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Artful Terracing with Rosemary
Tuscan Blue Upright Rosemary
Liquidambar, American Sweet Gum
Prostrate Rosemary
Dry Rockrose
Coast Redwood
Oregon Ash
White Lady Marguerite
Helene Strybing Manuka Tea Tree
Tuscan Blue Upright Rosemary

Common name:Tuscan Blue Upright Rosemary
Botanical name:Rosmarinus officinalis 'Tuscan Blue'

The upright Rosemary is an upright shrub that grows 3-6 ft. tall. It has dark green leaves and bright showy lavender-blue flowers throughout the year. This shrub is drought tolerant and attracts butterflies. -Cornflower Farms

Liquidambar, American Sweet Gum

Common name:Liquidambar, American Sweet Gum
Botanical name:Liquidambar styraciflua

A tall, deciduous tree of upright, pyramidal habit, the liquidamber has dark green, maple-like leaves that turn beautiful shades of red and yellow in the fall season. It can be used as a single specimen, hedge, or grouped plant.

Prostrate Rosemary

Common name:Prostrate Rosemary
Botanical name:Rosmarinus officinalis 'Prostratus'

The 'Prostratus' grows to a height of 2-3' with a spread to 8'. Its flowers are pale, lavender-blue in color, and the leaves are needle-like with a dark, blue-green color. This plant makes a good ground cover, and its leaves can be used as seasoning in cooking.

Dry Rockrose

Common name:Dry Rockrose
Botanical name:Halimiocistus wintonensis

This Halimiocistus is related to sunroses and rockroses. It is a small, evergreen shrub which produces large (2") white flowers that have a purple spot at the petal's base.

Coast Redwood

Common name:Coast Redwood
Botanical name:Sequoia sempervirens

This fast-growing, aromatic tree has soft, dark green foliage with long needles appearing in flat sprays and brown, barrel-shaped cones that appear after 1 year. Its soft, red-brown bark is fiberous and furrowed. Particularly after mechanical damage, this tree will stump sprout to form new, young trees around the stump. Avoid planting in areas of high foot traffic.

Oregon Ash

Common name:Oregon Ash
Botanical name:Fraxinus latifolia

Oregon Ash is a Pacific Northwest and California native deciduous tree that grows 50-80 ft high. It grows well in areas where it is subjected to standing water during the winter. It attracts butterflies. -Cornflower Farms

White Lady Marguerite

Common name:White Lady Marguerite
Botanical name:Chrysanthemum frutescens 'White Lady'

This annual perennial has bright green foliage and produces an abundance of round, pure white flowers.

Helene Strybing Manuka Tea Tree

Common name:Helene Strybing Manuka Tea Tree
Botanical name:Leptospermum scoparium 'Helene Strybing'

New Zealand Tea Tree has small, needle-like green leaves with showy, 1/2" rose-like flowers in winter and spring. These shrubs can be thinned to enhance their attractive branch structure and flaking bark. They need very little water once established. 'Helene Strybing' grows 6-10' tall by 5-8' wide. It has an open structure with deep pink blooms.

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Artful Terracing with Rosemary

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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:

Irrigate early in the morning and/or late in the evening to reduce water loss due to evaporation and wind drift.

Integrated Pest Management:

Develop healthy soil for plants that are vigorous and naturally pest-resistant.