California Native & Relatives

Shrub: Evergreen. CA native. Tolerant of drought, deer & gophers. Good border plant. Fragrant dark blue flowers are held in ball-like clusters over fragrant gray green leaves, which are good for tea. More compact & upright than the species. Attracts butterflies & hummingbirds. Blooms: spring-summer. 3-4'. Exposure: sun. Water: dry. USDA Z8.

Perennial Shrub: Evergreen. Native to California. Drought tolerant. Deer resistant. More prostrate and has broader, greyer leaves than the species. New growth is apple green that becomes grey-white with warmer temps. Great ground cover for borders or on slopes for erosion control. Attracts butterflies. Bloom time: spring. Bloom color: light pinkish-purple. Height: 2-3'. Spread: 8-10'. Water: dry. USDA Z9.

Shrub: CA native. Found as a seedling at Las Pilitas Nursery. Tolerates drought, deer and gophers. Good border plant. The fragrant light violet-blue flowers are held in ball-like clusters over fragrant grey foliage. Very tough and easier to grow than S. clevelandii. Attracts butterflies & hummingbirds. Blooms: spring-summer. Height: 3-6'. Exposure: sun. Water: dry. USDA Z7.

Perennial Herb: Drought and deer tolerant. California native. Excellent border, rock garden, pot and edge plant or under oak trees. Ground hugging foliage is very fragrant, blooms are clusters of deep rose pink. Slowly spreads to form a colony. Attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. Blooms: summer-fall. Color: deep rose pink. Height: 1-2' x 4-5'. Exposure: sun/part shade. Water: moderate.

Perennial Herb: Evergreen. Tolerates deer, sand & clay. California native. This cultivar has a nice cascading, trailing, uniform habit. Well known for its minty scent, culinary & medicinal properties. Good ground cover, understory, pot, rock garden, & shade plant. Mat-forming & will take light foot traffic. Blooms: spring-fall. Color: white to lavender. Ht: 2-4 in. Width: 5-6 ft. Expos: part shade/shade, but can take sun. Water: moderate/dry. USDA Z7. (syn. MICROMERIA chamissonis)

Perennial Herb: Evergreen. Tolerates deer, sand & clay. California native. This cultivar has a nice cascading, trailing, uniform habit. Well known for its minty scent, culinary & medicinal properties. Good ground cover, understory, pot, rock garden, & shade plant. Mat-forming & will take light foot traffic. Blooms: spring-fall. Color: white to lavender. Ht: 2-4 in. Width: 5-6 ft. Expos: part shade/shade, but can take sun. Water: moderate/dry. USDA Z7. (syn. MICROMERIA chamissonis)

Perennial Herb: Evergreen. Tolerates deer, sand & clay. California native. This cultivar has a nice cascading, trailing, uniform habit. Well known for its minty scent, culinary & medicinal properties. Good ground cover, understory, pot, rock garden, & shade plant. Mat-forming & will take light foot traffic. Blooms: spring-fall. Color: white to lavender. Ht: 2-4 in. Width: 5-6 ft. Expos: part shade/shade, but can take sun. Water: moderate/dry. USDA Z7. (syn. MICROMERIA chamissonis)

Perennial Herb: Evergreen. Tolerates deer, sand & clay. California native. This cultivar has a nice cascading, trailing, uniform habit. Well known for its minty scent, culinary & medicinal properties. Good ground cover, understory, pot, rock garden, & shade plant. Mat-forming & will take light foot traffic. Blooms: spring-fall. Color: white to lavender. Ht: 2-4 in. Width: 5-6 ft. Expos: part shade/shade, but can take sun. Water: moderate/dry. USDA Z7. (syn. MICROMERIA chamissonis)

Perennial Herb: Evergreen. Tolerates deer, sand & clay. California native. This cultivar has a nice cascading, trailing, uniform habit. Well known for its minty scent, culinary & medicinal properties. Good ground cover, understory, pot, rock garden, & shade plant. Mat-forming & will take light foot traffic. Blooms: spring-fall. Color: white to lavender. Ht: 2-4 in. Width: 5-6 ft. Expos: part shade/shade, but can take sun. Water: moderate/dry. USDA Z7. (syn. MICROMERIA chamissonis)

