Evergreen Shrub
Bright green foliage makes this small mounding shrub stand out in the garden. Blooms pink flowers summer through fall. Attractive as a groundcover or border plant.
Sun to Part Shade
Thamnochortus cinereus
Evergreen Feather-Reed Restio
The sparse branched bloom stalks rise like a fountain out of a mass of dense upright dark-green stems. Female and male flowers on separate plants, with silver bracts on female flowers. Protect from frost to maintain full look.
Trachycarpus fortunei
Palm Tree
Large fan palm with compact crown. Makes a good landscape as well as container plant. Will get 20ft outdoor, staying much smaller in a container. Young plants need protection from frost.
Tweedia caerula
Herbaceous Perennial
Small green leaves. Stunning blue flowers. Attracts Monarch Butterflies.
Uncinia “Belinda’s Find”
Perennial Sedge
Shiny, dark reddish bronze leaves with a bright cherry red variegation. Loosely tufted, upright form.
Uncinia uncinata
Perennial Sedge
Shiny, dark reddish brown leaves. Loosely tufted, upright form.
Uncinia uncinata “Rubra”
Perennial Sedge
Shiny, dark reddish bronze leaves. Loosely tufted, upright form.
Utricularia calycifida “Asenath Waite”
Semi-aquatic plant that grows carnivorous bladders along the ground on wide-ranging stolons. Pink flowers.
Utricularia sandersonii
Verbena “Endurascape Red”
Evergreen Perennial
Beautiful vibrant purple flowers nearly year-round. Grows wide in the ground or makes for a spectacular container plant and in hanging baskets.
Verbena “Homestead Hot Pink”
Upright Perennial
Vigorous, mounding perennial. Flowers bright pink from spring to fall. Can self-seed to create more in the garden. Attractive to pollinators.
Verbena “Homestead Purple”
Upright Perennial
Vigorous, mounding perennial. Flowers bright purple from spring to fall. Can self-seed to create more in the garden. Attractive to pollinators.
Verbena “Tapien Blue Violet”
Trailing Perennial
Flowers range from dark purple through lavender. Not reliably freeze hardy. Great in hanging baskets. They take trimming well, and respond with thickened habit and renewed flowering.
Verbena lilacina “de la Mina”
Perennial
A small growing mounding subshrub with violet flowers through the summer. Will look more lush and have continuous blooms with occasional water through the summer.
Verbena lilacina “Paseo Rancho”
Perennial
Light lavender flowers. A small growing mounding subshrub with flowers through the summer. Will look more lush and have continuous blooms with occasional water through the summer. Introduced by the Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden.
Vriesea sanguinolenta
Werauhia sanguinolenta
Epiphytic or in ground with dark purplish leaves.
Zephyranthes candida
Perennial Bulb
Amaryllis relative with rush-like foliage and bright white blooms late summer through fall. Tolerant of any soil.