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Ajuga reptans ‘Catlin’s Giant’ Dianthus gratianopolitanus showy carpet bugle ‘Tiny Rubies’ tiny rubies cheddar pink A commonly used species of herbaceous, ground-hugging, creeping perennial for A compact perennial that forms an shady gardens that has bronzy-tinted foliage evergreen, olive-green cushion of leaves that and colorful blooms in spring. This are useful for edging along paths or in the produces uncommonly large and showy rock garden. In spring it is covered with flower spikes. Great for ground cover and masses of brilliant, tiny, pink flowers fragrant spring color under trees and shrubs. with the pleasant scent of cloves.

Size: foliage only three to four Size: four to five inches tall to inches tall and spreads one foot wide over time Bloom: masses of double pink Bloom: tall spikes of dark blue flowers cover the foliage in spring. flowers to eight inches tall in spring and summer Sun/Shade: full sun Sun/Shade: part to full shade, shade from the afternoon sun Pruning: cut back flower stalks after blooming Pruning: none, can remove old flower stems with a mower Water: low water once established Water: medium to low once established

Epilobium canum ‘Everett’s Choice’ Ceratostigma willmottianum Everett Butts California fuchsia Chinese plumbago A compact, herbaceous (non-woody) A small, summer blooming deciduous shrub California native perennial that is perfect for with diamond-shaped bright green foliage edges along paths and the front of any low- in spring that darkens to medium green water planting. Wide green leaves produce on arching, wiry stems. Highly valued for large, showy displays of red-orange flowers its intensely colored dark blue flowers and starting in summer and continuing through red foliage; in fall stems are tipped with fall, this is a guaranteed magnet for chocolate-colored seed capsules. hummingbirds.

Size: from two and a half to four Size: six inches tall spreading feet tall over time to three to four Bloom: beautiful intense, true blue feet flowers in summer and into Bloom: large, tubular red-orange fall flowers brighten up the summer and fall garden Sun/Shade: sun or partial shade Sun/Shade: full sun Pruning: none, can remove old flower stems with a mower Pruning: none, shear in winter to neaten its appearance if Water: medium to low once established desired Water: low water, irrigate once or twice a month to keep plant vigorous

For more information on low-water plants, visit arboretum.ucdavis.edu Eriogonum arborescens Festuca idahoensis ‘Clearwater blue’ Santa Cruz Island buckwheat Clearwater fescue A California native shrub with narrow gray A fine-textured grass with attractive leaves that produce flat-topped clusters of powder-blue foliage and excellent planted whitish-pink flowers in spring and summer. en masse to create a carpet of color or Later in the season seed heads form attractive mixed with bold, dark green foliage bronze colored clusters good in dried plants for accent and contrast. Feathery arrangements. This plants is a great cover flower stalks rise from foliage in spring for banks and will attract a fascinating array and summer. of beneficial insects and pollinators to the garden. Size: foliage to six inches tall topped by flowering Size: three to four feet tall by five feet wide at maturity, stalks to one foot. but can grow larger in rich soils Smaller than other similar Bloom: creamy pink flat top clusters in spring and summer fescues Sun/Shade: full sun Bloom: silvery feathery stalks above foliage Pruning: none needed but can prune to shape if denser Sun/Shade: full sun although does best with afternoon shade form is desired from hot summer sun. Water: very low, only a few deep irrigations needed in summer once established Pruning: none Water: medium-low or every two weeks once established

Eriogonum grande var. rubescens San Miguel Island pink buckwheat Gazania ‘Christopher Lloyd’ A small shrub (has a woody base) with spoon- Christopher Lloyd gazania shaped, gray, silver-edged leaves that produce This low-growing, perennial with narrow green beautiful vivid pink “pom-pom” flowers on foliage has a long bloom period from late spring stalks up to two feet long from late spring to to early fall. Large daisy-type flowers have fall. Delightful and durable, this plant it attracts unusual markings with a contrasting green band butterflies. at the base of the petals around a yellow center. It will need protection from prolonged freezing Size: one to three feet tall and two to temperatures. three feet wide Bloom: branched flowering stalks Size: eight to twelve inches tall and wide. produce showy pink flowers in round clusters over Bloom: beautiful large pink flowers with a darker stripe a long season down the middle of the petals and centered with a Sun/Shade: full sun green and yellow “eye” Pruning: can be pruned in late winter to make a more Sun/Shade: sun compact shape Pruning: none Water: low water (every two weeks) in summer Water: medium to low once established

