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.
Low
Teucrium cossonii
Evergreen Shrub
A low mounding shrub with silver-green, aromatic foliage. Blooms purple flowers summer through fall. Attractive as a groundcover or border plant. Deer-resistant.
Teucrium fruticans “Azurea”
Evergreen Shrub
This Mediterranean evergreen shrub grows well in the Bay Area. Silvery gray foliage. Deep blue flowers cover the plant most of the year – spring thru fall.
Themeda “Blue Roo”
Low-growing Grass
Gracefully arcing blue-grey leaves. Rusty red bloom heads in late summer
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.
Tradescantia “Maiden’s Blush”
Creeping Perennial
Unusual patterning, leaves come in green in warmer weather and a stunning variegated with white and pink in colder weather. Great for hanging baskets, including indoors.
Tradescantia “Mini Lilac”
Creeping Perennial
Variegated with pink and white leaves. Trailing habit. Great for hanging baskets, including indoors.
Tradescantia “Sitara Gold”
Perennial
Golden and green striped leaves with purple undersides, white blue-tinted flowers. Vigorously clumping. Hardy to 30F, may die back to the ground during cold weather and resume growth in spring.
Tradescantia cerinthoides “Greenlee”
Perennial
Pale purple leaves, purple flowers. Slow growing and compact. Great for hanging baskets, including indoors.
Tweedia caerula
Herbaceous Perennial
Small green leaves. Stunning blue flowers. Attracts Monarch Butterflies.
Vauquelinia californica
Evergreen Tree
Evergreen shrub or small tree with tough glossy leaves and tiny white flowers in late spring. Can be trained as a single or multistemmed tree.
Verbena “Cloud 8”
V. bonariensis “Cloud 8”
Upright Perennial
Stunning dwarf airy vertical stems topped with purple flowers mid summer work well mixed in with mounding perennials like Salvia, or poking out from a low growing Prickly Pear.
Verbena “Endurascape Purple”
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 “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 “Little One”
V. bonariensis “Little One”
Upright Perennial
Stunning dwarf airy vertical stems topped with purple flowers mid summer work well mixed in with mounding perennials like Salvia, or poking out from a low growing Prickly Pear.
Verbena “Lollipop”
V. bonariensis “Lollipop”
Upright Perennial
Stunning dwarf airy vertical stems topped with purple flowers mid summer work well mixed in with mounding perennials like Salvia, or poking out from a low growing Prickly Pear.
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.