Good California Plants for Containers

Presentation by Pete Veilleux, East Bay Wilds

filler
Acer circinatum Vine Maple
Acer glabrum var. torreyi Torrey's Mountain Maple
Adiantum aleuticum five fingered fern x
Agave shawii Shaw’s Agave
Very large container! 4' x 3' doing
Arctostaphylos glauca Bigberry Manzanita great at 7 years.
Arctostaphylos 'Greensphere' Greensphere Manzanita
Arctostaphylos pajaroensis 'Myrtle
Wolf' Myrtle Wolf Pajaro Manzanita
Arctostaphylos pajaroensis Warren Roberts Pajaro
'Warren Roberts' Manzanita
Arctostaphylos 'Pennies from Pennies from Heaven
Heaven' Manzanita
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 'Tom's
Point' Tom's Point Kinnickkinnick Wonderful in containers!
Armeria maritima Sea Thrift x
Canyon Gray California
Artemisia californica 'Canyon Gray' Coastal Sage great spiller.
Asarum caudatum Wild Ginger Excellent
Asarum marmoratum Marbled Wild-ginger Gorgeous, but available??
Aspidotis californica California Lace Fern x
Stays smaller in a med pot, but gets
Athyrium felix-femina Lady Fern large in a large pot. Must stay moist! x
Berberis aquifolium California Barberry Gorgeous fall color
Gorgeous berries in mid-to-late
Berberis fremontii Fremont Barberry summer thru fall.
Very beautiful, but can be tricky. Use
Berberis repens Creeping Barberry large pots. x
Betula glandulosa Dwarf Birch Excellent
Betula occidentalis Water Birch gets large quickly
Blechnum spicant Deerfern x
Boykinia major Large Boykinia x
Boykinia occidentalis Coastal Brookfoam x
Brodiaea elegans Harvest Brodiaea x
MUST protect from cold and wet
Bursera microphylla Elephant Tree feet!
Cactus species - all kinds. protect from cold and wet feet! x
Calliandra species Fairydusters
Calocedrus decurrens Incense Cedar fragrant
Calyptridium sp. Pussy Toes Difficult to find. X
many of the smaller ones work w/
Carex species Sedges slow drainage. x
Dwarf forms available, but hard to
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Port Orford Cedar find.
Cheilanthes covilleii Coville's Lipfern x
Wonderful in containers - slow
Chilopsis linearis Desert Willow grower and very showy flowers.
Cornus canadensis Bunchberry x
Cornus glabrata Smooth Dogwood fantastic summer/fall color.
Cornus nuttallii Pacific Dogwood
Cornus sessilis Blackfruit Dogwood interesting summer/fall color.
Corylus cornuta var. californica California Hazelnut Large container.
Darmera peltata Indian Rhubarb should stay moist. x
Dichelostemma capitatum Blue Dicks x
Dichelostemma ida-maia Firecracker Flower x
Dichelostemma volubile Twining Brodiaea x
Dryopteris arguta Coastal Wood Fern x
Dryopteris filix-mas Male Fern x
Dudleya caespitosa Coastal Live-for-ever x
Dudleya cymosa Canyon Live-for-ever x
Dudleya edulis Ladies Fingers x
Dudleya farinosa Chalk Dudleya
Dudleya hasseii Hasse's Live-for-ever
Echinocereus coccineus Scarlet Hedgehog Cactus protect from cold and wet feet!
Echinocereus engelmannii Engelmann Hedgehog protect from cold and wet feet!
all of them work well. I prefer
Epilobium species - Zauschnerias California Fuschias septentriole in containers x
Epipactis gigantea Stream Orchid x
Equisetum hyemale ssp. affine Common Scouring Rush
Equisetum telmateia ssp. braunii Giant Horsetail x
Erigeron glauca 'Seabreeze' and
'Olga' Coastal Daisy cultivars
Eriogonum grande var. rubescens Coastal Rose Buckwheat
Eriogonum ovalifolium Cushion Buckwheat Another personal favorite.
Eriogonum pyrolifolium var. Personal favorite - great fall/winter
pyrolifolium Shasta Buckwheat foliage color.
Eriogonum umbellatum 'Shasta
Sulfur' Shasta Sulfur Buckwheat x
Eriogonum wrightii Bastardsage x
Ferocactus cylindraceus Barrel Cactus protect from cold and wet feet!
Forestiera pubescens Desert Olive
Fragaria chilensis Beach Strawberry Good spiller
Fragaria vesca Wood Strawberry Good spiller
Fragaria virginiana Mountain Strawberry Good spiller
SITE THIS CAREFULLY!! VERY
Hesperoyucca whippleii Our Lord's Candle DANGEROUS SPINES!
Heteromeles arbutifolia Toyon
