All Plants > Beginner Favorites (34)
Starting out with natives can be an exciting but daunting process. Here are a few of our favorites to help get you started.
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Common Name Scientific Name |
Sun Reqs. | Height | Humboldt Native | |
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Common yarrow
Achillea millefolium |
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1 - 3 ft | ✓ |
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Western columbine
Aquilegia formosa |
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1.5 - 3 ft | ✓ |
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Sea thrift
Armeria maritima |
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1 ft | ✓ |
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Tall oregon grape
Berberis aquifolium |
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3.5 - 7 ft | ✓ |
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California lilac
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus |
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2 - 30 ft | ✓ |
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Yerba buena
Clinopodium douglasii |
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0.25 - 0.75 ft | ✓ |
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Bluff lettuce
Dudleya farinosa |
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0.25 - 0.75 ft | ✓ |
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Seaside daisy
Erigeron glaucus |
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0.16 - 1 ft | ✓ |
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Coast buckwheat
Eriogonum latifolium |
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1.7 - 2.3 ft | ✓ |
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Scarlet monkeyflower
Erythranthe cardinalis |
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1.5 - 3 ft | ✓ |
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California poppy
Eschscholzia californica |
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0.16 - 2 ft | ✓ |
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Siskiyou blue fescue
Festuca idahoensis 'siskiyou blue' |
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1 - 1.5 ft | |
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Beach strawberry
Fragaria chiloensis |
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0.49 - 1 ft | ✓ |
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Toyon
Heteromeles arbutifolia |
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6 - 30 ft | ✓ |
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Cream bush
Holodiscus discolor |
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3 - 16.4 ft | ✓ |
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Douglas iris
Iris douglasiana |
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0.6 - 2.6 ft | ✓ |
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California goldfields
Lasthenia californica |
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0.5 - 1.3 ft | ✓ |
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Common tidy tips
Layia platyglossa |
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0.5 - 2 ft | |
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Riverbank lupine
Lupinus rivularis |
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1 - 5 ft | ✓ |
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California wax myrtle
Morella californica |
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6 - 33 ft | ✓ |
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Baby blue eyes
Nemophila menziesii |
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0.5 ft | ✓ |
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Rock phacelia
Phacelia californica |
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0.5 - 1.5 ft | ✓ |
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Cream cups
Platystemon californicus |
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0.7 - 1 ft | ✓ |
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Sword fern
Polystichum munitum |
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1.6 - 5.9 ft | ✓ |
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Red flowering currant
Ribes sanguineum |
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6.5 - 13 ft | ✓ |
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Western thimbleberry
Rubus parviflorus |
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4 - 8.2 ft | ✓ |
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White sage
Salvia apiana |
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3 - 5 ft | |
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Broad-leaved stonecrop
Sedum spathulifolium |
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0.1 - 0.75 ft | ✓ |
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Blue eyed grass
Sisyrinchium bellum |
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1 - 2 ft | ✓ |
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Yellow eyed grass
Sisyrinchium californicum |
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0.7 - 1 ft | ✓ |
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California aster
Symphyotrichum chilense |
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1.3 - 3.3 ft | ✓ |
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Piggyback plant
Tolmiea diplomenziesii |
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1 ft | ✓ |
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Dog violet
Viola adunca |
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1 ft | ✓ |
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Pioneer violet
Viola glabella |
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0.5 ft | ✓ |