and Ross Valley Nursery
Evergreen perennial
This low-growing evergreen trailing morning glory has a compact form dense with shimmering silver-green leaves and beautiful purple flowers blooming spring through fall. Likes fast draining soil, but can handle clay soils if not overwatered.
Evergreen Flowering Perennial
Bright golden daisy flowers, fernlike foliage forms a lacey/frilly mound. Classic garden plant, works well in containers.
C. cotoneaster “Little Prince”
Evergreen Shrub
Star-shaped yellow flowers most of the year. Zig-zag branches, prune after blooming to maintain dense form. Small round leaves.
Cuphea llavea
An interesting and easy-to-grow perennial with red-eared bat-faced flowers. Burgundy-tinged green leaves. Low water, drought-tolerant, but a little more water in summer when in bloom to look its best.
Evergreen Perennial
Heat tolerant, evergreen perennial with small lavender flowers nearly year round. Good for borders and does well in containers.
C. llavea “Tiny Mice”
An interesting and easy-to-grow perennial with red-eared mousey flowers. Burgundy-tinged green leaves. Low water, drought-tolerant, but a little more water in summer when in bloom to look its best.
Cuphea “Bat Face”
Evergreen Perennial
An interesting and easy-to-grow perennial with red-eared bat-faced flowers. Burgundy-tinged green leaves. Low water, drought-tolerant, but a little more water in summer when in bloom to look its best.
Small Jewel Orchid from Indonesia. Beautiful colorful leaves, stays small – great for terrariums! Terrestrial orchid that prefers warm temps and some humidity, not too much water- fast draining orchid soil.
Semi-evergreen Fern
Beautiful foliage, white furry rhizomes. Fronds are intricately divided. Epiphytic in nature, can grow in hanging baskets and indoor. Will lose fronds in winter, may go deciduous.
A huge genus of epiphytic orchids from Asia and the Pacific Islands.
Evergreen Perennial
Grows on rocks and in well-drained rocky soils. Let soils dry out completely before watering.
Herbaceous Perennial
2 to 3 ft. grassy clumps are topped with 5 ft. tall arching wands with pendulant soft pink bell shaped blooms in spring. In the Iris Family.
Cycad
Upright blue-green to gray-green leaves, eventually forms a short trunk to 10ft and will pup. Makes a good landscape as well as container plant. Will eventually get 10ft outdoor, staying much smaller in a container. Dioon edule is one of the most cold hardy cycads.
Cycad
Large glossy leaf, eventually forms a large trunk. Makes a good landscape as well as container plant. Will eventually get 20ft outdoor, much smaller in a container. Young plants, protect – from frost.
E. plantagineum “Blue Bedder”
Herbaceous Biennial
Fast growing, covered in pink buds and then large blue bell-shaped blooms for months. Cold hardy, reseeds reliably.
Herbaceous Perennial
Easy to grow rich 2″ yellow blooms. Dead-head for longer bloom season. Fast-growing, short-lived. Attractive to Butterflies. Clay-tolerant. Semi-Deciduous
Evergreen Perennial
Easy to grow, hardy orchid with profusions of flowers along 6ft. tall stem. Purple and orange/yellow flowered varieties. Requires regular fertilizer. Light soil mix.
Evergreen Perennial
Easy to grow, hardy orchid with profusions of flowers along 6ft. tall stem. Lavender-flowered variety. Requires regular fertilizer. Light soil mix.
Evergreen Perennial
Easy to grow, hardy orchid with profusions of flowers along 6ft. tall stem. Rose-flowered variety. Requires regular fertilizer. Light soil mix.
E. canum “Orange Carpet”
Semi-deciduous Perennial
Hummingbird plant. Light green foliage covered with orange-red trumpet-shaped flowers. A lovely accent to any (native) garden.
E. karvinskianus “Moerheimii”
Evergreen Perennial
Trailing groundcover with pink flowers. Can take over with irrigation. Cut back yearly. Attracts butterflies.
Evergreen Perennial
Trailing groundcover with little lavender and white flowers. Can take over with irrigation. Cut back yearly.
Evergreen perennial
Creamy white flowers with yellow centers through spring. Low growing groundcover with beautiful textured silvery-green leaves.
Evergreen Groundcover
Small geranium-like scalloped green leaves, slight mounding. Lots of pink flowers spring through summer. Can handle some foot traffic.
Evergreen Herbaceous Perennial
Mature foliage is dark green, while new growth is dark burgundy. A compact grower. Good for borders. Deer resistant.
F. glauca “Beyond Blue”
Ornamental Clump Grass
A dense mound of intense, colorfast, powder blue foliage that provides waterwise, heat and humidity tolerant texture. Buff-colored plumes create eye-catching contrast in late summer.
F. glauca “Elijah Blue”
Ornamental Grass
One of the best of the blue fescues, works great into all kinds of drought-tolerant gardens forming classic tufted clumps. Soft narrow blades to roll around in.
F. rubra “Molate”
Semi-deciduous Bunch Grass
Deer Resistant. Good under native Oaks. Summer drought tolerant. Lawn alternative can be mowed to 2″h. Spectacular spring bloom display. Birds use for nesting.
F. rubra “Patrick’s Point”
Semi-deciduous Bunch Grass
Deer Resistant. Good under native Oaks. Summer drought tolerant. Short red stems and silvery blue leaves form smalls clumps that slowly spread by rhizomes. Great for rock gardens and ground cover. More shade and water tolerant than many fescues.
F. idahoensis “Tomales Bay”
Evergreen Bunchgrass
Gently arcing tightly-bunched soft blue-green grass from Marin County. Blooms sit atop grass 18 inch tall. Summer dormant, can be kept green with some irrigation. Deer Resistant.