All Plants
GERANIUM sanguineum Bloody Crane's Bill Perennial: Deciduous. Drought & clay tolerant. Deer resistant. Somewhat gopher resistant. Good border, container and rock garden plant. Produces masses of flowers, followed by good autumn leaf color. Bloom time: spring-summer. Bloom color: reddish purple. Size: 12" x 18". Exposure: sun/part shade. Water: moderate. USDA Z4. |
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GERANIUM sanguineum 'Album' White Bloody Crane's Bill Perennial: Deciduous. Deer resistant. Drought & clay tolerant. Somewhat gopher resistant. Good border, container and rock garden plant. Produces masses of flowers, followed by good autumn leaf color. Bloom time: spring-summer. Bloom color: white. Size: 12" x 18". Exposure: sun/part shade. Water: moderate. USDA Z4. |
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GERANIUM sanguineum var. striatum (lancastriense) Bloody Crane's Bill Perennial: Deciduous. Drought & clay tolerant. Deer resistant. Somewhat gopher resistant. Good border, container and rock garden plant. Produces masses of flowers, followed by good autumn leaf color. Bloom time: spring-summer. Bloom color: pale pink. Size: 12" x 18". Exposure: sun/part shade. Water: moderate. USDA Z4. |
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GERANIUM x 'Johnson's Blue' Crane's Bill Perennial: Deciduous. Drought & clay tolerant. Deer resistant. Somewhat gopher resistant. Good border, container & rock garden plant. Handsome cut foliage accented with a beautiful flower color. Blooms: summer. Color: violet blue. Size: 1-2' x 2'. Exposure: sun/part shade. Water: moderate. USDA Z4. (syn. G. himalayense x pratense 'Johnson's Blue') |
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GERANIUM x cantabrigiense 'Biokovo' Crane's Bill Perennial: Evergreen. Drought & clay tolerant. Deer resistant. Somewhat gopher resistant. Good border, container and rock garden plant. Spreads nicely. A tried and true variety. Bloom time: spring-summer. Bloom color: white with pink center. Size: 12" x 16"+. Exposure: sun/part shade. Water: moderate. USDA Z5. (G. macrorrhizum x G. dalmaticum) |
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GERANIUM x cantabrigiense 'Crystal Rose' Dwarf Cranesbill Perennial: Semi-evergreen. Dwarf variety. Drought & clay tolerant. Deer resistant. Somewhat gopher resistant. Nice carpet-like habit, great as a ground cover, in the rock garden or as a border. Bloom time: spring-summer. Bloom color: bright magenta pink. Size: 8-12" x 12-18". Exposure: sun/part shade. Water: moderate. USDA Z5-9. USPP #20,809 |
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GERANIUM x cantabrigiense 'Karmina' Crane's Bill Perennial: Evergreen. Drought & clay tolerant. Deer resistant. Somewhat gopher resistant. Good border, container and rock garden plant. Spreads nicely. Bloom time: spring-summer. Bloom color: deep rose. Size: 12" x 16"+. Exposure: sun/part shade. Water: moderate. USDA Z5. |
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GERANIUM x riversleaianum 'Russell Pritchard' Crane's Bill Perennial: Deciduous. Drought and clay tolerant. Deer resistant. Somewhat gopher resistant. Excellent border, ground cover, container and rock garden plant. Long bloom season (spring-fall). Bloom color: magenta pink. Height: 6-8 inches. Width: 24 inches. Exposure: sun/part shade. Water: moderate. USDA Z7. (G. endressii x traversii) |
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GEUM 'Double Bloody Mary' Grecian Rose, Avens Perennial: Evergreen. Deer resistant. Drought tolerant. Good border & rock garden plant. Excellent cut flower. Clump forming with flower spikes that rise above the foliage. Long bloom time from spring-fall. Flowers resemble little roses. Attracts bees & butterflies. Bloom color: bright scarlet-red flowers are semi-double with ruffled petals. Height: 2'. Width: 2'. Exposure: sun. Water: moderate. Very underused! USDA Z5. |
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GEUM coccineum 'Koi' Dwarf Grecian Rose, Avens Perennial: Evergreen. Deer resistant. Drought tolerant. Good border & rock garden plant. Excellent cut flower. Attracts bees & butterflies. Clump forming w/flower spikes that rise above the foliage. Long bloom time from spring-fall. Flowers resemble little roses. Attracts bees & butterflies. Bloom color: bright orange. Height: 8-12". Spread: 15". Exposure: sun/part shade. Water: moderate. Very underused! USDA Z5. |
