Spotting

Nope, I don't think it was lavender- I can recognize the majority of garden spices, and I had no clue what this plant was. Maybe Lee was right and it was a curry plant, but then again it could have been a more common form of CA vegetation.

Lavender?

:) Are the leaves Silvery? If it is,then maybe it's curry plant...

Thanks for the suggestion, but I know Rosemary and this wasn't it.

Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis)