California Native Plants105 Stories
Gardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Ribes Malvaceum
Plant pink chaparral currant for graceful winter tassels and an excuse to make black currant tarts
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Low-Maintenance Calliandra Eriophylla
Pink, puffy flowers of pink fairy duster transform the lacy foliage of this desert native in spring
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Annual Phacelias
Coveted by California beekeepers and wildlife gardeners, phacelias are worth planting now for their prolific blue to purple spring blooms
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Geum Triflorum
Nodding red blooms, glittery effervescent seed heads and a tough-as-nails constitution make prairie smoke a winning ground cover
Full StoryGardening GuidesDecorate the Landscape With Versatile Agave
Beautiful, succulent leaves reach toward the sky, adding texture and beauty to the drought-tolerant landscape
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Encelia Californica
Highly attractive to native bees, butterflies and other pollinators, California brittlebush adds informal beauty to habitat gardens
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Helianthus Maximiliani Attracts Beneficial Insects
Maximilian sunflower’s striking yellow flowers light up the fall landscape and attract pollinators and beneficial insects at a crucial time
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Athyrium Filix-Femina
If you need a well-mannered plant that shines in the shade, lady fern is for you
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Parkinsonia Florida
Blue palo verde's trunk and branches provide a beautiful backdrop to a spectacular spring show in the desert
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Purple Needle Grass, California’s State Grass
The long-lived, drought-tolerant Stipa pulchra is as admired for its benefits as for its good looks
Full StoryGardening for ButterfliesGreat Design Plant: Arctostaphylos Glauca Nourishes and Delights
Make big berry manzanita a center-stage specimen and watch the evergreen feed wildlife through the seasons
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