Heuchera maxima Giant Alumroot x
Heuchera micrantha Coastal Alumroot x
Heuchera species - all Alumroots x
Heuchera 'Wendy' Alumroot 'Wendy'
Juniperus communis var. jackii Prostrate Common Juniper A favorite.
Juniperus scopulorum Rocky Mountain Juniper
Leptodactylon californicum Prickly Phlox x
Lewisia cantelovii Cantelow's Lewisia Dry in summer.
Lewisia columbiana Columbia Lewisia
Lewisia congdonii Congdon's Bitterroot
Lewisia cotyledon Cliffmaids Many selections.
Lewisia leana Quill-leaf Lewisia Dry in summer.
Lewisia longipetala Truckee Lewisia Dry in summer.
Difficult to keep alive. Needs
Lewisia rediviva Bitterroot absolute dry in summer.
Mammillaria species
Marsilea vestita
Monardella macrantha
Opuntia species
Opuntia species
Oxalis oregana
Pacific Coast Hybrid Irises
Paxistima myrsinites
Pellaea andromedifolia
Pellaea bridgesii
Pellaea mucronata
Penstemon species - all the
smaller ones
Pentagramma pallida
Pentagramma triangularis
Phlox adsurgens
Pickeringia montana
Pinus species
Polypodium californica
Polypodium calirhiza
Polypodium glycyrrhiza
Polypodium scouleri
Polystichum dudleyi
Polystichum imbricans
Polystichum lonchitis
Polystichum munitum
Pteridium aquilinum var.
pubescens
Rhodiola integrifolia
Rhododendron occidentalis
Salvia ‘Terra Seca’
Salvia spathaceae
Satureja chandleri
Satureja douglasii
Scirpus cernuus
Sedum divergens
Sedum laxum ssp. laxum
Sedum obtusatum
Sedum oregonense
Sedum spathulifolium
Sedum stenopetalum
Selaginella bigelovii
Selaginella wallacei
Fish Hook Cacti protect from cold and wet feet!
Waterclover x
Great flowers - long season -
Hummingbird Monardella particularly 'marian sampson' x
SITE THIS CAREFULLY!!
Chollas DANGEROUS SPINES!
Prickly Pears and Chollas protect from cold and wet feet!
Redwood Sorrel Excellent x
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Oregon Boxwood Takes to topiary.
Coffee Fern Easy. Grows Fast. x
I want to try this, but haven't found it
Bridge's Cliffbrake for sale yet. x
Bird's Foot Fern x
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I want to try this, but haven't found it
Silver Back Fern for sale yet. x
Goldback Fern Use lime. x
Woodland Phlox
Chaparral Pea
Many of these make great bonsai
Pines subjects.
California Polypody Deciduous. x
Nested Polypody Fern Deciduous. x
Licorice Fern x
Extremely slow to propagate and
Leather-leaf Fern grow. x
Dudley's Sword Fern
Nice size and works well, but
Imbricate Sword Fern extremely hard to find in the trade. x
Northern Holly Fern
California Sword Fern
Mixed results. Looks great for one
Bracken Fern year at least.
This definitely deserves more
Ledge Stonecrop attention. x
Many selections available - including
Western Azalea fragrant ones.
Terra Seca Hybrid Sage Good spiller
Hummingbird Sage
San Miguel Savory one of my favorites.
Yerba Buena
Fiberoptic Grass fantastic in birdbaths! x
Spreading Stonecrop Easy. Give water.
Roseflower Stonecrop x
Sierra Sedum Can be difficult. x
Cream Stonecrop x
Nice cultivars available - not all from
Broadleaf Stonecrop california. x
Kind of weedy, but a good
Wormleaf Stonecrop groundcover for containers.
Great groundcover for containers -
Bigelow's Spikemoss particluarly bonsai. x
Wallace's Spikemoss Great groundcover for containers - x

Suksdorfia ranunculifolia
Tiarella trifoliata
Trichostema lanatum
Triteleia ixioides
Triteleia laxa
Umbellularia californica
Vaccinium ovatum
Verbena lilacina 'De la Mina'
Woodsia scopulina
Woodwardia fimbriata
particluarly bonsai.
Buttercup Suksdorfia x
Foamflower Best spiller.
works well for a year or two in a
large pot and then needs to go in the
Wooly Blue Curls ground.
Pretty Face x
Ithuriel's Spear x
Can live for many years in a small
California Bay Laurel pot and takes to topiary.
Evergreen Huckleberry Nice fall/winter color.
De la Mina Verbena Long flower season. x
I've used other woodsias not native
Rocky Mountain Woodsia to california w/ success. x
Takes full sun w/ almost daily
Giant Chain Fern watering.