Herbaceous Perennial
A “wild desert tropical,” can be used as a low mounding garden plant, or cascades nicely in a hanging basket and as a houseplant. Magenta blooms summer through fall.
Moderate
Rumohra adiantiformis “Iberia”
Evergreen Fern
Deep green fern with leathery leaves. Cut foliage for indoor centerpieces. Can be grown in hanging baskets. Protect from hard frosts.
Russelia “Flamingo Park”
R. equisetiformis “Flamingo Park”
Semi-Deciduous Perennial
Evergreen sub-shrub, with arching leaves and stunning pink coral flowers spring through fall. Tolerates wind and even deep shade. Will spill over edge of a large container, or garden wall.
Russelia equisetiformis
Semi-Deciduous Perennial
Evergreen sub-shrub, with arching leaves and stunning red coral flowers spring through fall. Tolerates wind and even deep shade. Will spill over edge of a large container, or garden wall.
Russelia X “St. Elmo’s Fire”
Semi-Deciduous Perennial
Fairly upright shrubby form. Red flowers spring through fall. New cultivar.
Salvia “Royal Blue”
Evergreen perennial
Large dark green leaves topped with lots of royal blue flowers all summer long and into the fall. Needs some summer irrigation.
Saxifraga stolonifera “Variegata”
Evergreen Perennial
Stunning multi-colored leaves. Plantlets on trailing stems, look similar to strawberry plants. Cold hardy, but generally grown as a houseplant.
Senecio stellata
Evergreen perennial
Afternoon shade preferred, more shade inland. Covered in stunning blue-purple daisy flowers. Will die back in hotter areas, reseeds readily.
Sisyrinchium “Arroyo de la Cruz”
Perennial
Small violet-flowering Blue-eyed Grass is a cute little perennial well placed in a meadow or rock garden.
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 “Wayne’s Dwarf”
Perennial
Dwarf variety of beloved wildflower forms tufts with purple-blue flowers. Give it more sun for more blooms spring through summer. Can go dormant in summer if dry.
Sisyrinchium bellum
Perennial
Beloved wildflower forms tufts with amethyst-purple flowers.
Sisyrinchium californicum
Semi-Evergreen Perennial
Winged stems carry yellow flowers in summer, Sword-shaped leaves.
Solanum quitoense
Evergreen fruiting shrub
Large heart shaped leaves make this fruiting plant a beauty. Fruit are sweet and edible, often used for the juice. Protect from winds.
Spathiphyllum “Domino”
S. wallisii “Domino”
Tropical Houseplant can handle a variety of indoor light conditions, bright indirect is best. Fast draining soil, low to moderate water.
Stictocardia macalusoi
Perennial Vine
Showy apricot/red trumpet blooms. Large leaves, fast-growing vine.
Tanacetum densum
Evergreen Perennial
Feathery grey leaves form a dense groundcover. Small yellow flowers pop up 6-12″ above the foliage in spring. Ideal for coastal gardens – can’t take heat.
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.
Thymus “Elfin”
Herb, Groundcover
Tiny purple flowers in summer. Fragrant green leaves. Great in rock gardens and mixed pots.
Thymus “Pink Chintz”
Herb, Groundcover
Completely coated in tiny pink flowers in summer. Fragrant green leaves. Great in rock gardens and mixed pots.
Thymus praecox
Herb, Groundcover
Tiny red flowers in summer. Fragrant green leaves. Great in rock gardens and mixed pots.
Thymus praecox “Albus”
Herb, Groundcover
Tiny white flowers in summer. Fragrant green leaves. Great in rock gardens and mixed pots.
Verbena “Superbena” c.v.
Trailing Perennial
Hybridized for a range of flower colors. Spreading perennial with dentate, deeply serrated leaves. Blooms from spring to fall with beautiful heads of fragrant flowers in a perfect dome shape. Prefers a well-drained and medium-fertile soil.
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 bonariensis
Upright Perennial
Stunning airy vertical stems topped with purple flowers mid summer work well mixed in with mounding perennials like Salvia, or poking out from an upright Prickly Pear.