Native Plant Garden

Created by Our City Forest, this garden showcases the use of California native plants as sustainable landscape alternatives for our region. Beautiful and hardy, native plants require minimal water and provide vital habitat for birds and pollinators making them an excellent choice for a healthy environment.


Photo Credit: Matt Lavin

Clearwater Blue Fescue

Festuca idahoensis 'Clearwater Blue'

Photo Credit: Georg Slickers

Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Photo Credit: Curtis Clark

Seaside Daisy

Erigeron glaucus 'Ron's Pink'

Photo Credit: Curtis Clark

California Fuchsia

Epilobium canum

Photo Credit: JKehoe_Photos

Ray Hartman

Ceanothus 'Ray Hartman'

Photo Credit: Stan Shebs

Bladderpod

Peritoma arborea

Photo Credit: Debbie Ballentine

Foothill Penstemon

Penstemon heterophyllus 'Margarita BOP'

Photo Credit: Dhileas

Burgundy Desert Willow

Chilopsis linearis 'Burgundy'

Photo Credit: John Rusk

Point Reyes Bearberry

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 'Point Reyes'

Photo Credit: H. Zell

Common Snowberry

Symphoricarpos albus

Photo Credit: John Rusk

Hummingbird Sage

Salvia spathacea

Photo Credit: Stan Shebs

Douglas Iris

Iris douglasiana

Photo Credit: John Rusk

Sticky Monkeyflower

Mimulus aurantiacus

Photo Credit: Bri Weldon

White Sage

Salvia apiana

Photo Credit: C T Johansson

Western Redbud

Cercis occidentalis

Photo Credit: Daderot

Deer Grass

Muhlenbergia rigens

Photo Credit: Stan Shebs

Yankee Point Wild Lilac

Ceanothus griseus var. horitontalis 'Yankee Point'

Photo Credit: Laura Camp

Allen Chickering Sage

Salvia x clevlandii 'Allen Chickering'

Photo Credit: FarOutFlora

Yerba Buena

Satureja douglasii

Photo Credit: James Steakley

Dwarf Coyote Brush

Baccharis pilularis 'Twin Peaks #2'

Photo Credit: John Rusk

Pink Flowering Current

Ribes sanguineum glutinosum

Photo Credit: Laura Camp

Black Sage

Salvia mellifera

Photo Credit: Krzysztof Ziarnek

Howard McMinn Manzanita

Arctostaphylos densiflora 'Howard McMinn'

Photo Credit: Noah Elhardt

Purple Sage 'Point Sal'

Salvia leucophylla 'Point Sal'

Photo Credit: Stan Shebs

Prostrate Flannelbush

Fremontodendron 'Ken Taylor'

Photo Credit: Stickpen

Bush Anemone

Carpenteria californica

Photo Credit: Superior National Forest

California Hazelnut

Corylus cornuta

Photo Credit: Matt Lavin

Red Twig Dogwood

Cornus sericea

Photo Credit: Eric in SF

Coyote Mint

Monardella villosa

Photo Credit: Stan Shebs

California Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum

Photo Credit: Debbie Ballentine

Darkstar Wild Lilac

Ceanothus 'Darkstar'

Photo Credit: Megan Hansen

Eve Case Coffeeberry

Rhamnus californica 'Eve Case'

Photo Credit: Stan Shebs

Dr. Hurd Manzanita

Arctostaphylos 'Dr. Hurd'

Photo Credit: Stan Shebs

Island Alum Root

Heuchera maxima

Photo Credit: Children's Discovery Museum

Santa Ana Cardinal Coral Bells

Heuchera 'Santa Ana Cardinal'

Photo Credit: Julia Lynam, National Park Service

Mountain Mahogany

Cercocarpus betuloides

Photo Credit: A. Barra

Mock Orange

Philadelphus lewisii californica 'Covelo'