Plant of the Month

Every month we feature a new water-wise plant in our QuickSips e-blast. 

2025 Featured Plants

Jan 2025 - Erosion Control Plants

Black mondo grass

Feb 2025 - Mock Orange

Mock Orange

Mar 2025 - Blue-eyed Grass

Blue-eyed grass

April 2025 - Red Flowering Currant

Red Flowering Currant

May 2025 - Hummingbird Mint

hummingbird mint

June 2025 - Fig Tree

Fig Tree

July 2025 - Manzanita

Manzanita

Aug 2025 - Blue Elf Aloe

Blue Aloe

Sept 2025 - Garden Planner

garden

Oct 2025 - Pacific Aster

Pacific Aster

Nov 2025 - Saint Catherine's Lace

Saint Catherine's Lace

Dec 2025 - White Sage

White Sage

2024 Featured Plants

Jan 2024 - CA Bush Monkey Flower

California Bush Monkey Flower

Feb 2024 - Western Redbud

Western Redbud

March 2024 - Blanket Flower

Blanket Flower

April 2024 - African Daisy

african daisy

May 2024 - Bearded Iris

All That Jazz Bearded Iris

June 2024 - Yellow Bush Lantana

Yellow Bush Lantana

July 2024 - Lion's Tail

LIones tail

August 2024 - Pineapple Guava

pineapple guava

September 2024 - Matilija Poppy

Matilija Poppy

October 2024 - Yerba Buena

Yerba Buena

Nov 2024 - Carmel Creeper

Carmel Creeper

Dec 2024 - Creeping Red Fescue

Creeping Red Fescue

2023 Featured Plants

January 2023 - Golden Currant

Golden Currant

Feb 2023 - Blue Gama Grass

Blue Gama

March 2023 - Giant Chain Fern

Giant Chain Fern

April 2023 - Seaside Daisy

Seaside Daisy

May 2023 - Crabapple Tree

crabapple tree

June 2023 - Blue Elderberry

blue elderberry

July 2023 - Cecile Brunner Rose

Cecile Brunner Rose

August 2023 - Pomegranate

pomegranate

Sept 2024 - Leafy California Buckwheat

Leafy California Buckwheat

October 2023 - October Daphne

October Daphne

November 2023 - Alkali Sacaton

Alkali Sacaton

December 2023 - Toyon

Toyon

2022 Featured Plants

January 2022 - Chitalpa

Chitalpa

February 2022 - Blue Hibiscus

blue hibiscus

March 2022 - Brisbane Box

Brisbane Box

April 2022 - Baja Dudleya

Dudleya

May 2022 - Beach Strawberry

Beach Strawberry

June 2022 - Common Yarrow

common yarrow

July 2022 - Crepe Myrtle

crepe myrtle

Aug 2022 - Creeping Thyme

Creeping Thyme

September 2022 - Copper Canyon Daisy

QuickSips Story Photo

October 2022 - California Fuchsia

California Fuchsia

November 2022 - Coral Bells

coral bells

December 2022 - Proteaceae

Protea photo taken by © Felix Riegel
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2021 Featured Plants

December 2021 - Black Leaf Aeonium

Black Leaf Aeonium

November 2021 - Tea Rose

Tea Rose

October 2021 - Trees

trees
 

September 2021 - Bearberry Cotoneaster

Bearberry Cotoneaster

August 2021 - Mountain Mahogany

Mountain Mahogany

July 2021 - California Buckeye

California Buckeye

June 2021 - Salvia Spathacea

Salvia

May 2021 - Cynara Scolymus

Cynara Scolymus

April 2021 - Blue Star Creeper

Pratia

March 2021 - Leucadendron

Leucadendron

February 2021 - Arroyo Lupine

lupine

January 2021 - Japanese Black Pine

Japanese Black Pine