California Landscape Design

Citrus limon ‘Meyer Improved’
Improved Meyer Lemon

The Meyer Lemon—a hybrid of lemon and mandarin orange—is the lemon of choice for home gardeners in California. This evergreen fruit tree produces rounded, large to midsize lemons. The skin is orangish-yellow, thin, and easy to peel. The flesh is especially juicy, fragrant, and less acidic than commercially available lemons, and with few to many seeds. Harvest is year-round with highest yield in fall and winter. Foliage is glossy, dark green, and dense. Branches are bushy, spreading, and sharply thorned. Flowers are intensely fragrant, star-shaped, and white. Attracts birds and bees. Needs protection from wind and winter frost.

We carry sizes up to 30” box in several forms – single trunk, bush form, and espalier – providing versatility in the landscape.   
Sunset zones: 8, 9, 12 - 24, H1, H2
Mature size: 8 - 15 feet high and wide
Light needs: full sun
Water needs: regular water

Citrus aurantifolia ‘Bearss’
Bearss Lime (Tahitian Lime, Persian Lime)

An evergreen fruit tree with a vigorous, upright habit. Blossoms are fragrant and white. Leaves are waxy and dark green. The Bearss Lime is a heavy producer of large, round, seedless fruit that is juicy with a strong lime flavor. The rind is bright-green to yellow-tinged when ripe. Flesh is light green, acidic, flavorful, and juicy. Harvest year round with the highest yield in winter and spring. Fruit drops when fully ripe. Bearss Limes are more cold hardy than other lime trees, but they do well planted next to a warm southwest wall. Nearly thornless. Heavy producer.

Trees are available in single trunk, bush form, or espalier, and in sizes up to 30” box.
Sunset zones: 8, 9, 12 - 24; H1, H2
Mature size: 15 - 20 feet high and wide
Light needs: full sun
Water needs: moderate to regular water

Diospyros kaki ‘Fuyu’
Fuyu Persimmon (Asian Persimmon, Apple Persimmon)

A deciduous fruit tree that produces large to midsize persimmons. This tree provides excellent fall color and produces round and flattened fruits which are a rich orange color that brightens up the late fall landscape. The most popular non-astringent cultivar in Japan, Fuyus are sweet and can be eaten while firm and crunchy. Trees are self-fruitful and require 200 chill hours.

Trees are available in sizes up to 24” box.
Sunset zone: 6 - 9, 14 - 16, 18 - 24, H1
Mature size: 20 - 30 feet high and wide
Light needs: full sun
Water needs: moderate to regular water

Malus domestica ‘Fuji’
Fuji Apple

A deciduous fruit tree that produces medium to large apples. The flesh is very sweet and crisp, and the skin blushes with red stripes over yellow-green. Fuji apples are self-fruitful and a great pollinizer for other varieties. Fuji apples can be grown in either bay or inland locations, and fruit well even in areas with slightly cooler summers. Trees require fewer than 500 chill hours.

Fuji apples are available in containers up to 40” box, in either standard form or espalier (2-tier and 3-tier).
Mature size: variable depending on rootstock
Sunset zones: 3b - 9, 12 - 16, 18 - 22
Mature size: variable depending on rootstock
Light needs: full sun
Water needs: regular water

Punica granatum ‘Wonderful’
Wonderful Pomegranate

‘Wonderful’ is a deciduous fruit shrub or tree with an arching growth habit and glossy, narrow leaves. Its red-orange blossoms attract hummingbirds. ‘Wonderful’ is a prolific producer of large, shiny, deep-red fruits in fall. Arils are dark red, juicy, tangy, and flavorful with seeds that are soft enough to eat. This is an excellent juicing variety. The most popular commercial variety in California, trees are self-fruitful and require 150 chill hours. Wonderful Pomegranates are available in sizes up to 24” box, either standard or multi.

USDA zones: 7 - 10
Sunset zones: 5 - 24; H1, H2
Mature size: 8 - 20 feet high and wide
Light needs: full sun
Water needs: moderate water

Vaccinium corymbosum hybrid
Blueberry ‘Sunshine Blue’

A semi-dwarf semi-evergreen bush that yields midsize blueberries with light blue skin and tangy-sweet flesh. Mid-season harvest. Southern highbush hybrid. Self-pollinating. Interplant with other highbush hybrids to encourage a heavier crop. Estimated 150 chill hours.

Available in sizes up to 3 / 5 gallon.
Sunset zones: 8, 9, 14 - 24
Mature size: 3 - 4 feet high and wide
Light needs: full sun
Water needs: regular to ample water
Soil needs: acidic, pH 4.0 - 5.2, high humus content

Cynara scolymus ‘Improved Green Globe’
Improved Green Globe Artichoke

An ornamental Mediterranean plant that produces large, rounded, edible artichokes. Foliage is broad, arching and silver-green. Purple, thistle-like flowers develop from unharvested fruits and attract bees. This hybrid selection is improved to have a more consistent harvest and less spines.

Available in 1 gallon.  
Sunset zones: 8, 9, 14 - 24; annual in 11 - 13
Mature size: 4 - 6 feet high and wide
Light needs: full sun
Water needs: regular water

Ficus carica ‘Black Jack’
Black Jack Fig

A deciduous tree with a semi-dwarf growth habit. Adaptable to pruning and training. Leaves are large, deeply lobed, and bright green. Trunk is smooth and gray. Harvest fruit mainly from late summer to mid-fall. Fruit is large to very large. Skin is purple-brown. Flesh is red and super sweet. Self-fruitful. 100 chill hours.

Available in sizes up to 24” box.
Sunset zones: 4 - 9, 11 - 24, H1, H2
Mature size: 8 - 15 feet high and wide
Light needs: full sun
Water needs: moderate to regular water