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Native Plant Selection
California natives,
composed like a still life.
Manzanita, ceanothus, salvia, and grasses arranged for
year-round structure and seasonal surprise.
Home / Services / Luxury Xeriscaping / Native Plant Selection
Native Plant Selection
California natives,
composed like a still life.
Manzanita, ceanothus, salvia, and grasses arranged
for year-round structure and seasonal surprise.
Sustainable · Plants
Painterly planting,
native palette.
As a core part of our Luxury Xeriscaping practice, this discipline is where the craft becomes specific — the techniques, materials, and tolerances that separate generational work from passable work.
California has more native plant species than the entire eastern United States. Used well, they produce a garden that belongs here — drought-fluent, pollinator-rich, and unmistakably regional.
Our planting plans treat natives as a designer's palette, not a checklist of CA Native sticker plants.
We compose drifts, repeat key species, and layer texture and bloom across the calendar. The result reads as a designed garden — that happens to use almost no summer water.
The Craft
Sourced from native nurseries
Las Pilitas, Annie's Annuals, Calscape-vetted growers.
Pollinator-rich palette
Salvias, ceanothus, and milkweed for native bees and monarchs.
Year-round structure
Evergreen anchors, deciduous accent, seasonal bloom.
Sustainable · Plants
Painterly planting,
native palette.
As a core part of our Luxury Xeriscaping practice, this discipline is where the craft becomes specific — the techniques, materials, and tolerances that separate generational work from passable work.
California has more native plant species than the entire eastern United States. Used well, they produce a garden that belongs here — drought-fluent, pollinator-rich, and unmistakably regional.
Our planting plans treat natives as a designer's palette, not a checklist of CA Native sticker plants.
We compose drifts, repeat key species, and layer texture and bloom across the calendar. The result reads as a designed garden — that happens to use almost no summer water.
The Craft
Sourced from native nurseries
Las Pilitas, Annie's Annuals, Calscape-vetted growers.
Pollinator-rich palette
Salvias, ceanothus, and milkweed for native bees and monarchs.
Year-round structure
Evergreen anchors, deciduous accent, seasonal bloom.
Materials & Spec
The short list we trust.
The Process
Four steps. A clear vision.
Site audit
Sun, soil, slope, micro-climates mapped.
Palette design
Plant palette and bloom calendar drawn.
Source & install
Plants tagged at nursery, installed in the right season.
Establishment
First-year deep-watering schedule and care guide.
Considerations
Questions worth asking.
Most California natives are deer-resistant — that's part of why they evolved here. We design with deer pressure in mind.
October through February. California natives want to root in cool, wet soil.
Materials & Spec
The short list we trust.
The Process
Four steps. A clear vision.
Site audit
Sun, soil, slope, micro-climates mapped.
Palette design
Plant palette and bloom calendar drawn.
Source & install
Plants tagged at nursery, installed in the right season.
Establishment
First-year deep-watering schedule and care guide.
Considerations
Questions worth asking.
Most California natives are deer-resistant — that's part of why they evolved here. We design with deer pressure in mind.
October through February. California natives want to root in cool, wet soil.
Pair It With
The integrations that make a
project sing.
Design-build means every discipline is drawn at the same table. These are the natural pairings clients ask for next.
Synthetic Turf Installation
Premium synthetic turf — pet-rated, putting-green-grade, or play-zone — installed on engineered drainage bases.
Explore ↗ SustainableDrainage & Erosion Control
French drains, dry creek beds, channel drains, and graded swales engineered to make storm events disappear.
Explore ↗ PillarLandscape Lighting
Layered low-voltage and architectural LED systems that turn dusk into the property's most cinematic hour.
Explore ↗Pair It With
The integrations that make a
project sing.
Design-build means every discipline is drawn at the same table. These are the natural pairings clients ask for next.
Synthetic Turf Installation
Premium synthetic turf — pet-rated, putting-green-grade, or play-zone — installed on engineered drainage bases.
Explore ↗ SustainableDrainage & Erosion Control
French drains, dry creek beds, channel drains, and graded swales engineered to make storm events disappear.
Explore ↗ PillarLandscape Lighting
Layered low-voltage and architectural LED systems that turn dusk into the property's most cinematic hour.
Explore ↗Service Area
Providing native plant selection from our Rocklin studio across Placer, Sacramento, and El Dorado Counties.
Service Area
Providing native plant selection from our Rocklin studio across Placer, Sacramento, and El Dorado Counties.
Begin
Discuss your native plant selection project with Michael & Susan Cole.
Michael & Susan Cole
Founders
Rocklin, CA · 35+ years
Begin
Discuss your native plant selection project with Michael & Susan Cole.
Michael & Susan Cole
FOUNDERS
Rocklin, CA · 35+ years
Premier landscape design-build studio. Owned & led by Michael & Susan Cole. Rocklin, CA · 35+ years.
Michael & Susan Cole
FOUNDERS
Rocklin, CA · 35+ years
Hardscape
Outdoor & Sustain
Water & Light
Landscape Design · Service Area
© 2026 Lavish Gardens Landscape · Michael & Susan Cole
Rocklin, CA · CA Lic. #1110575 C-27 Landscape Contractor
Premier landscape design-build studio. Owned & led by Michael & Susan Cole. Rocklin, CA · 35+ years.
Michael & Susan Cole
founders
Rocklin, CA · 35+ years
Hardscape
Outdoor & Sustain
Water & Light
Landscape Design · Service Area
© 2026 Lavish Gardens Landscape · Michael & Susan Cole
Rocklin, CA · CA Lic. #1110575 C-27 Landscape Contractor