USE NATIVE PLANTS

Native plants are the naturally occurring, indigenous plants within a specific habitat of a specific bio geographic region. Native plants are also...

• Adapted to the native soil.
• Adapted to the native climate.
• Have a higher chance of survival to many diseases, insects and pests.

Note: there may be more native California plants then what is listed here. Do your research before just picking a plant.

Plants listed by how one can use them...
Note: some lists may contain the same plant. This information is courtesy of TREE OF LIFE NURSERY.

Plants suitable for perennial beds and borders

• Abutilon palmeri
• Aquilegia formosa
• Artemisia pycnocephala
• Camissonia cheiranthifolia
• Coreopsis maritima
• Epilobium californicum
• Erigeron glaucus
• Erigonum grande var. rubescens
• Eriogonus umbellatum
• Eriophyllum nevinii
• Galvezia speciosa 'Firecracker'
• Heuchera maxima & hybrids
• Iris douglasiana
• Mimulus sp. & hybrids
• Mirabilis californica
• Monardella spp.
• Penstemon heterophyllus
• Penstemon spectabilis
• Salvia leucophylla 'Pt. Sal'
• Salvia 'Dara's Choice'
• Thalictrum fendleri var. polycarpum

Plants suitable as groundcovers up to 3' high

• Arctostaphylos 'Carmel Sur'
• Arctostaphylos 'Emerald Carpet'
• Arctostaphylos 'Pacific Mist'
• Arctostaphylos 'Point Reyes'
• Artemisia californica 'Canyon Gray'
• Artemisia californica 'Montara'
• Baccharis pilularis 'Pigeon Point'
• Baccharis pilularis 'Twin Peaks'
• Ceanothus 'Joyce Coulter'
• Ceanothus maritimus
• Ceanothus 'Point Reyes'
• Ceanothus 'Yankee Point'
• Epilobium californicum
• Erigeron karvinskianus
• Eriogonum fasciculatus 'Dana Point'
• Eriogonum parvifolium
• Fragaria californica
• Iva hayesiana
• Oenothera speciosa 'Rosea'
• Oenothera stubbei
• Ribes viburnifolium
• Salvia mellifera 'Tera Seca'
• Sisyrinchium spp.
• Solanum xantii

Accent plants up to 4' high

• Agave deserti
• Agave shawii
• Arctostaphylos 'Sunset'
• Ceanothus rigidus 'Snowball'
• Cneoridium dumosum
• Coreopsis giganteum
• Dudleya spp.
• Encelia farinosa
• Eriogonum fasciculatum
• Eriogonum giganteum
• Ferocactus viridescens
• Galvezia speciosa 'Firecracker'
• Iris douglasiana
• Limonum californicum
• Mimulus species & hybrids
• Nolina parryi
• Penstemon spectabilis
• Penstemon heterophyllus
• Perityle incana
• Romneya 'White Cloud'
• Salvia clevelandii
• Salvia greggii
• Trichostema lanatum
• Yucca schidigera
• Yucca whipplei

Accent plants up to 5' high

• Amorpha fruticosa
• Arctostaphylos 'Howard McMinn'
• Arctostaphylos 'Sentinel'
• Calycanthus occidentalis
• Carpenteria californica
• Ceanothus 'Concha'
• Ceanothus 'Julie Phelps'
• Ceanothus 'Skylark'
• Cercis occidentalis
• Cleome isomeris
• Comarostaphylis diversifolia
• Dendromecon rigida
• Fallugia paradoxa
• Fremontia species & hybrids
• Heteromeles arbutifolia
• Mahonia 'Golden Abundance'
• Pinus contorta
• Pinus monophylla
• Rhamnus 'Eve Case'
• Ribes speciosum
• Rhus lentii
• Tecoma Stans

Plants suitable for slopes

• Aesculus californica
• Amorpha fruticosa
• Artemisia californica
• Artiplex lentii spp. brewerii
• Baccharis pilularis
• Ceanothus spp.
• Cleome isomeris
• Encelia californica
• Encelia farinosa
• Fremontia species & hybrids
• Garrya elliptica
• Heteromeles arbutifolia
• Mahonia nevinii
• Parkinsonia aculeata
• Pinus coulteri
• Pinus sabiniana
• Prunus ilicifolia spp. ilicifolia
• Prunus ilicifolia spp. lyonii
• Quercus dumosa
• Rhamnus spp.
• Rhus spp.
• Ribes malvaceum
• Romneya coulteri
• Salvia clevelandii
• Salvia mellifera 'Terra Seca'
• Shepherdia argentea
• Senecio douglasii
• Solanum xantii
• Yucca spp.

Plants for background & screening up to 6'+ high

• Arctostaphylos 'Sentinel'
• Ceanothus 'Frosty Blue'
• Ceanothus 'Ray Hartman'
• Ceanothus 'Sierra Blue'
• Ceanothus spinosus
• Ceanothus 'Snow Flurry'
• Comarostaphylis diversifolia
• Fremontia species & hybrids
• Garrya elliptica
• Heteromeles arbutifolia
• Lavatera 'Purisima'
• Mahonia 'Golden Abundance'
• Myrica californica
• Prunus ilicifolia
• Prunus lyonii
• Quercus dumosa
• Rhamnus californica
• Rhus integrifolia
• Rhus ovata
• Sambucus mexicana
• Shepherdia argentea
• Umbellularia californica

Plants suitable for hedges

• Arctostaphylos spp.
• Baccharis pilularis
• Ceanothus 'Concha'
• Ceanothus 'Frosty Blue'
• Ceanothus 'Ray Hartman'
• Ceanothus 'Skylark'
• Ceanothus 'Snow Flurry'
• Cercocarpus spp.
• Cleome isomeris
• Cupresssus spp.
• Mahonia 'Golden Abundance'
• Mahonia nevinii
• Myrica californica
• Prunus ilicifolia spp. ilicifolia
• Prunus ilicifolia spp. lyonii
• Rhamnus californica 'Eve Case'
• Rhamnus crocea
• Rhamnus crocea spp. insula
• Rhus integrifolia
• Rhus ovata
• Shepherdia argentea
• Simmondsia chinensis
• Unbellularia californica

Deciduous Trees

• Acer macrophyllum
• Aesculus californica
• Alnus rhombifolia
• Betula occidentalis
• Cercidium floridum
• Chilopsis linearis
• Juglans californica
• Parkinsonia aculeata
• Platanus racemosa
• Populus fremontii
• Quercus douglasii
• Quercus lobata
• Sambucus mexicana
• Tecoma stans

Evergreen Trees

• Arbutus menziesii
• Brahea armata
• Calocedrus decurrens
• Ceanothus arboreus
• Lithocarpus densiflorus
• Lyonothamnus floribundus spp. asplenifolius
• Pinus coulteri
• Pinus monophylla
• Pinus sabiniana
• Pinus torreyana
• Prunus ilicifolia spp. lyonii
• Quercus agrifolia
• Quercus chrysolepis
• Quercus engelmanii
• Sequoia sempervirens & hybrids
• Umbellularia californica

Vines

• Antigonon leptopus
• Calystegia macrostegia 'Anacapa Pink'
• Carpenteria californica
• Chilopsis linearis
• Clematis lasiantha
• Fremontia spp.
• Galvezia speciosa
• Keckiella cordifolia
• Lavatera 'Purisima
• Ribes malvaceum
• Ribes viburnifolium
• Rosa californica
• Rubus ursinus
• Tecoma stans
• Vitis spp.

I strongly recommend that you look up the plant that you might be interested in and do an in depth research before deciding on what plants to pick.