All Plants

Perennial Herb: Drought tolerant. Deer & gopher resistant. Good cut flower, border, rock garden, low hedge and edging plant. Aromatic foliage. Attracts cats, bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. Bloom time: summer-fall. Bloom color: lavender blue. Height: 3 feet. Exposure: sun. Water: moderate/dry. USDA Z3. (syn. N. gigantea 'Six Hills Giant').

Perennial Herb: Drought tolerant. Deer & gopher resistant. Good cut flower, border, rock garden, low hedge and edging plant. Aromatic leavesi. Attracts cats, bees, butterflies & hummingbirds. Bloom time: summer-fall. Bloom color: large pink. Size: 24-28" x 18-22". Exposure: sun. Water: moderate/dry. USDA Z4-9.

Fern: "This is a true Boston fern that was found as a sport or mutation from Florida sword ferns in the 1800's. There are many sports or further mutations of Boston type ferns, but this is the old fashioned True Boston that everyone thinks of as a hanging basket fern." The spreading habit creates a lush display for hanging baskets, pots & as a patio plant. Ht: 24 in. W: 36 in. Part shade/shade. Water: mod./moist. Indoors: bright, indirect light. Water: moist, not soggy.

Perennial treated as an Annual: Deer resistant. Floriferous and fragrant beyond belief! An abundance of fragrant bright rose trumpet-shaped flowers, over a long period. Heat & shade tolerant. Good bed, border, cut flower & pot plant. Bloom time: summer. Compact growth: 20" x 12". Exposure: sun/part shade. Water: moderate.

Perennial treated as an Annual: Deer resistant. Winner of the 2006 All-America Selection. Floriferous and fragrant beyond belief! An abundance of fragrant dark purple trumpet-shaped flowers, over a long period. Heat & shade tolerant. Good bed, border, cut flower & pot plant. Bloom time: summer. Compact growth: 20" x 12". Exposure: sun/part shade. Water: moderate.

Perennial treated as an Annual: Deer resistant. Floriferous and fragrant beyond belief! An abundance of fragrant lime green trumpet-shaped flowers, over a long period. Heat & shade tolerant. Good bed, border, cut flower & pot plant. Bloom time: summer. Compact growth: 20" x 12". Exposure: sun/part shade. Water: moderate.

Annual: Heirloom. Has been grown in English cottage gardens since Elizabethan times! Beautiful blooms & unusual balloon-shaped seed pods sit above lacy (and misty) foliage. Good bedding, border, container, cottage garden, & cut flower plant. Makes a great cut flower and is also good for drying. Attracts beneficial insects. Blooms: summer. Color: a mix of blue, mauve, pink, purple, & white. Height: 12-24 in. Exposure: sun. Water: moderate. USDA Z2-11.

Annual or Short Lived Perennial: A sterile hybrid that blooms but does not produce seed. Stems streaked with maroon and small leaves with maroon veins and streaks on the reverse. Pinkish-lavender blooms. Great for pots & borders. Height 2-3'. Exposure: sun. Water: mod/regular USDA Z9.

Annual or Short Lived Perennial: A variegated variety with excellent flavor. It rarely flowers so it keeps putting out new leaves & retaining its flavor all year. Great for pots & borders. Nice appeal with 2 uses-culinary & ornamental. Upright growth habit. H: 18-24". W: 12-18".Exposure: sun. Water: moderate. USDA Z9. (syn. O. basilicum 'Pesto Perpetuo') PP#16260

Perennial: Drought tolerant. Deer resistant. Fire retardant. Good border plant and ground cover. Nice for slopes and parking strips. Attracts butterflies. Bloom time: summer-fall. Bloom color: pink. Height: 8-18 inches. Spreads several feet. Exposure: sun. Water: moderate/dry. USDA Z7.

Perennial or Biennial Herb: CA native. Fast growing and moderately long-lived. The 3 inch fragrant flowers open in late afternoon and are borne in clusters and held atop the stems. Bloom time: summer-fall. Bloom color: yellow. Attracts bees, birds, moths, and butterflies. Height: 3-6 feet. Width: 5 feet. Exposure: sun/part shade. Water: moderate. USDA Z6-9.

Perennial: Tolerates deer, rabbits and drought. Native to Mexico and south-central US. Narrow silvery green foliage holds flowers that open in the afternoon and bloom throughout the night. Good for borders, banks and slopes, mass plantings, woodland gardens, container, as a groundcover, and in rock gardens. Attracts butterflies. Bloom time: spring-summer. Bloom color: bright yellow. Height: 3-6 inches. Width: 15-18 inches. Exposure: sun. USDA Z5-9. PPAF

Heirloom variety. One of the most desired okra varieties & has been a garden favorite for 80 years. Strong yield. Dark green, grooved pods. Excellent flavor. Best picked at 2 1/2- 3" long; the smaller the pods are when harvested, the more tender they'll be. Long season & the plant can get 6' tall. Great pickled, in soups, & stews. Spacing: 10". Full sun. DTM: 50-64 days.

Dwarf, non-fruiting olive with a graceful, multi-branching habbit. Deep green leaves have lighter silvery-green undersides. Attractive as a formal clipped hedge or featured as a specimen shrub. Excellent in topiary form, or trained as a single trunk in smaller places. Heat, drtought and salt tolerant. Evergreen. Height: 6-8' Width: 6-8'

Shrub or small tree: USDA Z8.

Perennial: Evergreen. Deer resistant. Good edging, woodland, ground cover & border plant. Slowly spreads by non-invasive rhizomes. Has forget-me-not like flowers in spring-summer (sometimes longer). Just darling! Attracts hummingbirds. Bloom color: bright blue. Size: 6-8" x 10". Exposure: part shade. Water: moist to moderate. USDA Z6-9.

Splitting type onion w/long, slender white stalks in tight clusters w/little or no bulbing. It is a true bunching type that is tender & mildly pungent & looks like a skinny leek. Hardy and cold resistant. Use fresh or cooked. Essential to Japanese & Chinese cooking, green onions are used as a garnish for baked fish, in soups, noodle dishes, or in stir fries. Plants are hardy and will overwinter for spring bunching. Sun. (Maturity: 60-90 days)

Perennial: Native to China. A slow growing evergreen ground cover spreading by underground stems. Dense, very finely-textured leaves are long & narrow. Leaves are erect and then bend over. Use in rock gardens, beds, beside paths or along garden pools. Deer resistant. Blooms: summer. Color: white to lilac followed by blue-black berries. Ht: 4-6". Spreading growth. Part shade/sun on coast. Water: moderate/dry. USDA Z7-10.