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Photo unavailable DICHONDRA 'Silver Nickel'
Silver Nickel Vine

Perennial: Heat and drought tolerant. Grown for foliage. Showy silver foliage provides dependable color and texture that looks good all season long. Superb for baskets, containers and window boxes. Wonderful for combination plantings. Tumbles beautifully over rocks, slopes, and banks. Height: 2-3". Spread: 12-18". Exposure: part shade. Water: dry. USDA Z10.

Photo unavailable DICHONDRA argentea 'Silver Falls'

Perennial: This is a new seed raised Dichondra that is covered with very small, rounded, silver leaves. This plant is very heat and drought tolerant. It is an excellent choice for mixed containers or in a hanging basket. Height: 2-3 inches. Spread: 3-4 feet. Exposure: sun/part shade. Water: dry. USDA Z10

Photo unavailable DICHONDRA donelliana
California Ponysfoot

Perennial: CA native. Forms a thick, mat-like ground cover of rounded leaves, densely packed along creeping stems. Once popular as a lawn substitute. The flowers are tiny, greenish-white, not real showy but interesting. A good ground cover for open slopes & headlands or use for green roofs or walls. Spreads by runners so don't use where you want it contained. Height: 3-6". Exp.: full sun on coast otherwise part shade. Water: dry.

DICHONDRA micrantha 'Emerald Falls', DICHONDRA micrantha 'Emerald Falls'

Perennial: Creates a denser, tighter and shorter plant than Silver Falls, with deep green leaves that are more rounded and held closer to the stem. Vigorous. This plant is very heat and drought tolerant. Good ground cover or excellent choice for mixed containers or in a hanging basket. Height: 2-4 inches. Spread: 3 feet. Exposure: sun/part shade. Water: dry. USDA Z8-11.

DIGIPLEXIS Illumination 'Apricot', DIGIPLEXIS Illumination 'Apricot'

Perennial: Drought tolerant, deer and gopher resistant. Bell-shaped flowers on tall flower stalks, loved by bees, butterflies & hummingbirds. Cross between Digitalis & Isoplexis. Good cut flower. Bushy habit w/dense spikes of bi-colored orange to apricot flowers. Size: 24-36" x 18". Bloom time: spring-fall. Exposure: sun/part shade. Water: moderate/moist. USDA Z8. PPAF

DIGIPLEXIS Illumination 'Berry Canary', DIGIPLEXIS Illumination 'Berry Canary'

Perennial: Drought tolerant, deer & gopher resistant. Bell-shaped flowers on tall flower stalks, loved by bees, butterflies & hummers. Cross between Digitalis & Isoplexis. More compact, proportional habit. Good cut flower. Bushy habit w/dense spikes of hot pink flwrs w/creamy yellow burgundy speckled throats. Size: 36" x 18". Blm time: spring-fall. Exp.: sun/pt shade. Water: mod./moist. USDA Z8. USPPAF

DIGIPLEXIS Illumination 'Flame', DIGIPLEXIS Illumination 'Flame'

Perennial: Drought tolerant, deer & gopher resistant. Bell-shaped flowers on tall flower stalks, loved by bees, butterflies & hummers. Cross between Digitalis & Isoplexis. Plant of the Year at 2012 Chelsea Flower Show. Good cut flower. Bushy habit w/dense spikes of rosy pk flowers & soft creamy orange throats (looks like a living flame). Size: 36" x 18". Blm time: spring-fall. Exp.: sun/pt shade. Water: mod./moist. USDA Z8. USPPP.

DIGIPLEXIS Illumination 'Raspberry', DIGIPLEXIS Illumination 'Raspberry'

Perennial: Drought tolerant, deer & gopher resistant. Bell-shaped flowers on tall flower stalks, loved by bees, butterflies & hummers. Cross between Digitalis & Isoplexis. Good cut flower. Bushy habit w/dense spikes of ruby-rose pk flowers & soft creamy orange throats. Size: 12-16" x 15-18". Blm time: spring-fall. Exp.: sun/pt shade. Water: mod./moist. USDA Z8. USPPAF

Photo unavailable DIGITALIS purpurea 'Dalmatian Peach'
Foxglove

Perennial: Drought tolerant. Deer and gopher resistant. Produces bell-shaped flowers on tall flower stalks that are loved by butterflies & hummingbirds. Good cut flower, woodland and border plant - may need staking. Bloom time: summer. Bloom color: peach. Height: 2-3 feet. Exposure: sun/part shade. Water: moderate/dry. USDA Z4. All parts are toxic: do not ingest, use caution with animals and humans.

Photo unavailable DIGITALIS purpurea 'Dalmatian Purple'
Foxglove

Perennial: Drought tolerant. Deer and gopher resistant. Produces bell-shaped flowers on tall flower stalks that are loved by butterflies & hummingbirds. Good cut flower, woodland and border plant - may need staking. Bloom time: summer. Bloom color: deep lavender purple. Height: 2-3 feet. Exposure: sun/part shade. Water: moderate/dry. USDA Z4. All parts are toxic: do not ingest, use caution with animals and humans.