Eriogonum fasciculatum ‘Theodore Payne’ Payne’s wild buckwheat Geranium ‘Gerwat’ Rozanne® A tough, evergreen, creeping groundcover Rozanne® hardy geranium with apple-green, needle-like foliage . Excellent for slopes and dry gardens it This is an amazingly tough perennial that will tolerate some shade if necessary. Stays is a prolific and long-blooming plant in compact to make nice tight mat of foliage summer. Use for extra color in and around with rounded clusters of white flowers great other plants where it will spread and weave to attract the smaller butterflies. among the plants to create beautiful color combinations. Although low-growing it holds Size: One foot tall by three to five its flowers high above the plant and will bloom in repeated flushes over the summer. feet wide at maturity Bloom: creamy white flowers on branched stalks produce Size: one to one and a half feet tall by two feet wide. condensed balls in summer Bloom: large open violet blue flowers with white centers Sun/Shade: full sun Sun/Shade: sun to light shade Pruning: none, tip prune when young to encourage Pruning: shear foliage to freshen if desired branching Water: medium Water: low to very low water once established

Graptopetalum paraguayense Helleborus X ballardiae ‘Coseh 930’ mother of pearl plant Gold Collection®Mahogany Snow Aptly named this succulent has foliage that is often a mixture of different shades of This new introduction of a group of winter- pale blue, light pink and pale purple. The blooming perennials are perfect for that individual rosettes are three to five inches shady spot in flower beds or containers and wide but branch freely to form a cluster that deer don’t like them. They begin flowering can easily be expanded by detaching the in January and February to brighten the rosettes with a small bit of stem and sticking grayest day with beautiful, large flowers. in moist soil. Easy and adaptable it is useful for container plantings, cascading over walls Size: to one foot tall by two feet and for edging along paths. wide Size: to one foot tall by two to three feet wide at Bloom: large, creamy flowers theat maturity reverse age to a mahogany pink Bloom: white flowers produced in spring are not showy Sun/Shade: full shade or partial shade (no hot pm summer sun) Sun/Shade: can tolerate early morning sun in summer but Pruning: remove old foliage if desired. prefers shade in hot afternoons. Water: medium Pruning: none, remove spent flower stalks if desired Water: low water once established.

Heteropterys angustifolia Photo by Gabriella F. Ruellan red wing, mariposa Grevillea thelemanniana ’Gilded Dragon’ This tough, heat-tolerant and little seen hummingbird bush evergreen, twining shrub can be grown as a vine, but needs support. Lance shaped, A low-growing, evergreen shrub shiny, narrow leaves produce golden clusters with silver-grey foliage and stunning of small flowers followed by pink to crimson dark red flowers winter into spring. colored ornamental fruit with wings similar Graceful branches form a rounded to that of a maple. plant and is surprisingly tolerant of some shade. The flowers are nectar Size: twining from five to ten feet tall rich and will attract hummingbirds. Bloom: showy yellow clusters of small flowers followed by Size: mounding to two foot highly ornamental red fruit tall and four foot wide. Sun/Shade: sun or part shade Bloom: dark red flower clusters send out “spidery” pistils Pruning: prune to shape and direct growth where desired (female parts) that car yellow green. Water: medium to low once established Sun/Shade: sun or part shade Pruning: to shape when young

Water: low once established Heuchera sanguinea ‘Snow Angel’ variegated coral bells

A small evergreen perennial that is perfect Hebe ‘Pretty in Pink’ for accent and color along the front of the pink flowering spreading hebe flower border or in pots. Unusual variegated foliage marbled and streaked in a painterly A compact, evergreen shrub native to New way can brighten up a shady area and is Zealand with attractive, smooth, shiny especially useful for smaller gardens and foliage that turns a burgundy color on the patios. growth tips. Abundant, dense pink flower spikes cover plant in spring and summer Size: foliage to one foot tall and and are very attractive with burgundy one foot wide colored foliage. Bloom: rose-pink flowers rise Size: dense foliage to two feet tall by three feet wide above foliage in spring and early summer Bloom: dark red flower clusters send out “spidery” pistils (female parts) that turn yellow/green. Sun/Shade: shade, protect from hot summer sun Sun/Shade: sun or part shade Pruning: none, remove old foliage if desired Pruning: to shape when young Water: medium Water: low once established

