Here are a few of the plants we like the best and work well in our environment. Click on the common names to see pictures for each one.

FERNS/PALMS
CYATHEA COOPERI
DICKSONIA ANTARCTICA
NEPHROLEPIS CORDIFOLIA
POLYSTICHUM MUNITUM
RUMOHRA ADIANTIFORMIS
WOODWARDIA FIMBRIATA

GRASSES/BAMBOO
BAMBUSA MULTIPLEX 'ALPHONSE KARR'
CALAMAGROSTIS x ACUTIFOLIA 'KARL FOERSTER'
FESTUCA GLAUCA 'ELIJAH BLUE'
FESTUCA GLAUCA 'SISKIYOU BLUE'
JUNCUS EFFUSUS 'SPIRALIS'
LIROPE MUSCARI
LIRIOPE MUSCARI 'SILVERY SUNPROOF'
MISCANTHUS SINENSIS 'MORNING LIGHT'
MUHLENBERGIA RIGENS
OPHIOPOGON JAPONICUS
STIPA TENUISSIMA (NASSELLA TENUISSIMA)

GROUNDCOVER
AJUGA REPTANS 'GIANT GREEN'
AJUGA REPTANS 'CAITLIN'S GIANT'
ARCTOSTAPHYLOS 'EMERALD CARPET'
ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI
BERGENIA CRASSIFOLIA
CAMPANULA POSCHARSKYANA
CEANOTHUS GRISEUS HORIZONTALIS
CERATOSTIGMA PLUMBAGINOIDES
ERIGERON KARVINSKIANUS
EUONYMUS FORTUNEI RADICANS
FRAGARIA CHILOENSIS
GERANIUM x CANTABRIGIENSE 'BIOKOVO'
ISOTOMA FLUVIATILIS (PRATIA PEDUNCULATA)
LANTANA HYBRID 'CONFETTI'
MAHONIA REPENS
MYOPORUM PARVIFOLIUM
PRATIA PEDUNCULATA (ISOTOMA FLUVIATILIS
ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS 'PROSTRATUS'
SOLLYA HETEROPHYLLA
STACHYS BYZANTINA 'BIG EARS'
THYMUS PSEUDOLANUGINOSUS
TRACHELOSPERMUM JASMINOIDES

PERENNIALS
ARTEMESIA 'POWIS CASTLE
CLIVIA MINIATA
FRANCOA RAMOSA
HELICHRYSUM PETIOLARE
HELLEBORUS ORIENTALIS
HEMEROCALLIS 'GENTLE SHEPHERD'
HEMEROCALLIS 'MOUNTAIN VIOLET'
HEUCHERA MAXIMA
NEPETA 'SIX HILLS GIANT'
PHORMIUM TENAX 'DARK DELIGHT'
ROMNEYA COULTERI
RUDBECKIA HIRTA
SALVIA GREGGII
SALVIA GUARANITICA

SHRUBS
ABELIA x GRANDIFLORA 'EDWARD GOUCHER'
ABUTILON HYBRIDUM
AGAPANTHUS ORIENTALIS ' PETER PAN'
ANIGOZANTHOS HYB.
ARCTOSTAPHYLOS DENSIFLORA
ARCTOSTAPHYLOS 'EMERALD CARPET
ARCTOSTAPHYLOS MANZANITA 'DR. HURD'
BRUGMANSIA 'CHARLES GRIMALDI'
BUXUS SEMPERVIRENS
CERATOSTIGMA PLUMBAGINOIDES
CESTRUM NOCTURNUM
CORREA 'DUSKY BELLS'
CORREA 'IVORY BELLS'
DAPHNE ODORA 'MARGINATA'
ECHIUM FASTUOSUM
ELAEAGNUS PUNGENS 'MARGINATA'
ESCALLONIA 'COMPACTA'
EUONYMUS FORTUNEI 'EMERALD GAIETY'
GARRYA ELLIPTICA
HYDRANGEA MACROPHYLLA
HYDRANGEA QUERCIFOLIA
IBIRIS SEMPERVIRENS
LANTANA WHITE 'RADIATION'
LAVANDULA DENTATA
LAVANDULA INTERMEDIA 'PROVENCE'
LAVATERA MARITIMA
LOROPETALUM CHINENSE 'BURGUNDY'
MAHONIA AQUIFOLIUM
MYRICA CALIFORNICA
MYRTIS COMMUNIS 'COMPACTA'
OSMANTHUS FRAGRANS
PIERIS 'FOREST FLAME'
PITTOSPORUM TENUIFOLIUM
PRUNUS LAUROCERASUS 'ZABELIANA'
RHODODENDRON (NOT AZALEAS)
RIBES SANGUINEUM
SARCOCOCCA RUSCIFOLIA
VIBURNUM DAVIDII
VIBURNUM RHYTIDOPHYLLUM
VIBURNUM TINUS 'SPRING BOUQUET'

