Gold Rush Nursery

Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'

Common Name: Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grass

Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grass is a stately, upright ornamental grass that makes a great addition to any landscape. Can be used informally with naturalized landscapes or in formal mass plantings.

Calamagrostis foliosa

Common Name: Leafy reed grass

Calamagrostis nutkaensis

Common Name: Pacific reed grass

Calochortus venustus

Common Name: Butterfly mariposa

Calycanthus occidentalis

Common Name: Western spicebush

Calystegia macrostegia

Common Name: California morning glory

Carex 'The Beatles'

Common Name: The Beatles sedge

Carex barbarae

Common Name: Santa Barbara sedge

Carex buchananii

Common Name: Leatherleaf sedge

Carex densa

Common Name: Dense sedge

Carex dipsacea

Common Name: Green sedge

Carex divulsa

Common Name: Berkeley sedge

Carex flagellifera

Common Name: Brown-leaved sedge

Carex globosa

Common Name: Round-fruit sedge

Carex nudata

Common Name: Torrent sedge

Carex pansa

Common Name: Dune sedge

Carex praegracilis

Common Name: California meadow sedge

Carex remota

Common Name: Remote sedge

Carex secta

Common Name: Makura grass

Carex solandri

Common Name: New Zealand forest sedge

Carex spissa

Common Name: San Diego sedge

Carex subbracteata

Common Name: Small bract sedge

Carex subfusca

Common Name: Brown sedge

Carex testacea

Common Name: Orange sedge

Carex tumulicola

Common Name: Slender sedge

Carex vesicaria var. major

Common Name: Western blister sedge

Castilleja latifolia

Common Name: Coast paintbrush

Ceanothus 'Owlswood Blue'

Common Name: Owlswood Blue ceanothus

Ceanothus 'Tuxedo'

Common Name: Tuxedo ceanothus

Ceanothus 'Ray Hartman'

Common Name: Ray Hartman's ceanothus

'Ray Hartman' is one of the most commonly grown selections of ceanothus in California.  Why?  Because it's one of the least finicky of this popular group of shrubs and it looks good.  It performs reliably well in both co…

Ceanothus gloriosus var. gloriosus 'Heart's Desire'

Common Name: Heart's desire ceanothus

This selection of glory mat ceanothus was made by Phil Van Soelen, co-owner of California Flora Nursery in Fulton.  He found it on a rocky outcropping above Heart's Desire Beach in the Point Reyes National Seashore in Marin County. He…

Ceanothus maritimus 'Valley Violet'

Common Name: Valley Violet ceanothus

Valley Violet ceanothus is a stunning water-conserving UC Davis Arboretum All-Star selection that was introduced in 2010.  The small California native shrub is covered with spectacular clusters of dark-violet flowers in early spring.  It …

Ceanothus thyrsiflorus

Common Name: California blue blossom

Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. repens

Common Name: Creeping blue blossom

Creeping blueblossom is a handsome plant with its small, dark green glossy leaves that look good year round.  It typically mounds to about 2' tall and can eventually grow to 15' wide.  It's a fairly slow-grower and can easily b…

Centaurea gymnocarpa

Common Name: Dusty Miller

Chamaemelum nobile

Common Name: Chamomile

Chamaemelum nobile 'Flore Pleno'

Common Name: Double-flowered Roman chamomile

Chilopsis linearis

Common Name: Desert willow

Chondropetalum elephantinum

Common Name: Cape rush

Chondropetalum tectorum

Common Name: Cape rush

This evergreen perennial from the southern Cape of South Africa forms dense clumps of round, dark green stems. The leaf joints are covered by dark brown sheaths which fall off in summer leaving an attractive dark band. &n…

Clematis lasiantha

Common Name: Chapparal clematis

Clematis ligusticifolia

Common Name: Virgin's bower

Clematis tibetana var. vernayi

We bought our stock plant from Cistus Nursery near Portland, Oregon in 2010.  It was labeled as growing to about 10', although we suspect it grows much bigger!  Cistis Nursery reports that this is a strikingly architectural vine with fin…

Cotyledon 'Happy Young Lady'

Common Name: Happy Young Lady chalk fingers

Cotyledon macrantha

Common Name: Pig's ear

Cotyledon orbiculata

Common Name: Pig's ear

Cotyledon orbiculata var. oblonga

Common Name: Chalk fingers

This striking succulent spreads slowly to form a dense carpet of silvery-gray finger-like foliage. The upright sturdy flower stems rise boldly 15-18" above the foliage. Clusters of bell-shaped salmon flowers dangle from the tip of the stem like an …

Crassula corymbulosa 'Red Pagoda''

Common Name: Red Pagoda Shark's Tooth crassula

Red Pagoda crassula has fascinating orangey-red, triangular leaves that are tightly arranged in geometric spirals around the stems.  Clusters of white flowers bloom in summer.  Hardy to 20-25°F.  Red Pagoda can be planted in full …

Crassula ovata

Common Name: Jade plant

Crassula ovata 'Large leaved form'

Crassula radicans 'Large leaved form'

Cuphea 'Caribbean Sunset'

Common Name: Caribbean Sunset bat face

Cypella aquatilis

Cypella coelestis