All-Star

Brand Color
Poppy

lilac vine

Latin Name
Hardenbergia violacea
Description

Vigorous evergreen vine can be used to cover an arbor, pergola or wall; small, purple, pea-like flowers bloom in late winter to early spring; other cultivars have white or pink flowers.

California fescue

Latin Name
Festuca californica
Description

California native plant; tolerates summer drought and various soil types, and is long lived; has graceful, gray-green leaves and airy flowers that mature to a golden yellow color.

Saint Catherine’s lace

Latin Name
Eriogonum giganteum
Description

California native plant; large clusters of white flowers appear in summer and attract beneficial insects; fast growing and quickly develops into a large, rounded shrub with woolly, whitish-gray foliage.

Santa Barbara daisy

Latin Name
Erigeron karvinskianus
Description

Good in containers or for trailing over a wall; spreads sparingly by seed in the garden; blooms profusely from spring through fall; attracts butterflies and beneficial insects.

California fuchsia

Latin Name
Epilobium canum
Description

California native plant; easy to grow and tolerates heat and drought; different varieties can have narrow or broad leaves that range from silver to bright green.

hens and chicks

Latin Name
Echeveria ‘Imbricata’
Description

Lovely, drought-tolerant edging plant for partial shade; sculptural foliage rosettes look like blue-green succulent “flowers;” spreads by producing plantlets that slowly form a groundcover.

Cooper’s ice plant

Latin Name
Delosperma cooperi
Description

Linear succulent foliage creeps along the ground, making an attractive apple-green mat; bright pink-purple flowers bloom in spring, summer, and fall.

desert spoon

Latin Name
Dasylirion wheeleri
Description

Evergreen desert plant with long, narrow, blue-gray leaves; cream-colored flowers emerge in summer on tall spikes; drought tolerant and makes a striking accent plant; attracts beneficial insects.

winter daphne

Latin Name
Daphne odora ‘Aureomarginata’
Description

Shiny variegated leaves are attractive all year; requires little maintenance; intensely fragrant flowers perfume cool winter air.

Japanese holly fern

Latin Name
Cyrtomium falcatum
Description

Evergreen fern with dramatic, dark-green glossy fronds that resemble holly leaves; provides a lush look in dark shady areas of the garden; can tolerate high-mineral irrigation water.