TREES
ACER PALMATUM
ALBIZIA JULIBRISSIN
ARBUTUS 'MARINA'
BETULA NIGRA
CERCIS OCCIDENTALIS
CHITALPA TASHKENTENSIS
CORNUS 'EDDIE'S WHITE WONDER'
DODONAEA VISCOSA
ERIOBOTRYA DEFLEXA
LAGERSTROEMIA HYB.
MAYTENUS BOARIA 'GREEN SHOWERS'
NYSSA SYLVATICA
OLEA EUROPAEA 'SWAN HILL'
PISTACIA CHINENSIS
PYRUS KAWAKAMII
QUERCUS AGRIFOLIA
QUERCUS LOBATA
RHUS LANCEA
SEQUOIA SEMPERVIRENS

VINES
BOUGAINVILLEA
CLEMATIS ARMANDII
FICUS PUMILA
GELSEMIUM SEMPERVIRENS
HARDENBERGIA VIOLACEA
JASMINUM POLYANTHUM
PARTHENOCISSUS TRICUSPIDATA
PASSIFLORA 'LAVENDER LADY' TRACHELOSPERMUM JASMINOIDES

 

NCN = no common name


AUSTRAILIAN TREE FERN
TASMANIAN TREE FERN
SOUTHERN SWORD FERN
WESTERN SWORD FERN
LEATHERLEAF FERN
GIANT CHAIN FERN


BAMBOO, CLUMPER
FEATHER REED GRASS
BLUE FESCUE
BLUE FESCUE
SOFT RUSH; WATER LOVER
BLUE TURF LILY
BLUE TURF LILY
SILVER GRASS
DEER GRASS (NATIVE)
MONDO GRASS
MEXICAN FEATHER GRASS


CARPET BUGLE; BIG GREEN LEAVES
CARPET BUGLE
MANZANITA
BEARBERRY (NATIVE)
WINTER-BLOOMING BERGENIA
SERBIAN BELLFLOWER
CARMEL CREEPER
DWARF PLUMBAGO
SANTA BARBARA DAISY
COMMON WINTER CREEPER
BEACH STRAWBERRY
GERANIUM
BLUE-STAR CREEPER; INVASIVE
LANTANA
CREEPING MAHONIA
MYOPORUM
BLUE STAR CREEPER; INVASIVE
ROSEMARY
AUSTRALIAN BLUE BELL
LAMB'S EARS
WOOLLY THYME
STAR JASMIN


NCN
NCN
MAIDEN'S WREATH
LICORICE PLANT
LENTEN ROSE
DAY LILY (EVERGREEN, CREAM)
DAY LILY (EVERGREEN, PURPLE)
ISLAND ALUM ROOT
NCN
NEW ZEALAND FLAX
MATILLIA POPPY
BLACK-EYED SUSAN
AUTUMN SAGE (VARIOUS COLORS)
ANISE-SCENTED SAGE


GLOSSY ABELIA
FLOWERING MAPLE
LILY OF THE NILE (SMALL, LIGHT BLUE)
KANGAROO PAWS
MANZANITA
MANZANITA
MANZANITA
ANGEL'S TRUMPET, DATURA
COMMON BOXWOOD
DWARF PLUBAGO
NIGHT JASMINE
AUSTRALIAN FUCHSIA
AUSTRALIAN FUCHSIA
WINTER DAPHNE
PRIDE OF MADEIRA
SILVER-EDGE ELAEAGNUS
NCN
EUONYMUS
COAST SILK TASSEL
BIGLEAF HYDRANGEA
OAK-LEAF HYDRANGEA
EVERGREEN CANDYTUFT
NCN
FRENCH LAVENDER
LAVENDER
LAVATERA
(PURPLE)
OREGON GRAPE
PACIFIC WAX MYRTLE
MYRTLE
SWEET OLIVE
NCN
NCN
ENGLISH LAUREL
RHODODENDRON
RED-FLOWERING CURRANT
SWEET BOX
MEXICAN ORANGE
NCN
NCN


JAPANESE MAPLE
SILK TREE
MADRONE
RIVER BIRCH
WESTERN REDBUD
CHITALPA
DOGWOOD
HOPSEED, GREEN OR PURPLE
BRONZE LOQUAT (NON-FRUITING)
'INDIAN SERIES' (DISEASE RESISTANT)
MAYTEN TREE
TUPELO
OLIVE (NON-FRUITING)
CHINESE PISTACHE
EVERGREEN PEAR
COAST LIVE OAK
VALLEY OAK
AFRICAN SUMAC
COAST REDWOOD; MANY VARIETIES


BOUGAINVILLEA
EVERGREEN CLEMATIS
CREEPING FIG
CAROLINA JASMINE
LILAC VINE
JASMINE
BOSTON IVY
(LAVENDER/DEEP PURPLE) STAR JASMINE