Common name:Sage
Botanical name:Salvia uliginosa
This clumping plant with straight stems of 6'-7' and narrow, bright green leaves is a favorite of hummingbirds. These highly aromatic leaves are accented by pale blue and white flowers. The flowers are arranged in 7" long, branched clusters. This plant blooms throughout the entire summer.
Common name:California Poppy, Golden Poppy
Botanical name:Eschscholzia californica
This small annual (sometimes acts as a perennial) plant will grow to less than 1' tall and has light, small blue green leaves with gold and orange flowers that bloom in spring and summer.
Common name:Powis Castle Artemisia
Botanical name:Artemisia 'Powis Castle'
This mounding shrub reaches 3' high and up to 5' wide with fine silver foliage.
Common name:Louis Edmunds Manzanita
Botanical name:Arctostaphylos bakeri 'Louis Edmunds'
This is an upright shrub that grows 6'-8' tall. It is tall with green foliage and pink flowers during the winter and spring.
Designer: | Wavy Bedding Plant Border |
Photographer: GardenSoft |
Maintain a two to four inch layer of mulch on the soil surface to reduce weeds, infiltrate rain water, and reduce compaction.
Modify your controller each season. In the rainy season turn it off.
Attract, or buy beneficial insects such as ladybugs and lacewings to control pest outbreaks in your garden.