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GEUM Cocktails 'Mai Tai' Grecian Rose, Avens Perennial: A fun new hybrid from the 'Cocktails' series. Deer resistant. Good border & rock garden plant. Excellent cut flower. Clump forming foliage w/ lower spikes that rise above the foliage. Blm time: spng-summer. Flowers resemble little roses. Blm color: semi-dbl, ruffled apricot w/a rose blush that fade to peach as they mature. Burgundy calyxes & stems. Size: 1-2' x 1-2'. Exp: sun. Water: mod. USDA Z4-9. USPP#22433 |
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GEUM Cocktails 'Tequila Sunrise' Grecian Rose, Avens Perennial: A fun new hybrid from the 'Cocktails' series. Deer resistant. Good border & rock garden plant. Excellent cut flower. Clump forming foliage w/ lower spikes that rise above the foliage. Blm time: spng-summer. Flowers resemble little roses. Blm color: single to semi-double, yellow with rose tips. Burgundy calyxes & stems. Size: 12-14" x 12-14". Exp: sun. Water: mod. USDA Z4-9. USPP#21514 |
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GILIA capitata Blue Thimble, Queen Anne's Thimbles, Globe Gilia Annual: Robust native to much of CA. Drought tolerant. Tall, slender heavy bloomer. Self-sows. Produces scented, 1-2" lav.-blue flwrs held in spherical clusters spring-summer. The flowers look a bit like a pincushion. Perfect for roadside plantings, flower gardens, meadows, or containers. Bee & butterfly friendly. Size 1-2' x 1'. Tolerates almost any soil & some shade but does best in full sun. Low to moderate water. USDA Z3. |
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GLECHOMA hederacea 'Variegata' Ground Ivy, Field Balm, Gill-over-the-ground Perennial: Deer resistant. Unique scalloped edged foliage is variegated with light green and cream. Good ground cover, container and hanging basket plant. Bloom time: spring-summer. Bloom color: light blue. Height: 5-8 inches. Trailing growth habit. Exposure: shade. Water: moderate. USDA Z5. |
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GOMPHRENA haageana 'QIS Orange' Globe Amaranth, Rio Grande Globe Amaranth Perennial: Grown as an annual. Tolerates periods of heat & drought. The QIS (Quality in Seed) series is the best choice for cut flower production for stem quality, length, and uniformity. Has 1.5 inch globe-shaped blooms that make great cut & dried flowers. Good border & container plant. Attracts butterflies & bees. Blooms: spring-summer. Color: orange with yellow tips. Height: 18-28 inches. Width: 8-10 inches. Exposure sun. Water: moderate. USDA Z10. |
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GRAPTOSEDUM 'California Sunset' Perennial: Drought tolerant. A hybrid of Graptopetalum paraguayense x Sedum adolphii. Produces compact, Echeveria-like rosettes with a unique, orangish-pink color. New growth is a grayish-green but soon takes on its distinctive coloration that is enhanced by drought as well as cool winter temperatures. Good rock garden or container plant. Blm time: summer. Bloom color: white. Ht: 6-12". Exp: sun/part shade. Water: dry. USDA Z9. |
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GRAPTOSEDUM 'Darley Sunshine' Perennial: Drought & heat tolerant. A cross of Graptopetalum x Sedum. Thick grn lvs w/red tips that whirl around into a rosette. Spreads like a sedum w/the rosettes growing out on the ends of long stems & the fleshy lvs spaced out along it. Good for containers, borders, rock gardens & xeriscapes. Blm color: ylw. Size: 4-8" x 6-10". Thrive in poor, rocky soil & dry conditions. Prefers full sun, will tolerate pt shade. Water: dry. USDA Z9. |
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GRAPTOVERIA 'Fred Ives' Perennial: A hybrid of Graptopetalum paraguayense x Echeveria gibbiflora. A great succulent that produces large clumps of bronze-pink rosettes. Drought tolerant. Good rock garden or container plant. Bloom time: summer. Bloom color: red-orange & pale yellow. Ht: 1-2'. Width: 1-2'. Exp: sun/part shade. Water: dry. |
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GYPSOPHILA nana (syn. G. nana 'Compacta') Dwarf Baby's Breath Perennial: Evergreen. Drought tolerant. Native to southern Greece and Crete. A nice compact mound of blue-gray foliage producing a multitude of small 5-petalled flowers in summer. Works well in borders, alpine and rock gardens. Attracts bees. Bloom time: late spring-summer. Bloom color: pale pink. Height: 3-6 inches. Width: 8-16 inches. Exposure: sun. Water: moderate. USDA Z5. |