Perennial Herb: Evergreen. Tolerates deer, sand & clay. California native. This cultivar has a nice cascading, trailing, uniform habit. Well known for its minty scent, culinary & medicinal properties. Good ground cover, understory, pot, rock garden, & shade plant. Mat-forming & will take light foot traffic. Blooms: spring-fall. Color: white to lavender. Ht: 2-4 in. Width: 5-6 ft. Expos: part shade/shade, but can take sun. Water: moderate/dry. USDA Z7. (syn. MICROMERIA chamissonis)

Perennial Herb: Evergreen. Tolerates deer, sand & clay. California native. This cultivar has a nice cascading, trailing, uniform habit. Well known for its minty scent, culinary & medicinal properties. Good ground cover, understory, pot, rock garden, & shade plant. Mat-forming & will take light foot traffic. Blooms: spring-fall. Color: white to lavender. Ht: 2-4 in. Width: 5-6 ft. Expos: part shade/shade, but can take sun. Water: moderate/dry. USDA Z7. (syn. MICROMERIA chamissonis)

Perennial Herb: Evergreen. Tolerates deer, sand & clay. California native. Well known for its minty scent, culinary & medicinal properties. Good ground cover, understory, pot, rock garden, & shade plant. Mat-forming & will take light foot traffic. Blooms: spring-fall. Color: white to lavender. Height: 2-8 inches. Width: 1-3 feet. Exposure: part shade/shade, but can take sun. Water: moderate/dry. USDA Z7. (syn. MICROMERIA chamissonis)

Perennial Herb: Evergreen. Tolerates deer, sand & clay. California native. Well known for its minty scent, culinary & medicinal properties. Good ground cover, understory, pot, rock garden, & shade plant. Mat-forming & will take light foot traffic. Blooms: spring-fall. Color: white to lavender. Height: 2-8 inches. Width: 1-3 feet. Exposure: part shade/shade, but can take sun. Water: moderate/dry. USDA Z7. (syn. MICROMERIA chamissonis)

Perennial Herb: Evergreen. Tolerates deer, sand & clay. California native. Well known for its minty scent, culinary & medicinal properties. Good ground cover, understory, pot, rock garden, & shade plant. Mat-forming & will take light foot traffic. Blooms: spring-fall. Color: white to lavender. Height: 2-8 inches. Width: 1-3 feet. Exposure: part shade/shade, but can take sun. Water: moderate/dry. USDA Z7. (syn. MICROMERIA chamissonis)

Perennial Herb: Evergreen. Tolerates deer, sand & clay. California native. Well known for its minty scent, culinary & medicinal properties. Good ground cover, understory, pot, rock garden, & shade plant. Mat-forming & will take light foot traffic. Blooms: spring-fall. Color: white to lavender. Height: 2-8 inches. Width: 1-3 feet. Exposure: part shade/shade, but can take sun. Water: moderate/dry. USDA Z7. (syn. MICROMERIA chamissonis)

Perennial Herb: Evergreen. Tolerates deer, sand & clay. California native. Well known for its minty scent, culinary & medicinal properties. Good ground cover, understory, pot, rock garden, & shade plant. Mat-forming & will take light foot traffic. Blooms: spring-fall. Color: white to lavender. Height: 2-8 inches. Width: 1-3 feet. Exposure: part shade/shade, but can take sun. Water: moderate/dry. USDA Z7. (syn. MICROMERIA chamissonis)

Perennial Herb: Evergreen. Tolerates deer, sand & clay. California native. Well known for its minty scent, culinary & medicinal properties. Good ground cover, understory, pot, rock garden, & shade plant. Mat-forming & will take light foot traffic. Blooms: spring-fall. Color: white to lavender. Height: 2-8 inches. Width: 1-3 feet. Exposure: part shade/shade, but can take sun. Water: moderate/dry. USDA Z7. (syn. MICROMERIA chamissonis)

