(Delphinium, Fox Delphinium)

Decorating its slender stems with a light scattering of orange-red flowers in summer, scarlet larkspur attracts hummingbirds with the trumpet-shaped blossoms. A short-lived perennial with a slender habit, it is native to southwestern Oregon and northern California in the western United States.

The green, fleshy leaves are deeply lobed, resembling small maple (Acer) or columbine (Aquilegia) leaves. Long, burgundy-gray stalks rise above the clump of foliage in early to midsummer...

(Delphinium, Laurin Delphinium)

Decorating its slender stems with a light scattering of orange-red flowers in summer, scarlet larkspur attracts hummingbirds with the trumpet-shaped blossoms. A short-lived perennial with a slender habit, it is native to southwestern Oregon and northern California in the western United States.

The green, fleshy leaves are deeply lobed, resembling small maple (Acer) or columbine (Aquilegia) leaves. Long, burgundy-gray stalks rise above the clump of foliage in early to midsummer...

(Delphinium, Larkspur, Redcap Larkspur, Scarlet Larkspur)

Offering a departure from the blue shades typical of most delphiniums, ‘Red Cap’ decorates its slender stems with bright, coral-red flowers in summer. This compact, long-blooming delphinium is a cultivar of scarlet larkspur, a species native to northern California and southwestern Oregon. Its scarlet, trumpet-shaped blooms are borne loosely on slender, branched stems from late spring through midsummer. They rise from basal clumps of fleshy, three to five-lobed, dark green leaves, and are attractive...

(Australian Pink Rock Orchid, Captain King's Dendrobium, Pink Rock Lily, Pink Rock Orchid)

This clump-forming orchid is grown for its handsome evergreen foliage and for its late winter to early spring display of showy fragrant flowers. It is native to upland forests of eastern Australia, growing on rock outcroppings and cliffs.

This relatively cold-hardy dendrobium bears long lance-shaped leaves on 4- to 12-inch (10- to 30-cm), narrowly conical "pseudobulbs." White, pink, purple, or red blooms are produced in erect or curving, 3- to 20-flowered clusters in late winter or early spring....

(Harford's Tree Poppy, Island Bush Poppy)

Grown for its lush evergreen foliage and sunny poppy-flowers, this medium to large shrub from California's Santa Rosa and Santa Cruz islands makes a great choice for mild-climate gardens.

Bluish green, blunt-tipped, oval leaves crowd the upright to arching branches of this relatively cold-tender shrub. Numerous bright yellow, four-petaled poppies are borne toward the branch tips from spring into summer. The solitary, 2- to 3-inch (5- to 7.5-cm) blooms have a central flourish of orange-yellow...

(Tufted Hairgrass)

Native to temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere, tufted hairgrass is an upright, open cool-season grass. It is a food source for wildlife, used for re-vegetation projects, agriculturally and for ornament. It forms tight clumps and mats. The dark green, hair-thin leaves are rigid, rough on the upper surface, smooth beneath and arch outward and turn golden yellow in fall and winter. Tufted hairgrass is evergreen in mild climates. In the summer green, loose airy inflorescences sit well above the...

(Bronze Veil Tufted Hairgrass, Tufted Hairgrass)

Native to temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere, tufted hairgrass is an upright, open cool-season grass. It is a food source for wildlife, used for re-vegetation projects, agriculturally and for ornament. It forms tight clumps and mats. The dark green, hair-thin leaves are rigid, rough on the upper surface, smooth beneath and arch outward and turn golden yellow in fall and winter. Tufted hairgrass is evergreen in mild climates. The cultivar ‘Bronze Veil’ produces bronze-green, loose, airy inflorescences...

(Tautrager Tufted Hairgrass, Tufted Hairgrass)

Native to temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere, tufted hairgrass is an upright, open cool-season grass. It is a food source for wildlife, used for re-vegetation projects, agriculturally and for ornament. It forms tight clumps and mats. The dark green, hair-thin leaves are rigid, rough on the upper surface, smooth beneath and arch outward and turn golden yellow in fall and winter. Tufted hairgrass is evergreen in mild climates. The cultivar ‘Dew Carrier’ produces thin, cream-colored, loose,...

(Golden Hanging Hairgrass, Tufted Hairgrass)

Native to temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere, tufted hairgrass is an upright, open cool-season grass. It is a food source for wildlife, used for re-vegetation projects, agriculturally and for ornament. It forms tight clumps and mats. The dark green, hair-thin leaves are rigid, rough on the upper surface, smooth beneath and arch outward and turn golden yellow in fall and winter. Tufted hairgrass is evergreen in mild climates. The cultivar ‘Golden Pendant’ produces nodding, bright yellow,...

(Northern Lights Tufted Hair Grass, Tufted Hair Grass)

Native to temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere, tufted hairgrass is a clump-forming cool-season grass. The leaf blades of the cultivar 'Northern Lights' are creamy yellow with a green mid-stripe. They assume a pinkish tinge in cool weather. In summer, beautiful silver airy inflorescences hover hazily over the plant, before turning gold and purple in autumn. This cultivar may not flower in some situations.

Tufted hairgrass prefers some shade and requires moist, cool, well-drained soil. Plant...