping Evergreen Tree
Multi-branched dense and tall weeping tree-like shrub. Narrow lime-green leaves and pale yellowflowers. Drought tolerant, summer can be dry, but keep watered before fire season. Hardy to 20F.
Acacia covenyi
Evergreen Tree
Multi-branched dense and tall tree-like shrub. Drought tolerant, summer can be dry, but keep watered before fire season. Showy clusters of blue leaves, lots of small yellow flowers.
Acacia craspedocarpa
Evergreen Tree
Multi-branched dense short wide tree. Drought tolerant, summer can be dry, but keep watered before fire season. Leathery gray-green leaves, lots of small yellow flowers.
Acacia cultriformis
Evergreen Tree
Multi-branched shrub with drooping branches. Gray-green leaves and fragrant yellow flowers in spring. Drought tolerant, summer can be dry, but keep watered before fire season. Deer-resistant.
Acacia farnesiana “Sweet Sierra”
Vachellia farnesiana
Mimosa farnesiana
Evergreen Tree
A cleaner variety than the species with few of the large brown seed pods. Beautiful moderate-sized spreading tree, 25ft tall with 25ft canopy when mature. Small pinnate leaves. Covered in scented yellow puffball flowers through the spring. Easy to grow, heat and cold tolerant.
Acacia iteaphylla
Evergreen Tree
Multi-branched dense and tall tree-like shrub. Drought tolerant, summer can be dry, but keep watered before fire season. Showy narrow blue-green leaves, lots of small pale flowers.
Acacia pravissima
Evergreen Tree
Small tree with weeping branches, triangular flowers and loads of yellow flowers in spring. Drought tolerant, summer can be dry, but keep watered before fire season. Deer-resistant.
Acacia stenophylla
Evergreen Tree
Beautiful tall, upright tree with spreading branches and long, narrow blue-green leaves. Drought tolerant, summer can be dry, but keep watered before fire season. Flowers winter-spring with yellow puffball blooms.
Acca sellowiana
Evergreen shrub
Slow growing drought tolerant shrub that makes an excellent hedge. The showy, and edible, white and pink flowers bloom Spring, leading to delicious tropical flavored fruit by end of Summer.
Achillea “Apricot Delight”
Herbaceous Perennial
Apricot-lilac flowers in Spring/Summer. Remove spent flowers for a late summer rebloom. Cut flowers last a long time, look great dried. Attracts butterflies.
Achillea “Cerise Queen”
Herbaceous Perennial
Rose colored flowers. Drives the butterflies crazy. Remove spent flowers for a late fall rebloom. Cut flowers last a long time, look great dried.
Achillea “Heidi”
Evergreen Perennial
Flowers summer – fall, cut or dried flowers, attracts butterflies.
Achillea “Lavender Beauty”
Herbaceous Perennial
Lavender colored flowers. Drives the butterflies crazy. Remove spent flowers for a late fall rebloom. Cut flowers last a long time, look great dried.
Achillea “Lilac Beauty”
Herbaceous Perennial
Lavender colored flowers. Attracts butterflies. Remove spent flowers for a late fall rebloom. Cut flowers last a long time, look great dried.
Achillea “Moon Dust”
Herbaceous Perennial
Soft yellow flowers with silver-green foliage. Remove spent flowers for a late summer rebloom. Cut flowers last a long time, look great dried. Attracts Butterflies.
Achillea “Moonshine”
Herbaceous Perennial
A rich yellow bloom Spring/Summer that fades as it ages. Remove spent flowers for a late summer rebloom.
Achillea “Paprika”
Herbaceous Perennial
Salmon to Rose colored flowers. Drives the butterflies crazy. Remove spent flowers for a late fall rebloom. Cut flowers last a long time, look great dried.
Achillea “Red Velvet”
Herbaceous Perennial
Green gray foliage. Flowers summer thru fall. Often used for cut or dried flowers. Attracts butterflies and birds.
Achillea “Rodney’s Choice”
Herbaceous Perennial
This hybrid yarrow has deep magenta flowers. Get for fresh cut flowers, and dried flower sprays will hold their color.
Achillea “Salmon Beauty”
Herbaceous Perennial
Salmon colored flowers. Drives the butterflies crazy. Remove spent flowers for a late fall rebloom. Cut flowers last a long time, look great dried.
Achillea “Summer Wine”
Herbaceous Perennial
A rich burgundy red bloom that fades to a blush rose as it ages. Remove spent flowers for a late summer rebloom.
Achillea “Terra Cotta”
Herbaceous Perennial
This hybrid yarrow has terra cotta colored flowers. Get for fresh cut flowers, and dried flower sprays will hold their color.
Agonis flexuosa “Burgundy”
Evergreen Tree
Arching, weeping habit. Great for coastal locations. Stunning burgundy leaves and clusters of white flowers.
Allium schubertii
Summer-Deciduous Bulb
Low growing deer resistant decorative onion with huge umbels of purple flowers. After flowering, leaves die back, sprouting again with the Winter rains. Attracts butterflies and bees.
Allium unifolium
Deciduous Bulb
Blooms May-July with white to pink flowers. Clumps of grass-like leaves through the winter and spring.
Amaryllis belladonna
Deciduous Bulb
Winter growing clump forming bulb with long deep green leaves. Fragrant bubblegum pink blooms emerge from the “naked” bulb in the late summer to early fall on 2-3ft stocks. Deer resistant.
Angelonia angustifolia
Evergreen Perennial
Long lasting colorful blooms. For a massed effect, space plants 9-12 in apart. They also make great flowering edging in front of perennial beds and borders. They’re good for cut flowers too.
Anigozanthos “Amber Velvet”
Evergreen Perennial
Its small stature fills in nicely for smaller gardens and for borders. Deep red blooms turn orange and open to yellow spring through fall. Attractive to hummingbirds.