Native Trees
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Chilopsis linearis Common Name: Desert Willow
Family: Bignoniaceae
Type: Tree 12-18' tall
Flowers: May to September
Flower Color: Pink
Likes: Full Sun
An awesome tree. Deciduous desert tree. Fast growing with additional water. Flowers May to September with showy pink flowers. Very hardy and adaptable. Very nice addition to lower growing native plants. Not dense like cultivated willows. Prune to desired shape.
Range: Inland Southern California into Mexico.
Quercus douglasii Common Name: Blue Oak Images
Tree, 30'h x 20'w Flowers: Spring Flower Color: Not distinct Likes: Full Sun
Common to the Sierra foothills. Decideous medium tree - can grow to 30-40ft. Smaller than Valley Oak - Q. lobata. Light gray foliage with lobed mid-sized leafs. Slow growing. Full sun but can tolerate some shade. Do not water regularly.
Quercus lobata Common Name: Valley Oak Images
Large Tree 100'h x 50'w Full sun
A majestic tree found throughout the Central Valley. Large lobed leaves. Great habitat for many native birds, animals and pollinators. Decidsous
Native Grasses
Winter / Fall
Achnatherum hymenoides Common Name: Indian Rice Grass
(Orysopsis/Stipa Hymenoides)
Family: Poaceae
Type: Grass, 1'h x .5'w
Flowers: Spring
Flower Color: Indistinct
Likes: Full Sun
Widely distributed throughout the Western United States. A perennial bunchgrass with flowering stems up to 1.5'. Flowers in Spring. Will reseed - but not a pest. Nice delicate flower stalks that add texture. Very easy to grow. Does not do well potted - looks poorly in 1 gallon plots - but quickly establishes. Grow alone as an accent or planted in groups.
Bouteloua gracilis Common Name: Blue Gramma Grass Images
Grass, 1'h x .5'w Flowers: Spring Flower Color: Indistinct Likes: Full Sun
​Smaller bunchgrass with one sided seed spikes. Common throughout the great plains - and in S. Calif. Attractive small accent plant with intersting seed spikes.
Festuca idahoensis Common Name: Idaho Fescue Images
Grass, 1'h x .5'w Flowers: Spring Flower Color: Indistinct Likes: Full Sun
Widely distributed throughout the Western United States. A perennial bunchgrass with flowering stems up to 2'. Flowers in Spring. Will reseed - but not a pest. Nice blueish - green color. Low growing, very hardy and adaptable. Very easy to grow. Great as an accent or planted in groups.
Muhlenbergia rigens Common Name: Deergrass
Family: Poaceae
Type: Grass, 3'h x 2'w
Flowers: Spring
Flower Color: Indistinct
Likes: Full Sun
Widely distributed throughout the Western United States. A large perennial bunchgrass with flowering stems up to 3.5'. Flowers in Spring. Attractive as a large accent grass. Largest of the grasses that we offer. Very adaptable. Deer do not seem to bother it, contrary to what the name implies. Not attractive in small pots.
Very easy to grow. Great as an accent. Could be grown in a row as a lower screen plant.