For more information on low-water plants, visit arboretum.ucdavis.edu Juncus patens ‘Elk blue’ Manfreda guttata ‘Jaguar’ Elk Blue California rush spotted false agave Rushes and other grass-like plants are valued for their narrow foliage This flat rosette of gray-green leaves with and contrasting forms and this variety is no maroon spots add form and interest in a exception. Totally vertical, round, blue-grey container or the front of the border. It’s a foliage will grow into a clump that is very native to Mexico and seems to prefer good attractive against pale blue succulents or drainage.Tall spikes of narrow blooms will apple-green ground covers. Fairly drought surprise you!: tolerant, it also can be grown in “rain gardens” and damp areas. The species is Size: two feet around native in the Central Valley. Bloom: spikes three to four feet produce spidery blooms with long extended anthers Size: to two feet tall and will spread slowly over time Sun/Shade: protect from late afternoon sun Bloom: tiny coppery-brown flowers are held in rounded clusters at leaf tips. Pruning: none Sun/Shade: grows in full sun or part shade Water: medium to low depending on exposure Pruning: none, shabby foliage can be cut flush to the ground in late winter to encourage fresh growth Water: low water once established Melaleuca incana Gray honey myrtle This quick-growing evergreen shrub with soft Leymus condensatus ‘Canyon Prince’ gray leaves on attractively arching branches produces beautiful, pale “bottle brush” Canyon Prince wild ryegrass flowers. It’s great either in the background or For California native plant gardeners Canyon Prince is a must. as specimen plant. Forming two to three foot tall clumps of powdery blue leaves it can be used as a Size: arching branches to ten background or accent plant in low water feet tall and six to eight feet gardens. Increasing in size over time it will wide need outer growth removed to contain it. Bloom: small dark reddish buds New shoots emerge green and turn blue over open to reveal light yellow bottle-brush flowers in time. late spring through early summer. Size: foliage to three feet and taller with more water Sun/Shade: sun Bloom: tight spikes of wheat colored flowers one to two Pruning: prune to shape as desired feet above foliage in summer Water: low once established, it looks better with Sun/Shade: best in sun occasional watering Pruning: cut to ground once a year in late summer to freshen foliage Water: low to very low Miscanthus sinensis ‘Little Kitten’ dwarf Chinese silver grass

This dwarf variety of silver grass is suitable monopetalum for the smaller size of our urban gardens. A shrubby statice tough and dependable cultivar, it produces ornamental, branched flower spikes that A shrubby, evergreen plant native to glitter when back lit by the rising or setting Mediterranean coastal areas where it is sun. Despite being native to climates adapted to prolonged drought, this plant is with summer rain we have found it to be relatively new to horticulture. Flattened, gray adaptable to low irrigation. foliage twists upward in an attractive pattern to be topped with tiny pinkish-lavender Size: to three feet tall and wide and will spread slowly blooms in spring and summer. So far it’s over time proved cold hardy and unharmed by frost the Bloom: attractive metallic “fingers” of branched flowers last few winters, but has yet to be tested by extreme freezing. add interest in the summer and autumn garden Sun/Shade: grows in full sun or part shade Size: to two feet tall and three feet wide. Pruning: cut flush to the ground in winter to renew foliage Bloom: small pinkish lavender flowers cover the dense Water: low water once established foliage in spring and summer Sun/Shade: grows in full sun Pruning: none Water: low water once established Neomarica caerulea Polygonatum odoratum ‘Variegatum’ walking iris Solomon’s seal The dramatic, sword-shaped and grayish- This extremely graceful herbaceous green vertical foliage of this plant is useful perennial with attractive arching stems for creating accent and drama in shady Valley holds nearly horizontal bright green gardens. You will also love the beautiful oval leaves and delicate bell-shaped clusters of deep blue-violet flowers it white and green flower clusters that produces in summer. dangle below. It’s excellent for shade gardens and will spread slowly over Size: four to five feet tall by three feet wide, very vertical time so you can share it with your Bloom: successions of intricately patterned flowers in the friends. hottest months of summer Size: usually two to three Sun/Shade: likes shade or morning sun feet tall in our area Pruning: remove old leaves as desired Bloom: clusters of white and Water: low water green bells in spring and summer Sun/Shade: shade

Pruning: remove old stems in winter Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Hameln’ Water: medium water white fountain grass

