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Native Plants for Ornamental Landscapes

Does your home or business have an ornamental landscape? Maybe you don't want to replace it, but you do want to add natives. If you match the species with the site conditions, almost any native plant that we grow can be incorporated into a conventional landscape with good results. However, some plants are more visually appropriate to a habitat garden or restoration. Others have narrow habitat requirements, so that it would be difficult to find a good location to install them. This page provides a list of those species that are most visually compatible with a conventional landscape, and are generally more flexible in their habitat requirements.

Trees

Acer circinatum

Vine Maple

Acer macrophyllum

Big Leaf Maple

Alnus rhombifolia

White Alder

Fraxinus latifolia

Oregon Ash

Juglans californica hindsii

California Black Walnut

Platanus racemosa

Western Sycamore

Pseudotsuga menziesii

Douglas-Fir

Quercus agrifolia

Coast Live Oak

Quercus lobata

Valley Oak

Sequoia sempervirens

Coast Live Oak

Shrubs

Amelanchier alnifolia

Serviceberry

Arctostaphylos spp.

Manzanita

Calycanthus occidentalis

Western Spicebush

Ceanothus spp.

Ceanothus

Cercis occidentalis

Western Redbud

Cornus sericea

American Dogwood

Corylus cornuta californica

California Hazelnut

Garrya elliptica

Silktassel

Heteromeles arbutifolia

Toyon

Myrica californica

Wax-myrtle

Oemleria cerasiformis

Oso Berry

Philadelphus lewisii

Mock Orange

Physocarpus capitatus

Ninebark

Rhamnus californica

California Coffeeberry

Ribes aureum

Golden Currant

Ribes sanguineum glutinosum

Pink Flowering Currant

Romneya coulteri

Matilija Poppy

Rubus parviflorus

Thimbleberry

Salvia brandegei

Brandegee's Sage

Salvia clevelandii

Cleveland Sage

Salvia mellifera

Black Sage

Styrax officinalis redivivus

Western Snowdrop Bush

Symphoricarpos albus laevigatus

Snowberry

Herbaceous Perennials

Achillea millefolium californicum

Yarrow

Anaphalis margaritacea

Pearly Everlasting

Aquilegia eximia

Serpentine Columbine

Aquilegia formosa

Columbine

Chlorogalum pomeridianum

Soaproot

Epilobium spp.

California Fuschia

Fragaria chiloensis

Coast Strawberry

Fragaria vesca

Woodland Strawberry

Heuchera maxima

Island Alumroot

Heuchera micrantha

Crevice Alumroot

Horkelia californica

Horkelia

Iris douglasiana

Douglas Iris

Iris longipetata

Long-Petaled Iris

Penstemon spp.

Penstemon

Phacelia bolanderi

Phacelia

Phacelia californica

Phacelia

Rudbeckia californica

Rudbeckia

Satureja douglasii

Yerba Buena

Scrophularia californica

Bee Plant

Sedum spathulifolium

Rock Sedum

Sisyrinchium bellum

Blue-Eyed Grass

Solidago californica

California Goldenrod

Sphaeralcea munroana

Apricot Mallow

Stachys albens

White Hedge Nettle

Tellima grandiflora

Fringe Cups

Verbena lilacina

Lilac Verbena

Grasses, Rushes and Sedges

Calamagrostis foliosa

Reed Grass

Danthonia californica

California Oatgrass

Festuca californica

California Fescue

Festuca idahoensis

Idaho Fescue

Festuca rubra

Red Fescue

Muhlenbergia rigens

Deer Grass

Ferns

Polystichum munitum

Western Sword Fern

Woodwardia fimbriata

Western Chain Fern

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