Dry Not Drab & Totally Fab!

Dicliptera suberecta
"Uruguayan Firecracker Plant"

The ultimate hummingbird magnet that blooms summer-fall. Super heat, humidity and drought tolerant.

Perennial
USDA zones 7-10

Echium gentianoides
'Tajinaste'

This extremely rare and endangered Echium with impressive true cerulean blue flowers. EASY, it blooms spring through fall! Heat, drought tolerant and deer resistant.


Perennial
USDA zones 9-10

Mimulus bifidus 'White'
"Monkey Flower"

Grow a graceful cascade of clear white, azalea-style blooms with this fine and fancy drought tolerant and deer resistant CA native perennial. Pollinators love its nectar.

CA Native Perennial USDA

Zones 9-10

Prostanthera rotundifolia
“Australian Mint Bush”

This deliciously fragrant foliage that smells like a cross between mint, thyme, and oregano has so many culinary uses. Its small but abundant lavender flowers attract bees and hummers. Drought and deer resistant!

Short lived Perennial Shrub/Herb

USDA Zones 9-10

Salvia apiana
"White Sage"

Make your own smudge-sticks! Bees adore the small whitish blooms that appear in spring. Heat and drought loving. Good drainage is a must.

CA Native Perennial Shrub

USDA Zones 8-10

Tecoma x smithii
"Orange Belles"

This fast growing tree-like shrub is decorated in gorgeous 5” clusters of golden-orange trumpets all summer.

Deciduous Shrub

USDA Zones 6-10

Salvia Clevelandii
'Winifred Gilman'