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The rare fragrant penstemon — big balloon-like pale-pink flowers that actually smell sweet, on dramatic tall spikes.
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The hardiest of the showy agaves — tight artichoke rosettes of blue-gray leaves that take cold to ~-5°F, far colder than most.
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A true Transverse and Peninsular Range native that grows wild on rocky chaparral slopes from 3,900 to 7,900 ft — right in our high country.
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Exquisite blue-and-white spurred flowers that nod above ferny foliage — a true alpine native hardy to -35°F, perfect for a shaded mountain garden bed.
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Tall, elegant spikes of brilliant scarlet tubular flowers bloom spring through early summer, drawing hummingbirds from across the garden.
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One of Southern California's most spectacular native wildflowers, sending up tall spikes of lavender-to-violet tubular blooms each spring.
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Shimmering silver foliage topped by fragrant purple-blue flower spikes — a true spring spectacle and a host plant for blue butterflies.
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A supremely tough, cold-hardy sumac (to -25°F) for mountain and high-desert gardens — fragrant lobed leaves with fiery red-orange fall color and tart red 'lemon
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Soft creamy-yellow to apricot trumpets in long succession, beloved by hummingbirds and native bees.
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Glossy, leathery evergreen leaves and clusters of pinkish-white flowers followed by sticky reddish berries — once made into a tart traditional drink.
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Glossy holly-like leaves, fragrant clusters of bright yellow spring flowers, and dusty-blue berries birds adore.
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A spectacular spring show — bare branches erupt in magenta-pink pea flowers before the heart-shaped leaves unfurl, followed by red seedpods and gold-red fall co

