Small Flowering Plants by Genus H-T
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Heuchera micrantha Common Name: Crevice Alum Root Images
1'tall x 1.5' wide Flowers: Spring into Summer Flower Color: Pink/White Likes: Part Sun
Small, shade loving plant. Found mostly in California coastal hills and Sierra foothills. Typically grows on rocky slopes. Perfect for under trees. Many flower spikes of small flowers. Slightly smaller that H. maxima with usually pink flowers - can be combined in plantings. Plant in clumps. Needs summer irrigation.
Heuchera maxima Common Name: Island Alum Root Images
Small Plant 2'h x 2'w White/Pink Flower Part sun
lnative to the Channel Island along the Coast of California, Large leaves. Flowering in 1-2' spikes in Spring. Nice as a high ground cover in massed plantings or as an accent under Oaks. Flowers attract hummingbirds. Needs summer irrigation.
Iris Douglasiana Common Name: Iris Canyon Snow
Family: Iridaceae
Type: Small plant 1.5'h x .2'w
Flowers: March to April
Flower Color: White
Likes: Part Shade
Pure, beautiful white flowers. Flowers in spring. Less prolific than cultivated Iris but worth waiting for. Semi-Drought tolerant. Can use summer irrigation and be incorporated into non-native gardens. Can take irrigation after established. Usually flowers at Easter and is a great Easter flower option.
Iris (Pacific Coast) Common Name: Pacific Coast Hybrid Iris Lavender Images
Small plant 1.5'h x .2'w Flowers: March to April Flower Color: Variable Likes: Part Shade
Species has variable colored flowers - we carry the lavender. Flowers in spring. Hybrid of common Sierra Iris, found at mid elevations. Can use summer irrigation and be incorporated into non-native gardens.
Lasthenia californica ssp macrantha Common Name: Perennial Goldfields Images
Herbaceous Plant, .5'h x 1'w Flowers: Spring Flower Color: Yellow Likes: Part Sun
Rare. Perennial goldfields is closely related to the slender yellow daisy that carpets dry places in spring. Wide green leaves form a tight cushion to 4″ high and 16″ across. Bright yellow flowers appear almost year-round. From the immediate coast, best with some water. http://www.seedhunt.com
Linum lewesii Common Name: Blue Flax
Family: Linaceae
Type: Small plant 2'h x 1'w
Flowers: March to June
Flower Color: Blue
Likes: Full Sun
Nice accent plant. Bright blue flowered perennial. Long blooming period and very adaptable to different conditions. Delicate narrow leaves.
Monardella villosa Common Name: Coyote Mint
Family: Lamiasceae
Type: Small plant 2'h x 2'w
Flowers: March to July
Flower Color: Blue
Likes: Full/Part Sun
Small gray/green shrub with light purple flowers. A subshrub in the Lamiaceae (Mint) family. Flowers in summer. Nice surprise when other natives are going dormant to have this one flower. Used as a tea by native Indians for respiratory or stomach upset. Supposed to taste like mint and has been used for sore throats. Fragrant if rubbed or disturbed. Dormant in early summer and will sprout from base in Fall/Winter.
Sisyrinchium bellum Common Name: Blue Eyed Grass
Family: Iridaceae
Type: Small plant 1'h x .5'w
Flowers: March to July
Flower Color: Blue
Likes: Full Part Shade
Member if the Iris family. Blue flowers. Long blooming period and very adaptable to different conditions. Delicate narrow leaves. Very nice accent plant between larger perennials or in a small native area. Drought tolerant but can tolerate some garden moisture.
Solidago velutina Common Name: Three Nerve Goldenrod Images
Small plant 3'h x 1.5'w, spreading Flowers: Spring into Summer Yellow Flower Likes: Part Sun
Yellow flowers attract a wide range of pollinators. Wide-spread throughout California. Winter deciduous. Tops die and resprouts in winter. Late Summer bloomer. Wide-spread throughout California.
Thymophylla pentachaeta Common Name: Five-needled Thymophylla
var. belenidium
Family: Asteraceae
Type: Small plant, .5'h x 1'w
Flowers: Spring into Fall
Flower Color: Yellow
Likes: Full/Part Sun
Nice surprise. Small flowering plant that will flower Spring into winter with moisture. Looks to be very frost tolerant - kept blooming when other plants flowers has froze. Native to the Mojave Desert. Can be short lived but will easliy reseed and spread - although no aggressively.