Common name:Mexican Bush Sage, Mexican Sage
Botanical name:Salvia leucantha
The Mexican Sage is a bushy shrub that grows 3'-4' tall and wide. It has hairy white stems, grey-green leaves and velvet-like purple flower spikes that bloom summer through fall. This shrub tolerates sun, light shade, low to moderate water, and is cold hardy to 15 degrees F. The Mexican Sage attracts hummingbirds. Be careful not to overwater.
Common name:Evergreen Clematis
Botanical name:Clematis armandii
A climbing evergreen vine, this Clematis may reach a size of 20'-30'. Its dark green, slender leaflets have a leathery texture, and produce fragrant, showy white flowers in the spring. It tolerates sun or part shade, drought, moist soil, and prefers shade around its roots. It attracts beneficial insects and hummingbirds.
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Common name:Pink Breath Of Heaven
Botanical name:Coleonema pulchellum
Pink Breath of Heaven is a finely textured wispy shrub growing 5' tall and wide, with tiny pink flowers blooming from spring through fall. Foliage is soft, needle like leaves, creating a billowy effect. It needs good drainage and can be planted in sun or part shade. It needs a medium amount of water. Plant along walkways so you can brush the foliage to release the aromatic oils.
Common name:Garden Pansy
Botanical name:Viola X wittrockiana
This annual will grow 6"-10" tall and 9"-12" wide. It has shiny green leaves with flowers that come in a wide variety of colors and are in constant bloom from fall to spring.
Common name:Jupiter's Beard, Red Valerian
Botanical name:Centranthus ruber
This perennial groundcover will grow 1-3' high and has medium-size blue-green leaves with red, pink, or white flowers that bloom in the summer.
Common name:Shrub Pink Floribunda Rose
Botanical name:Rosa cv. floribunda pink
Floribunda roses prefer full sun and produce many clusters of flowers, instead of a single flower at the end of the stem. Pink Florinbunda Rose blooms pale pink flowers in summer. These shrubs are 3'-5' tall and 3'-4' wide. Floribunda flowers are smaller than hybrid tea flowers. These shrubs are great for borders, hedges or containers. It needs medium watering and more in hot summer areas.
Common name:Frades Compact Escallonia
Botanical name:Escallonia 'Frades'
The 'Fradesii' is an evergreen shrub that grows to 6'-8' tall and wide. It is valued for its glossy foliage and clusters of pink flowers. The heaviest bloom period is spring through fall, with some flowers all year. The Escallonias grow best in sun to part shade. It prefers regular watering and more during the summer. Prune in spring to keep it tidy. It makes a great privacy hedge.
Designer: Dave Roberts Landscape | Roberts Circular Patio inSpring |
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Incorporate compost 6" into your soil to retain water, reduce compaction, feed earthworms, and provide valuable nutrients to your plants.
Replace turf with groundcovers, trees, and shrubs. If you have areas where no one uses the grass, patches that do not grow well, or a turf area too small to water without runoff, consider replacing the turf with water-efficient landscaping.
Attract, or buy beneficial insects such as ladybugs and lacewings to control pest outbreaks in your garden.