The delicate, fine-texture leaves of this grass make an attractive tuft for a front or middle section of a border. In spring Ribes malvaceum ‘Montara Rose’ it produces furry, pinkish plumes that lend it Montara chaparral currant a soft and appealing form. Its foliage colors with orange-tints as weather cools and is tan A tough shrub native to coastal foothills in winter. This species is not weedy. preferring good drainage and afternoon shade. It produces attractive, dark pink Size: to two and a half feet to clusters of flowers in late winter and early three feet tall and wide spring. Will go summer deciduous without Bloom: attractive foxtail-like flower irrigation. A prolific bloomer it will provide a source of nectar to visiting hummingbirds. heads Sun/Shade: sun Size: to five feet tall and wide Pruning: cut to the ground in winter when dormant to Bloom: a darker pink selection with refresh foliage profuse small clusters of flowers Water: medium to low water Sun/Shade: morning sun, afternoon shade best Pruning: shape when young to make a dense form Water: little to no water once established

Penstemon ‘Amelia Jayne’ Amelia Jayne penstemon Ribes sanguineum ‘Inverness White’ This large, dark pink flowered, and wide- White wild currant mouthed penstemon is perfect for adding color in spring and summer. Its shiny green A coastal form of wild currant with globular lance-shaped foliage is attractive, and unlike clusters of white flowers in winter and early some penstemon selections, this one does not spring and bright green foliage that will flop. brighten the shade beneath larger trees. Native wild currants have a tendency to drop Size: to three feet by three feet their leaves in summer if not irrigated and require careful placement in the landscape. Bloom: large spikes of dark pink and white flowers with tubular flowers with lobed Size: four to five feet tall and wide edges. Bloom: winter and early spring many clusters of white Sun/Shade: sun or only late afternoon shade is best flowers with a slight pink blush Pruning: prune to shape in late winter Sun/Shade: shade especially hot afternoon sun in summer Water: medium to low water (if protect from hot summer Pruning: prune to shape when young sun) Water: medium to low

For more information on low-water plants, visit arboretum.ucdavis.edu officinalis ‘Renzels’ Irene® Salvia ‘Violin Music’ dark blue prostrate rosemary purple autumn sage This rosemary is an excellent low- water ground cover for the very low A shrubby and long blooming autumn sage maintenance gardener. Prostrate varieties like that brings us a beautiful new color choice this one are excellent in containers and raised for using in plantings. For us this clone is beds where their dark blue flowers and green thriving in our demonstration beds and branches will trail beautifully over edges. bloomed in spring and fall. All of these Leaves can also be snipped for cooking. sages are good for attracting native bees and butterflies. Size: vigorous grower spreading two feet per year to one to Size: to two feet tall and wide one and a half feet tall Bloom: lilac-violet spikes held on upright structures with Bloom: deep lavender-blue flowers contrasted black calyces Sun/Shade: sun Sun/Shade: sun Pruning: remove any upright stems if Pruning: shape in late winter early spring to keep compact desired Water: low Water: low

Salvia brandegeei ‘Pacific Blue’ Salvia x jamensis ‘Scott’s Red’ Santa Rosa Island sage Scott’s red autumn sage This is a darker flowered form of one of the A hybrid with an intermediate form, this most drought-tolerant species of California is one of the best of the red bush sages. It native sages. Blue flowers spaced in “whorls” comes into bloom early in spring and is along the flower stalk are nectar magnets for covered with a profuse number of blooms. our native pipevine swallowtail butterflies. Then again in fall it has another dramatic show never completely going out of flower in Size: three to four feet tall and summer. The smooth pointed foliage is also wide attractive and flowers provide a magnet for Bloom: blue flowers in spring and hummingbirds. early summer on one to two foot long stalks Size: up to two feet tall and three feet wide at maturity Sun/Shade: sun Bloom: blue purple in color in late spring and early Pruning: cut back by one third in late summer summer or fall Sun/Shade: sun Water: low water Pruning: prune to shape in late winter early spring Water: low Salvia chamaedryoides ‘Marine Blue’ Germander sage Salvia ‘Bee’s Bliss’ A low, rounded evergreen plant with silver- bee’s bliss purple sage gray leaves that produces beautiful blue flowers over a long season. This selection is This low-growing, heat and drought tolerant said to be the best grower. spreader with gray-green foliage and profuse flowers in spring is attractive to bees, Size: to two feet tall by three to butterflies and hummingbirds but not to deer. four feet wide It’s good for slopes and to spill over edges of Bloom: many intense blue flowers walls. A California native hybrid of uncertain origin ‘Bees Bliss’ is tough and long-lived. over the whole plant heaviest in spring and fall Size: to two feet tall and six to and intermittant during summer eight feet wide Sun/Shade: full sun Bloom: lavender blue whorls of flowers in spring. Pruning: shear after bloom to remove old flower stalks and Sun/Shade: grow in full sun induce branching and rebloom. Pruning: tip prune when young to encourage bushy growth Water: low water but blooms longer and better with extra Water: low water, requires only a few deep irrigations in summer Salvia microphylla ‘Little Kiss’ dwarf little kiss sage Scabiosa caucasica ‘Vivid Violet’ purple scabiosa An attractive, long-blooming and low-water shrubby sage with white and red bi-color This new, low-growing cultivar produces flowers. It is more compact than the very attractive purple button-like flowers over popular Salvia microphylla ‘Hot lips’. a long season from spring to fall atop lacy, are attractive to hummingbirds and some green leaves. Use along a path or mixed with native bees. other lower growing perennials and stand back to watch the native bee and butterflies Size: to two to three feet tall and arrive! wide Size: to seven inches tall and Bloom: ted and white bi-color eighteen inches wide flowers that bloom over a long season, but heaviest in Bloom: all summer into fall spring and fall Sun/Shade: sun Sun/Shade: sun Pruning: none Pruning: shape when young to keep compact Water: low Water: medium low

