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Hybrid Tea Rose cultivar
Shrub Pink Floribunda Rose
Striped Society Garlic
Red New Zealand Flax
Wheeler's Dwarf Pittosporum
Daylily (hybrid selection)
Trailing Gazania, Treasure Flower
Hybrid Tea Rose cultivar

Common name:Hybrid Tea Rose cultivar
Botanical name:Rosa Hybrid Tea selection

Hybrid tea roses are the traditional classic roses; buds are used for boutonnieres. These roses have long stems with a single rose at the end, which may or may not be fragrant. Blooms typically start in spring until fall. Many colors now available. Roses prefer full to part sun with well draining, rich soil. It needs fertilizer after each bloom period. It prefers medium watering and more in hot summer areas. Mulch well. Prune in winter. It usually grows 2'-6' tall.

Shrub Pink Floribunda Rose

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.

Striped Society Garlic

Common name:Striped Society Garlic
Botanical name:Tulbaghia violacea 'Variegata'

The Striped Society Garlic is a garlic-scented perennial, reaching 1'-2' tall, with green narrow leaves that have white margins. The flowers are lavender clusters on a 1'-2' stem that bloom in the spring and summer. This perennial has low to moderate watering needs once it's established. It tolerates full and part sun.

Red New Zealand Flax

Common name:Red New Zealand Flax
Botanical name:Phormium tenax 'Rubrum'

'Rubrum' has evergreen leaves that are long, narrow, and grow upright, 2'-3' tall. 'Rubrum' has dark, purplish-red leaves. It prefers full sun and has low to moderate watering needs. The foliage color is stable as other varieties have colors that fade.

Wheeler's Dwarf Pittosporum

Common name:Wheeler's Dwarf Pittosporum
Botanical name:Pittosporum tobira 'Wheeler's Dwarf'

This handsome dwarf form of the Pittosporum tobira grows into a low, dense mound, 2'-3' tall and 4'-5' wide. This shrub is covered with glossy, evergreen foliage. Small, fragrant, white flowers cover this shrub in spring. It prefers full to part sun and has moderate watering needs. Wheeler's Dwarf is dependable and easy to grow. Prune in winter to keep shape.

Daylily (hybrid selection)

Common name:Daylily (hybrid selection)
Botanical name:Hemerocallis hybrids

These summer-blooming perennials form clumps with large, grass-like leaves. Its showy flowers, resembling lilies, are borne in clusters on stems held well above the foliage. Daylilies can be found in many colors: yellow, orange, red, purple, pink or multi-colored. Hemerocallis does better in well-draining soil and with extra summer water. Hemerocallis are very hardy,with few or none pests/problems.

Trailing Gazania, Treasure Flower

Common name:Trailing Gazania, Treasure Flower
Botanical name:Gazania rigens leucolaena

Gazania rigens is a clumping or spreading plant grown for colorful daisies over long bloom season. Tolerates seacoast conditions. Grows well in most soil conditions, and needs only occasional water once established (2-3 times per month).

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Soils and Compost:

Practice grass-cycling by leaving short grass clippings on lawns after mowing, so that nutrients and organic matter are returned to the soil.

Water Saving Tip:

Change spray sprinklers to low-flow bubbler or drip systems. Shrubs and trees are ideal candidates for this type of irrigation because the water is applied directly to the root zones.

Integrated Pest Management:

Attract, or buy beneficial insects such as ladybugs and lacewings to control pest outbreaks in your garden.