Get ideas for your garden in Corona del Mar, CA

1. One-stop garden shopping

Roger’s Gardens is a 7-acre dream for green thumbs and outdoor-living enthusiasts. Besides plants, pots, and tools, Roger’s carries a huge selection of modern and classic Mediterranean containers, patio furniture, fountains, and garden accessories.

2. Get ideas

Roger’s demonstration gardens offer great ideas to take home, including a planting that highlights agaves. The pair in front is ‘Blue Glow’.

3. Shop for California-friendly plants

Drought-tolerant plants from Mediterranean climates are a Roger’s Gardens specialty. Seen here, assembled underneath a rustyleaf fig tree, is a collection of ‘Kanga’ dwarf kangaroo paw (Anigozanthos).

4. Stock up on succulents

Succulents are Roger’s top sellers, and the nursery makes sure there are plenty to choose from. Shown here is Aeonium ‘Sunburst’.

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Where to go for:

CACTUS, SUCCULENTS, TILLANDSIAS 
California Cactus Center Old favorites plus rare specimens, all beautifully displayed. 216 S. Rosemead Blvd., Pasadena; cactuscenter.com. 

CALIFORNIA NATIVES
Las Pilitas Nursery Almost 350 species of California native perennials, shrubs, and trees, including hummingbird attractors (California fuchsia, chuparosa, monkey flower). Closed Sun; 8331 Nelson Way, Escondido; laspilitas.com

DRY-CLIMATE PLANTS
Seaside Gardens More than a nursery, it’s a world tour through plant habitats, from Australian and Mediterranean to native. 3700 Via Real, Carpinteria; seaside-gardens.com

HERBS
Pearson’s Gardens Vietnamese cilantro (rau ram), Japanese parsley (mitsuba), and hundreds of other herbs, plus heirloom tomatoes, wild salad greens, and more. Closed Sun; 1150 Beverly Dr., Vista; 760/726-0717.