Plants A-Z

Metasequoia glyptostroboides

Dawn Redwood

Thought to have been extinct for millions of years, this plant was found growing in a few isolated sit...

Metrosideros excelsus

New Zealand Christmas Tree

Native to New Zealand. To 30 ft. tall or more, spreading as wide as tall; prune lower branches to get ...

Metrosideros polymorphus

‘Ohi’a Lehua

Native to Hawaii. Slow-growing, highly variable plant; may form a small, erect to prostrate shrub or g...

Michelia doltsopa

To 90 ft. tall in its native Himalayas; in San Francisco, it has grown to 25 ft. in as many years. Var...

Michelia figo

Banana Shrub

China. Slow growing to 6–8 ft. high (possibly to 15 ft. tall) and about two-thirds as wide. Dens...

Microbiota decussata

Siberian Carpet Cypress

Native to Siberian mountains and hardy to any amount of cold. This neat, sprawling shrub resembles a t...

Microlepia firma

Native to India. Grows to 2 1/2 ft. high and 2 ft. wide. Dull green, delicately cut, triangular fronds...

Microlepia strigosa

Lace Fern

Native to tropical Asia. Robust fern with delicate dark green fronds. Grows 2 to 3 ft. tall and wide. ...

Millettia reticulata

Evergreen Wisteria

From China. This vigorous, twining vine is usually described as reaching 15 ft. but, like wisteria, ca...

Mimulus aurantiacus

Monkey Flower

Native to southern Oregon, California, Baja California. Grows 4 1/2 ft. tall and wide, with narrow, 1 ...

Mimulus cardinalis

Scarlet Monkey Flower

Native to dampor wet locales throughout muchof the West. Grows to 2 1/2 ft.high and wide, with upright...

Mimulus hybridus

Monkey Flower

To 1 ft. high and wide, with smooth, succulent leaves. Flowers are 2 to 2 1/2 in. across, in colors in...