Perennial
Dwarf Blue-eyed Grass hybridized in England is a cute little perennial well placed in a meadow or rock garden.
Sun to Part Shade
Sisyrinchium “Nanum”
Perennial
Dwarf wildflower forms tightly spaced tufts with lavender-purple flowers
Sisyrinchium “Quaint and Queer”
Perennial
Classic California wildflower with unusual white flowers with darker inner petals and bright yellow centers on tall bloom spikes.
Sisyrinchium “Rocky Point”
Perennial
Beloved wildflower forms tufts with amethyst-purple flowers
Sisyrinchium “Stripey”
S. bellum “Stripey”
Perennial Grass
Beloved wildflower forms tufts with amethyst-purple flowers. Cute green and creamy-yellow variegation in the leaves.
Sisyrinchium bellum
Perennial
Beloved wildflower forms tufts with amethyst-purple flowers.
Solanum “Indian’s Grey”
Evergreen shrub
Small, slightly grey leaves give this airy shrub a glow in sunlight. Striking blue flowers start in early spring and can bloom through summer and fall. Dormant without water in summer.
Solanum “Mountain Pride”
S. xanti “Mountain Pride”
Evergreen shrub
Striking purple flowers start in early spring and can bloom through summer and fall. A little extra water when blooming will keep them going for months. Dormant without water in summer.
Solanum “Spring Frost”
Evergreen shrub
Small, slightly grey-green leaves give this airy shrub a glow in sunlight. Showy white flowers start in early spring and can bloom through summer and fall.
Protect from hard frosts.
Solanum pyracanthum
Evergreen shrub
Wonderful orange spined leaves make this airy shrub glow in sunlight. Showy violet flowers and bright fruit add to the alien monster” appeal. Protect from hard frosts.
Solanum umbelliferum
Evergreen shrub
Small, slightly grey-green leaves give this airy shrub a glow in sunlight. Showy violet flowers start in early spring and can bloom through summer and fall.
Stictocardia macalusoi
Perennial Vine
Showy apricot/red trumpet blooms. Large leaves, fast-growing vine.
Stipa gigantea
Evergreen Feather-Grass
Very dramatic when used where afternoon sun back-lights the golden cloud of blooms. Can reseed.
Strelitzia juncea
Evergreen shrub
Striking narrow-leaved version of the classic Bird of Paradise. Forms large upright clumps filled in Spring and Summer with large orange bird like flowers. Very low water once established.
Strelitzia nicolai
Evergreen shrub
Large leaves, stretching vertically and tree-like, spreading out in a fan. Giant white flowers. Leaves will show damage with high winds, easy to prune. Can grow indoor, but won’t flower.
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.
Uncinia “Belinda’s Find”
Perennial Sedge
Shiny, dark reddish bronze leaves with a bright cherry red variegation. Loosely tufted, upright form.
Uncinia uncinata “Rubra”
Perennial Sedge
Shiny, dark reddish bronze leaves. Loosely tufted, upright form.
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 “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.
Zephyranthes candida
Perennial Bulb
Amaryllis relative with rush-like foliage and bright white blooms late summer through fall. Tolerant of any soil.