Flowers, Trees & Shrubs
The plants you choose and where you place them will determine the character of your landscape for decades — it's worth getting that decision right from the start.
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Native California Plants
Mediterranean & Water-Wise Species
Privacy & screening Shrubs
Privacy & Screening Shrubs
Seasonal Color Planting
Right Plant, Right Place — and Right for the Water Budget.
California's water environment means plant selection can't be purely aesthetic anymore. AJ Criss works primarily with species that thrive in North County San Diego's climate without demanding constant irrigation once established — including native California plants, Mediterranean-climate species, and water-wise alternatives that perform beautifully with efficient drip irrigation. The result is a landscape that looks intentionally designed rather than defensively drought-tolerant.
A Living Landscape Is Always the Most Interesting One.
Hardscape gives a yard structure and permanence. Plants give it life, scale, seasonality, and soul. The two need to be designed together — not hardscape first and planting as an afterthought — because the relationships between built surfaces and plant volumes are what make an outdoor environment feel fully resolved. AJ Criss approaches planting design as an integrated component of landscape construction, selecting trees, shrubs, and flowers based on how they'll perform in San Diego's climate and how they'll interact with the hardscape and architecture they surround.
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