Arboretum All-Star Plant Database

Search the Arboretum All-Star plant database to find the All-Star plant perfect for your garden. On your desktop or laptop screen, select possible filters in the right-hand navigation area and hit apply or simply peruse through all 100 plants. On your phone, find the filter by scrolling down to where you see the "Plant Database Filter" button, click on it to see your filter options. Enjoy! 

 

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rosada coral bells

rosada coral bells

Latin Name
Heuchera ‘Rosada’
Description

California native plant; one of the best flowering perennials for dry shade; introduced to the nursery trade by the UC Davis Arboretum.

island alumroot

island alumroot

Latin Name
Heuchera maxima
Description

California native plant; a good informal groundcover for dry shade; tolerates heavy clay soils; frilly green leaves look good all year.

Mexican tulip poppy

Mexican tulip poppy

Latin Name
Hunnemannia fumariifolia
Description

Bright yellow poppy flowers bloom spring through fall; bushy perennial with lacy, gray-green foliage; heat and drought tolerant with seeds that grow to replace the mother plant.

canyon snow Pacific iris

canyon snow Pacific iris

Latin Name
Iris ‘Canyon Snow’
Description

California native plant; most dependable hybrid iris of the Pacific coast; white orchid-like flowers light up shady gardens; grows with little maintenance; narrow leaves form an attractive, evergreen, grass-like mound.

bladderpod

bladderpod

Latin Name
Isomeris arborea
Description

California native plant; one of the only native shrubs that blooms year round; yellow flowers attract beneficial insects and hummingbirds to the garden and then develop into attractive seed pods.