Perennial Herb: Evergreen. Tolerates deer, sand & clay. California native. Well known for its minty scent, culinary & medicinal properties. Good ground cover, understory, pot, rock garden, & shade plant. Mat-forming & will take light foot traffic. Blooms: spring-fall. Color: white to lavender. Height: 2-8 inches. Width: 1-3 feet. Exposure: part shade/shade, but can take sun. Water: moderate/dry. USDA Z7. (syn. MICROMERIA chamissonis)

Perennial Herb: Evergreen. Tolerates deer, sand & clay. California native. Well known for its minty scent, culinary & medicinal properties. Good ground cover, understory, pot, rock garden, & shade plant. Mat-forming & will take light foot traffic. Blooms: spring-fall. Color: white to lavender. Height: 2-8 inches. Width: 1-3 feet. Exposure: part shade/shade, but can take sun. Water: moderate/dry. USDA Z7. (syn. MICROMERIA chamissonis)

Herbaceous Perennial: Deer resistant. Drought tolerant. CA native. The flower spikes carry many tiny open-mouthed maroon-red flowers followed by attractive seed stalks. Nice in dried flower arrangements. Great for shady gardens or perfect habitat plant for butterfly gardens. Attracts bees & hummingbirds. Spreads by rhizomes. Blooms: spring-summer. Ht: 3-5'. Width: 1-2'. Exp.: pt. shade/shade. Water: mod./dry. USDA Z7.

Herbaceous Perennial: Deer resistant. Drought tolerant. CA native. The flower spikes carry many tiny open-mouthed maroon-red flowers followed by attractive seed stalks. Nice in dried flower arrangements. Great for shady gardens or perfect habitat plant for butterfly gardens. Attracts bees & hummingbirds. Spreads by rhizomes. Blooms: spring-summer. Ht: 3-5'. Width: 1-2'. Exp.: pt. shade/shade. Water: mod./dry. USDA Z7.

Herbaceous Perennial: Deer resistant. Drought tolerant. CA native. The flower spikes carry many tiny open-mouthed maroon-red flowers followed by attractive seed stalks. Nice in dried flower arrangements. Great for shady gardens or perfect habitat plant for butterfly gardens. Attracts bees & hummingbirds. Spreads by rhizomes. Blooms: spring-summer. Ht: 3-5'. Width: 1-2'. Exp.: pt. shade/shade. Water: mod./dry. USDA Z7.

Herbaceous Perennial: Deer resistant. Drought tolerant. CA native. The flower spikes carry many tiny open-mouthed maroon-red flowers followed by attractive seed stalks. Nice in dried flower arrangements. Great for shady gardens or perfect habitat plant for butterfly gardens. Attracts bees & hummingbirds. Spreads by rhizomes. Blooms: spring-summer. Ht: 3-5'. Width: 1-2'. Exp.: pt. shade/shade. Water: mod./dry. USDA Z7.

Herbaceous Perennial: Deer resistant. Drought tolerant. CA native. The flower spikes carry many tiny open-mouthed maroon-red flowers followed by attractive seed stalks. Nice in dried flower arrangements. Great for shady gardens or perfect habitat plant for butterfly gardens. Attracts bees & hummingbirds. Spreads by rhizomes. Blooms: spring-summer. Ht: 3-5'. Width: 1-2'. Exp.: pt. shade/shade. Water: mod./dry. USDA Z7.

Perennial: Evergreen. Tolerates deer, fire, drought, coast & light shade. Native from Cal. Coast ranges & Sierra Nevada north to British Colombia. Border, ground cover, rock garden, & pot plant. Forms rosettes of gray foliage. Attracts butterflies. Blooms: summer, yellow. Size: 4-6" x indefinite spread. Sun/part shade. Water: moderate/dry. USDA Z7. (syn. 'Cappa Blanca')