The Native Plant Nursery 
Squaw Bush 
*Rhus trilobata, “Squaw Bush.” Diffusely branched deciduous 
shrub of spreading habit with pretty deeply cut leaves which turn 
red in the fall. Very desirable for dry banks and hillsides. Gallon 
cans, 50c. 
Flowering Currant 
The flowering currants are an interesting group of shrubs re- 
markable for their attractive blossoms and earliness of bloom, com- 
ing into flower in late fall and continuing until spring. They fur- 
nish flowers at a time of year when few others are available. They 
are all more or less deciduous in late summer, but leaf out again 
in fall and winter. 
*Ribes gracillimum, ‘“‘Yellow Flowering Currant.” Graceful arch- 
ing branches covered with a perfect shower of deep yellow flowers 
from mid-winter to early spring, followed by quantities of fruit 
which makes excellent jelly. Sends up new shoots from the roots 
soon making quite a large clump. Prefers an open sunny location. 
Gallon cans, 50c; 5 gallon cans, $1.75. 
*Ribes malvaceum viridifolium, “Southern Pink Flowering Cur- 
rant.” <A wide spreading shrub branching from the ground with 
large rich green crinkly foliage and long sprays of delicate pink 
flowers appearing in late fall and winter. Foliage and flowers 
deliciously fragrant. Prefers partial shade. Gallon cans, 60c. 
*Ribes sanguineum glutinosum, “Fink Flowering Currant.” Of 
more Slender habit than the preceding, flowers deep pink, in winter 
and early spring. Thrives best in partial shade. Gallon cans, 60c. 
Flowering Gooseberry 
*Ribes menziesii, ‘‘Canyon Gooseberry.” Loosely branching shrub 
usually 5 to 8 feet high. Flowers purplish brown and white. Suc- 
ceeds best in partial shade. Deciduous in late summer. Gallon 
cans, 60c. 
*Ribes speciosum, ‘“‘Fuchsia Flowered Gooseberry.” A very beau- 
tiful shrub with arching branches covered in winter with immense 
quantities of cardinal-red fuchsia-like flowers and dark glossy green 
toliage. One of the best of the native flowering shrubs. Generally 
found in shaded canyons and on the north slopes of the foothills. 
Gallon cans, 60c. 
Matilija Poppy 
Romneya coulteri, ‘‘Matilija Poppy.” The plants throw up many 
tall stems from the ground clothed with large, deeply cut, silvery 
gray leaves. Flowers large, often measuring 6 inches in diameter, 
ot crepe-like texture, pure glistening white with deep yellow centers. 
The flowers appear in late spring and early summer and are pro- 
duced in great profusion. One of the most showy of the native 
plants and sometimes termed the ‘queen of California flowers.” 
Prefers a gravelly or sandy well drained soil in a sunny location. 
Gallon cans, 75c. 
California Wild Rose 
*Rosa californica, ‘“‘California Wild Rose.” A rather small shrub 
sending up many branches from the ground soon forming a large 
clump. Produces many delicate pink fragrant blossoms in late 
spring and early summer. Prefers moist ground and will grow in 
full sun or partial shade. This rose should be planted not alone 
for the beauty and fragrance of its blossoms, but also for the 
romance surrounding it. When the brown-robed padres tramped 
northward from San Diego, it is said they came upon this wild 
rose in bloom along the wayside. It reminded them of old Spain 
and they exclaimed with joy, ‘““Wild roses like the roses of Castile.”’ 
Gallon cans, 50c; 5 gallon cans, $1.75. 
Bush Sage 
The Bush Sages fill a very important position in the covering 
of bare hillsides, lending not only a desirable contrast in foliage, 
but adding materially in flowers. The fragrance of both foliage and 
flowers furnish a decided appeal in any natural planting and they 
do well with no care or attention after once becoming established. 
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