Plant of the Month (click for pictures and information)
   2008
    September 08 - Verbena lilacina 'de la Mina'
    October 08 - Vitis californica 'Roger's Red'
        January 17, 2009 article in CC Times  or  January 17, 2009 article in CC Times (.pdf)
    November 08 - Symphoricarpus alba (Snowberry)
    December 08 - none designated
    2009    
    January 09 - Salvia spathacea (Hummingbird Sage)
    February 09 - Salvia apiana (White Sage)
    March 09 - Ceanothus gloriosus var. exaltatus 'Emily Brown'
    April 09 - Lepechinia fragrans
    May 09 - none designated
    June 09 - Mimulus aurantiacus (Bush Monkey Flower)
    July 09 - none designated
    August 09 - none designated
    September 09 - Eriogonum spp. (Native Buckwheats)
    October 09 - Eremophila maculatum (Spotted Emu Bush)   
    November 09 - Penstemon heterophyllus 'Blue Springs'   
      Dec -- none designated 
    2010    
    January 10 - Arctostaphylos (Manzanita) 'Emerald Carpet'
    February 2 - Solanum xantii 'Salmon Creek' & 
       Solanum umbelliferum var. incanum 'Spring Frost' 
      March 2 - Lewisia 'Little Peach'
    April 6 - Ribes sanguineum 'White Icicles'
    May 4 - Vigna caracalla (Snail or Corkscrew Vine)
    Jun 1 - Scrophularia macrantha (Red Birds in a Tree)
    Sep 7 - Monardella macrantha 'Marian Sampson'
    Oct 5 - Datura wrightii (Sacred Datura) 
    Nov 2 - Penstemon palmeri 
    Dec -- none designated
    2011
    January 4 -- Dichelostemma multiflorum (Wild Hyacinth)
    Feb 1 -- Polystichum munitum (Western Sword Fern)
    Mar 1 -- Keckiella cordifolia (Heart-shaped Penstemon)
    Apr -- none designated
    May 3 -- Ceanothus 'Diamond Heights'
    June, July, August -- none designated
    Sep 6 -- Chlorogalum pomeridianum (Soap Lily or Soap Plant)
    Oct 4 -- Salvia uliginosa (Bog Sage)
    Nov 1 -- Salvia taraxicifolia (Dandelion Leaved Sage)
   2012
    January 3 -- Penstemon heterophyllus 'Margarita BOP'
    February 7 --Calandrinia spectabilis
    March 6 - Salvia muirii
    April 3 - Asclepias fruticosa
    May 1 - Sisyrinchium californicum
    June 5 - Miscanthus sinensis 'Strictus
    July - none designated
    August - none designated
    September 4 - Aloe polyphylla
    October 2 - Albuca bracteata (Pregnant Onion or Halloween Hyacinth)

    2013
   April 2 - Aeonium arboreum 'Swartzkopf'