Water

Impatiens “Congo Cockatoo”

Impatiens niamniamensis
Tropical Houseplant

Tall vertical stems with broad green leaves, stunning long-lasting displays of unusual red and yellow flowers. Can be grown outside in Bay Area, but best as a tropical houseplant.

Impatiens “Hare’s Hybrid”

Impatiens niamniamensis
Tropical Houseplant

Tall vertical stems with broad green leaves, stunning long-lasting displays of unusual red and yellow flowers. Can be grown outside in Bay Area, but best as a tropical houseplant.

Ipheion uniflorum

Flowering Bulb

Small bulbs in the Amaryllis family, related to onions. Shiny green leaves, flattened, will have a bit of an onion scent. Blooms in spring. Plant bulbs 2-3″ deep in fall, or transplant potted plants in spring. Deciduous in summer.

 

Iris douglasiana

Evergreen Perennial

Light Blue flowers May thru June. Can handle full sun at coast, prefers shade and some summer water inland.

Iris innominata

Evergreen Perennial

Golden yellow with darker veins, sometimes lavender to purple edges. Dense compact clumps.

Iris Pacific Coast Hybrids

Evergreen Perennial

Gorgeous clumps of dark green leaves give way to spectacularly colored blooms from spring through summer.

Ixia “Rainbow Mix”

Deciduous Bulb

Small flower in the Iris Family with tall bloom stalks and lots of vibrant mixed color flowers. Winter-growing, flowers in spring followed by summer-dormant.

 

 

Ixia viridiflora

Deciduous Bulb

Small bulb with tall bloom stalks and lots of vibrant blue flowers. Winter-growing, flowers in spring followed by summer-dormant. Prefers sandy soils.

Jacaranda mimosifolia

Semi-Deciduous tree

Long droopy green leaves, long-lasting lavender blue flowers mid-summer. Classic tropical look, but drought-tolerant.

Jatropha berlandieri

Round white caudex, stems to 12″h.; flowers Feb-Nov
Dormant in winter – No water

Jatropha capensis

Shrubby with a trunk-like caudex, to 4ft tall. 3-lobed leaves. Yellow flowers. Deciduous in winter.

Jatropha podagrica

Large irregular caudex, stems to 24″; broad leaves, small red blooms

Jensenobotrya lossowiana

Round-leafed Mesemb. White-pink flowers. Forms long draping woody branches with succulent leaves. Mist the leaves occasionally through the growing season. Grows in very rocky soils.

Jovibarba allionii

J. globifera ssp. allionii

Pointy tipped leaves on 6″ colorful clumping hens-and-chicks rosettes. Small pups will pop off easily from the parent plant and roll down a hillside to root elsewhere.

Jovibarba c.v.

Tiny green/red rosettes; many small offsets, tightly clustered

Jovibarba sobolifera

2″ rosettes, various shades of chartreuse/green with a bit of red edging. Rounded rosettes pop off and go traveling.

Jovibarba “Bulgaria”

J. globifera ssp. hirta
J. hirta “Bulgaria”

Pointy tipped leaves on 6″ colorful clumping hens-and-chicks rosettes. Small pups will pop off easily from the parent plant and roll down a hillside to root elsewhere.

Jovibarba “Hedgehog”

J. globifera ssp. hirta
J. hirta “Hedgehog”

Pointy tipped leaves on 4″ colorful clumping hens-and-chicks rosettes. Small pups will pop off easily from the parent plant and roll down a hillside to root elsewhere.

 

Juncus “Javelin”

J. pallidus “Javelin”
Rush

Well adapted to our dry summers and wet winters, this tall rush flushes with bright green leaves in spring that develop into hues of blue as the season progresses.

Juncus acutus

Rush

Sharp tipped evergreen rush from native creeksides, can handle moderate water and full summer drought. Used in basketry.

Juncus patens

Rush

Versatile rush adapted to our dry summers and wet winters. Forming a dense clump and flowering in Feb thru Oct.