Home
About the Nursery
Bob's Article
Featured Gardens
In Stock
Sales
Plant Descriptions
Cool Links

Click on the Common Name to see a collection of pictures from CalPhotos hosted by U.C. Berkley. This feature is currently under construction please be patient as we finish all the links.  Use these descriptions to fill those bare spots in your landscape just measure the spot scroll down and find something that will fit and come out and buy it!
Tree and Shrubs  
Grasses and Ground Covers  
Flowering Plants  
  • Trees and Shrubs

    • Common Name Scientific Name Form Size Culture Flower
      Big Leaf Maple Acer macrophylla Deciduous Tree 25’h x 15’w Sun to Partial Sun; Water n/a
      Buckeye Aesculus californica Large Shrub 12’h x 12’ w Sun to Partial Shade white
      Hybrid Manzanita Arctostaphylos 'Dr. Hurd' Large Shrub 12hx12'w Sun White
      Alder Alnus rhombifolia Big ol’ Tree 35’ h x 18’ w Sun needs moisture N/a
      Big Berry Manzanita Arctostaphylos glauca Large Shrub 12hx12'w Sun Light Pink
      Hybrid Manzanita Arctostaphylos 'John Dourley' Small Shrub 4’H x 4’W Sun White
      Mugwort Artemesia douglasiana Shrub 4’h  x 2’w Sun to Partial Sun; Water Insignificant
      California Sagebrush Artemisia californica Shrub 3-4’ h x 4-5’ w Sun Insignificant
      Fairy Duster Calliandra californica Deciduous Shrub 3-4’ h x 4-5’ w Sun Red
      Spice Bush Calycanthus occidentalis Shrub 6-12’h x 10’w Sun to Partial Sun; Water Red fragrant
      Bush anemone Carpenteria californica Shrub and Sub Tree 6’ h x 10’ w Partial Sun to Sun White
      California Lilac Ceanothus ‘Yankee Point’ Shrub 3’ h x 8’ w Sun to Partial Sun Med. blue
      California Lilac Ceanothus 'Concha' Shrub 6'hX8'W Sun Deep blue
      California Lilac Ceanothus 'Ray Hartman' Shrub to Tree 15' hXw Sun to Partial Sun Light blue
      California Lilac Ceanothus “Matilija Bob” Shrub to Tree 15' hXw Sun to Partial Sun Light blue
      Dense
      California Lilac Ceanothus “Frosty Blue” Shrub to Tree 6’hX8’w Sun to Partial Sun Light blue
      Dense
      Blue Palo Verde Cercidium microphyllum Tree 20'hx15'w Sun Yellow
      Western Red Bud Cercis occidentalis Deciduous Tree 6-16’h x 20’w Sun to Partial Sun Magenta
      Mt. Mahogany Cercocarpus betuloides Shrub 8’ h x 12’ w Sun White
      Desert Willow Chilopsis linearis Tree 20’ h x 10’ w Sun Purple
      Coast Sunflower Encelia californica Shrub 3'hx5'w Sun to Partial Sun Yellow
      Conejo Buckwheat Eriogonum crocatum Small Shrub 18"hx14"w Sun Yellow
      St. Catherine Lace Eriogonum giganteum Small Shrub 4'hx6'w Sun White
      Buckwheat Eriogonum umbellatum Small Shrub 2'hx2'w Sun Yellow
      Golden Yarrow Eriophyllum confertiflorum Small Shrub 3'hx3'w Sun Yellow
      Apache Plume Fallugia paradoxa DeciduousShrub 3-8’h x 6-10w Sun;Drought Tolerant White withshowy seeds
      Flannel Bush Fremontodendron mexicanum Shrub 15'hXw Sun Lemon Yellow
      Island snapdragon Galvezia speciosa Shrub 3’ h x 6’ w Sun to Partial Sun Red
      Toyon Heteromeles arbutifolia Shrub 8-20’h x 20’w Sun to Partial Sun W; red berries
      Desert Lavender Hyptis emery Shrub 3-9’ h & w Sun;Drought Tolerant Lavender
      Twinberry Lonicera involucrata Shrub 6'hx6'w Partial Sun to Partial Shade Orange Red
      Blue bush Lupine Lupinus longiflorus Shrub 4'hx5'w Sun Blue-Violet
      Blue bush Lupine Lupinus albifrons Shrub 3'hx4'w Sun Silver/blue
      Blue bush Lupine Lupinus arboreus Shrub 4'hx5'w Sun Blue
      Scarlet Monkey Flower Mimulus cardinalis Perennial 2'hx2'w Partial Shade to Shade Scarlet/Orange
      Monkey Flower Mimulus guttatus Shrub 3'hx3'w Shade Yellow
      Holleyleaf Cherry Prunus ilicifolia Shrub 8'hx8'w Sun Whitish
      Coffeeberry Rhamnus californica Large Shrub 8'hx8'w Sun Insignificant
      West. Azalea Rhododendron occidentale Shrub 6’h x 6’w Shade White fragrant
      Lemonadeberry Rhus integrifolia Large Shrub 8'hx8'w Sun Pink
      Sugar Bush Rhus ovata Large Shrub 8'hx8'w Sun Pink
      Golden Current Ribes aureum Medium Shrub 5'hx7'w Any Yellow