California Natives at Suncrest Nurseries Inc.
Though Suncrest Nurseries offers interesting plants from several continents, including much of the United States, a few of us are almost obsessively devoted to the native plants of California. We regularly stalk the wilds, always with at least a semiconscious "eye out" for potentially gardenworthy natives, and we bring back seeds and cuttings from nearly every trip. We also rely on friends at several California botanic gardens, and on passionate native plant gardeners, who bring us their plant treasures for trial and possible introduction. All in all, it may be the best part of our work here, and we're privileged to be able to contribute a wide offering of beautiful natives to California horticulture.
You'll find a lengthy list of our native offerings below, organized by pages to make it a bit more manageable. Click on the name of any plant on the list for a fuller display of plant characteristics and cultural needs and possibilities. Also be sure to download our flyer on native plants from the Publications page of this site, for easy reference offline.
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Salvia 'Allen Chickering' | Native hybrid sage; 4 feet+; grey leaves, lavender blue flowers. |
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Salvia apiana | White sage. Short branches, nearly white leaves, tall flower stem. |
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Salvia 'Aromas' | CA native hybrid sage. To 5 feet high, with grey-green leaves, lavender flowers in whorls. |
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Salvia 'Bedazzle' | Low, clumping sage. Narrow grey leaves; showy spikes of deep blue flowers set in rosy bracts. |
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Salvia 'Baja Blue' | Green aromatic leaves, many whorls of blue flowers in spring. Vigorous hybrid sage, probable parents are S. munzii and S |
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Salvia 'Bee's Bliss' | Broad carpet; fragrant grey-green leaves, lavender blue flowers. |
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Salvia 'Bon Bon' | 2' h. Hybrid sage. Fragrant foliage and clusters of lavender flowers. |
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Salvia brandegei 'Pacific Blue' | California sage with dark green leaves, light blue flowers. 5 feet high and wide. |
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Salvia 'Calamity Jane' | Dusty green leaves, lavender flowers in whorls, spring. Hybrid of California species. |
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Salvia 'Celestial Blue' | 3-5 feet high. California native hybrid sage. Light rose bracts & calyces, blue flowers. |
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Salvia clevelandii 'Alpine' | 4-5 feet. Aromatic grey leaves; bright blue flowers, summer. |
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Salvia clevelandii 'Deer Spring Silver' | 4-5 feet. Aromatic grey leaves; bright blue flowers, summer. |
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Salvia clevelandii 'Winnifred Gilman' | 3-4 feet. Grey-green leaves, red stems, whorls of deep blue flowers. |
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Salvia 'Dara's Choice' | 18 inches high by 3 feet+ wide. Carpeting. Green leaves, lavender-blue flowers. |
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Salvia dorrii hybrid | Small grey leaves, light blue flowers. |
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Salvia 'Gayle Nielson' | 3-4 feet. Small grey leaves; whorls of deep blue fls. |
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Salvia leucophylla 'Amethyst Bluff' | 2 feet high by 6 feet wide; grey, furry leaves, bright lavender flowers. Santa Barbara Botanic Garden introduction. |
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Salvia leucophylla 'Figueroa' | 3-4 feet. Native sage. White leaves. Pink flowers. |
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Salvia leucophylla 'Pt. Sal' | 2 feet high, 6-8 feet wide. Native sage with felty white leaves. Whorls of pink flowers. |
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Salvia mellifera hybrid | 3-4'. Green aromatic leaves, pale blue fls; mellifera x dorrii. |
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