Idria columnaris
Thick base, spiny branches covered in small green leaves. Dormant in summer; Slow grower to 50ft.
Sun
Fouquieria diguetii
Summer growing – requires some watering through the warmer months. Short thick trunk with multiple branches and orange/red tubular flowers attractive to hummingbirds. Keep dry in winter.
Fouquieria formosa
spiny shrub upright to 25ft.; red flowers in spring
Fouquieria macdougalii
Striated trunk to 15ft.; Open branching. Large sprays of red blooms on the tips of the branches in spring and fall, blooms when young. Grows well in rocky or sandy soils. Can leaf out any time there is rain, summer or winter.
Fouquieria purpusii
Large green trunk, with varied bark and corky spine scars, upright to 12ft.
Fouquieria splendens
Classic Ocotillo from the Mojave and Colorado deserts; spiny stems, red flowers in spring. Long growing branches will leaf out with summer rains, grow to 20ft+.
Fremontodendron “California Glory”
Evergreen shrub
Unbelievable spray of yellow flowers in Spring. Rounded shrub with dark green lobed leaves. Saucer-shaped buttercup yellow give an unbelievable showing in spring. Will espalier well.
Fremontodendron “Dara’s Gold”
Evergreen shrub
Showy hybrid, smaller than other types. Blooms yellow, 2″-wide flowers in spring/summer; attractive to pollinators. No water once established.
Fremontodendron “Pacific Sunset”
Evergreen shrub
Large, broad, showy hybrid. If provided space in a garden, this centerpiece plant will be covered in yellow flowers in spring. No water once established.
Fremontodendron “San Gabriel”
Evergreen shrub
Spreading, rounded shrub with dark green lobed leaves. Saucer-shaped buttercup yellow flowers in summer. Will espalier well.
Fremontodendron californicum
Evergreen shrub
Unbelievable spray of yellow flowers in Spring. Rounded shrub with dark green lobed leaves. Saucer-shaped buttercup yellow give an unbelievable showing in spring. Will espalier well.
Fremontodendron mexicanum
Evergreen shrub
Perfect for sunny dry areas. Late spring thru summer blooms are showy golden yellow/orange, cup-shaped.
Frerea indica
Stapeliad. Small burgundy star-shaped carrion flowers low on the stems. Fleshy green leaves when watered, drops leaves when dry. Reduce watering in winter. Prefers to be outside in a protected location.
Frithia pulchra
Clumping succulent with 1″l. leaves; very low water, primarily in summer months; partial shade
Fuchsia procumbens
Low growing leafy green perennial. Great for rock gardens or hanging baskets.
Furcraea bedinghausii
3 to 4ft long blade like leaves form a large round rosette and the bottom leaves will droop and form a skirt around the trunk.
Furcraea foetida
Large green rosettes to 8ft., large numbers of bulbils on bloom stalks
Furcraea foetida “Mediopicta”
Large striped rosettes to 8ft., produces numerous bulbils on bloom stalks
Furcraea macdougalii
Large rosette with toothy 6ft long blue-green leaves. Trunk 10 to 20t. Spectacluar in the garden if you have room, fast growing with hot summers.
Gaillardia “Arizona Sun”
Evergreen Groundcover
Mounding groundcover will be covered in bicolor flowers with red centers and yellow edges, throughout the spring and summer. Remove spent flowers after blooming.
Gaillardia “Granada”
Large bicolor flowers in the Sunflower family. Very red centers with bright yellow tips, multiple buds per stalk. Great as cut flower. Can handle heat and humidity as well as drought-tolerant. Blooms spring-fall.
Gaillardia “Mesa Bright Bicolor”
Large flowers in the Sunflower family, open flat. Very red centers with yellow surrounds, multiple buds per stalk. Great as cut flower. Can handle heat and humidity as well as drought-tolerant. Blooms spring-fall.
Gaillardia “Spintop Red”
Large flowers in the Sunflower family, open flat. Very red with orange tips, multiple buds per stalk. Great as cut flower. Can handle heat and humidity as well as drought-tolerant. Blooms spring-fall.
Gaillardia “Spintop Yellow Touch”
Large flowers in the Sunflower family, very red with just a touch of yellow tips, multiple buds per stalk. Great as cut flower. Can handle heat and humidity as well as drought-tolerant. Blooms spring-fall.
Gaillardia “Sunrita Peach”
Small peach flowers in the Sunflower family, open flat. Multiple buds per stalk. Great as cut flower. Can handle heat and humidity as well as drought-tolerant. Blooms spring-fall.
Gaillardia “Sunset Flash”
Evergreen Groundcover
Mounding groundcover will be covered in large bicolor flowers with red centers and yellow tips, throughout the spring and summer. Remove spent flowers after blooming.
Gaillardia “Sunset Halo”
Evergreen Groundcover
Compact mounding groundcover will be covered in large tri-color flowers with dark-red centers and yellow and orange-red petals, throughout the spring and summer. Remove spent flowers after blooming. great for containers.
Gaillardia Lunar “Harvest Moon”
Large flowers in the Sunflower family with very red centers with bright yellow petals, multiple buds per stalk. Compact habit, spreading low. Great as cut flower. Can handle heat and humidity as well as drought-tolerant. Blooms spring-fall.
Galphimia gracilis
Semi-evergreen Shrub
Dense shrub with small green leaves and huge sprays of golden flowers sprin thru fall. Evergreen with light frost. Can handle hard freeze but will die back to the ground, come back in spring. Prune in early spring.
Galvezia speciosa
Evergreen Perennial
Wide, dense mound of arching stems. Red tubular hummingbird flowers for much of the year. From the Santa Barbara coast and islands.