All Plants > Beginner Favorites (32)

Starting out with natives can be an exciting but daunting process. Here are a few of our favorites to help get you started.

Common Name
Scientific Name
Sun Reqs. Height Humboldt Native
© John Doyen
Common yarrow
Achillea millefolium
1 - 3 ft
© John Doyen
Western columbine
Aquilegia formosa
1.5 - 3 ft
© glrbrg
Sea thrift
Armeria maritima
1 ft
© Steve Matson
Tall oregon grape
Berberis aquifolium
3.5 - 7 ft
© John Doyen
Beach evening-primrose
Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia
0.5 - 1 ft
© Steve Matson
California lilac
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus
2 - 30 ft
© Steve Matson
Yerba buena
Clinopodium douglasii
0.25 - 0.75 ft
© Bonnie Nickel
California aster
Corethrogyne filaginifolia
0.7 - 3.3 ft
© Steve Matson
California fuchsia
Epilobium canum
0.25 - 1.5 ft
© Steve Matson
Seaside daisy
Erigeron glaucus
0.16 - 1 ft
© Patrick Furtado
Coast buckwheat
Eriogonum latifolium
1.7 - 2.3 ft
© Steve Matson
Scarlet monkeyflower
Erythranthe cardinalis
1.5 - 3 ft
© North Coast CNPS Nusery
Siskiyou blue fescue
Festuca idahoensis 'siskiyou blue'
1 - 1.5 ft
© Mike
Beach strawberry
Fragaria chiloensis
0.49 - 1 ft
© Calscape
Toyon
Heteromeles arbutifolia
6 - 30 ft
© John Doyen
Cream bush
Holodiscus discolor
3 - 16.4 ft
Douglas iris
Iris douglasiana
0.6 - 2.6 ft
© Steve Matson
Riverbank lupine
Lupinus rivularis
1 - 5 ft
© John Doyen / Calscape
California wax myrtle
Morella californica
6 - 33 ft
© James Gonsman
Rock phacelia
Phacelia californica
0.5 - 1.5 ft
© Jessi
Sword fern
Polystichum munitum
1.6 - 5.9 ft
© Barbara
Red flowering currant
Ribes sanguineum
6.5 - 13 ft
© John Doyen
California wildrose
Rosa californica
8 - 10 ft
© Walter Siegmund
Nootka rose
Rosa nutkana
6 - 10 ft
© John Doyen
Western thimbleberry
Rubus parviflorus
4 - 8.2 ft
© John Doyen
White sage
Salvia apiana
3 - 5 ft
© John Doyen
Broad-leaved stonecrop
Sedum spathulifolium
0.1 - 0.75 ft
© John Doyen
Blue eyed grass
Sisyrinchium bellum
1 - 2 ft
© John Doyen
Yellow eyed grass
Sisyrinchium californicum
0.7 - 1 ft
© John Doyen
California aster
Symphyotrichum chilense
1.3 - 3.3 ft
© Steve Matson
Piggyback plant
Tolmiea diplomenziesii
1 ft
© Song Hunter
Dog violet
Viola adunca
1 ft