Photo unavailable DIGITALIS purpurea 'Dalmatian Rose'
Foxglove

Perennial: Drought tolerant. Deer and gopher resistant. Produces bell-shaped flowers on tall flower stalks that are loved by butterflies & hummingbirds. Good cut flower, woodland and border plant - may need staking. Bloom time: summer. Bloom color: deep pink with maroon spots. Height: 2-3 feet. Exposure: sun/part shade. Water: moderate/dry. USDA Z4. All parts are toxic: do not ingest, use caution with animals and humans.

Photo unavailable DIGITALIS purpurea 'Dalmatian White'
Foxglove

Perennial: Drought tolerant. Deer and gopher resistant. Produces bell-shaped flowers on tall flower stalks that are loved by butterflies & hummingbirds. Good cut flower, woodland and border plant - may need staking. Bloom time: summer. Bloom color: bright white with maroon spots. Height: 2-3 feet. Exposure: sun/part shade. Water: moderate/dry. USDA Z4. All parts are toxic: do not ingest, use caution with animals and humans.

Photo unavailable DIGITALIS purpurea 'Elsey Kelsey'
Common Foxglove

Perennial: Drought tolerant. Deer and gopher resistant. Produces bell-shaped flowers on tall flower stalks that are loved by butterflies & hummingbirds. Good cut flower, woodland & border plant - may need staking. Similar to D. 'Pam's Choice'. Blooms: summer. Color: white with deep maroon speckled throats. Height: 3-6 feet. Exposure: sun/part shade. Water: moderate/dry. USDA Z4. All parts are toxic: do not ingest, use caution with animals and humans.

DIGITALIS x mertonensis, Foxglove DIGITALIS x mertonensis
Foxglove

Perennial: Drought tolerant. Deer & gopher resistant. The tubular flowers are shaped like fingers of glove. Good woodland, border and cut flower plant. Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. Bloom time: spring-summer. Bloom color: pink with brown-white veining. Size: 2-3' x 1'. Exposure: sun/part shade. Water: moderate/dry. USDA Z8 or <. All parts are toxic: do not ingest, use caution with animals and humans.

Photo unavailable DILL 'Greensleeves'
Organic Dill

Annual: A slow to bolt variety which makes it ideal for leaf production (rather than seed production) over a long season. Dark green aromatic leaves are leafy, finely cut and nicely sweet fresh or dried. Great for making dill pickles! Compact growth habit. Does well in containers. Height: 12-18 inches. Exposure; sun. Heat tolerant. Days to maturity: 45 (Botanical name: ANETHUM graveolens 'Greensleeves')

DODONAEA viscosa 'Purpurea', Purple Hop Bush, Hopseed Bush DODONAEA viscosa 'Purpurea'
Purple Hop Bush, Hopseed Bush

Shrub: Drought and coast tolerant. Fire retardant. Evergreen plant with willow-like leaves. A natural bush, but can be trained as a tree. Tolerant of many conditions-heat, wind, sun/shade and seaside conditions. Bears pinkish fruit and ornamental papery seed capsules. Height: 6-8 feet with little water, 15 feet with more water. USDA Z8.

DORYCNIUM hirsutum, Hairy Canary Clover DORYCNIUM hirsutum
Hairy Canary Clover

Subshrub: Evergreen spreading perennial with hairy gray-green leaves. Drape over rocks or edges. Cut back 1/2 of plant for new growth-shoots will come up. Bloom time: summer-fall. Bloom color: pale pink and white. Height: 2 feet. Width: 2 feet. Exposure: sun. Water: moderate. USDA Z8.

Photo unavailable DUDLEYA brittonii
Giant Chalk Dudleya

Evergreen. Drought tolerant. Deer resistant. A solitary or low slowly-clumping succulent with a beautiful 12-18" wide rosette of chalky-white leaves surrounding a thick basal stem. Native to coastal areas of the Pacific side of Baja California. Excellent rock garden, container or specimen plant. Attracts butterflies & hummingbirds. Blm time: spring-summer. Blm color: arching red stems w/yellow blms. Size: 1-2' (w/flower stalks) x 1-2'. Exp.: sun/part shade. Water: dry. USDA Z9.

Photo unavailable DUDLEYA farinosa 'North Coast Form'
Bluff Lettuce

Evergreen. Drought tolerant. Deer resistant. A spectacular and unusual form of farinosa, the species commonly found along the immediate coast of Northern California. This form, limited to one cove, has exceptionally broad, glaucous white foliage that forms softball-sized rosettes. Excellent rock garden, container or specimen plant. Attracts butterflies & hummingbirds. Blm time: spring-summer. Blm color: yellow. Size: 4-8" (w/flower stalks) Exp.: sun/part shade. Water: dry. USDA Z9. (syn. 'Noyo River')

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