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Recommended Plants for Sierra Foothills Rock Gardens

The following is a list of plants that we have successfully grown in our gardens. To browse through our database of recommended plants, click on the letter corresponding to the Genus. Use the Pager at the bottom of the page to move through all plants that begin with that letter.

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Plant ID Plant name Culture ht X width(in) Zone Description
270 Heterotheca jonesii 1X10 This is a must have for the dryland rock garden! Mats of silvery green covered in tiny yellow daisies all spring and summer into late fall. Thrives in the heat. WN DR TNT
265 Heuchera cylindrica alpina 6X6 A nice dwarf Coral Bell. Mats of tiny leaves and spikes of cream flowers in spring. This form originally from the Steens Mts in Oregon, where some plants have pink buds. CA WN DR
91 Heuchera pulchella 7X10 4 Coral bell from New Mexico. This is a high altitude species with pink to burgundy colored hairy bells. WN DR TNT
92 Heuchera rubescens 1218X12 4 One of the many dwarf coral bells that excel in the dry shade garden. Mats of green foliage with delicate white to pink wands of flowers in spring. WN DR TNT
333 Hypericum athoum 3X15 A very cute Hypericum for the partly shady rock garden. Cascading mat of round, slightly furry, light green leaves and very cute yellow flowers in spring. DR TNT
94 Hypericum cerastoides 6X18 Dwarf Hypericum forming nice dense mounds of pale grey-green foliage and yellow flowers. Can take more direct sun and heat than many of the other Hypericums. DR TNT
97 Hypericum olympicum citrinum 12X18 6 Mats of tiny green leaves. Large flowers in a soft luminescent pale yellow. Very nice. Will form nice ground cover if given well drained area and allowed to reseed and spread. Prefers part sun to shade, but can take full sun if needed. DR TNT