Photo by Flickr user: ecos de pedra Salvia officinalis ‘Berggarten’ Sedum album compact common white stonecrop sage A flat growing, small-leaved succulent spreader with apple-green foliage and the This form of culinary sage has been selected sturdiness and vigor of a much larger plant. for its pewter-colored, very rounded, broad Creeping along the ground it makes a tight foliage which forms an attractive, symmetrical ground-cover that produces delicate white “dome” of grey foliage useful for edging the stars all over it in the summer. Propagate it front of the border. by breaking off its stems and placing in soil. Easy! Size: up to two feet tall and wide at maturity Size: Two to five inches tall and creeping to one to two Bloom: blue-purple flowers in late feet wide in a year. spring and early summer Bloom: Tiny white stars cover the leaves in summer Sun/Shade: sun Sun/Shade: sun or part shade Pruning: prune to shape in late winter early spring Pruning: none Water: low Water: none

Salvia spathacea ‘Las Pilitas’ low growing Solanum xantii ‘Mountain Pride’ pitcher sage California puple nightshade This form of pitcher sage is lower-growing and earlier-blooming that other selections of This sprawling native sub-shrub has clusters this species. The plant can be recognized by of attractive purple flowers and furry green- its apple-green, narrow leaves that produce gray leaves that need little or no irrigation “shish-ka-bob” spikes of flowers visited by once established. hummingbirds. Tough and easy to grow. Size: to two feet tall and wide Size: About eighteen inches tall Bloom: clusters of purple flowers by four feet wide it will with yellow centers in winter continue to spread over and spring time Sun/Shade: part sun or shade Bloom: Spring blooming, with Pruning: prune back long stems to pinkish red flowers on attractive whorled spikes. induce branching Sun/Shade: shade or sun Water: low to none Pruning: Water: low For more information on low-water plants, visit arboretum.ucdavis.edu Sollya heterophylla ‘Monterey Bay Sapphire’ Veronica umbrosa ‘Georgia Blue’ sapphire bluebell creeper Georgia blue speedwell A sprawling shrub that can be trained as a A creeping groundcover that produces vine with support. This tough and drought- attractive deep blue flowers in spring and tolerant plant will grow in sun or shade and bronze-maroon foliage in winter. It’s perfect produces beautiful blue, bell-shaped flowers for the front of plantings, under bulbs and in spring and summer. deciduous shrub like roses.

Size: two to three feet tall and Size: forms a mat six to eight four feet wide untrained, inches tall that spreads to but with support will climb several feet wide to six to eight feet. Bloom: cobalt blue flowers in spring Bloom: deeper blue and showier and a few other times of the flowers than most strains produced in summer year Sun/Shade: sun or shade Sun/Shade: sun or part shade Pruning: prune to desired shape Pruning: none Water: low Water: medium

Teucrium fruticans ‘Azureum’ azure bush germander A tough and drought-tolerant evergreen shrub with silvery foliage that is covered with dark blue flowers in winter and early spring. It can be sheared as a hedge or left in a looser open form.

Size: to four to five feet tall and eight feet wide if left unsheared. Bloom: small but prolific blue flowers in winter and early spring Sun/Shade: sun or part shade Pruning: shear annually to shape and keep bushy--can be cut to the ground to rejuvenate Water: low