Common name:Sea Lavender, Statice
Botanical name:Limonium perezii
This mounding shrub will reach about 3' high and has large, dark green leaves with small blue and purple flowers that bloom in spring and summer.
Common name:D. Moon Hybrid Daylily
Botanical name:Hemerocallis 'D. Moon'
Intense clear yellow blooms above handsome foliage. Has bloomed in January for us. -Greenwood Daylily Gardens
Common name:Marguerite Daisy, Paris Daisy
Botanical name:Chrysanthemum frutescens
A short-lived, fast growing rounding shrub growing waist high, smoothered with daisy flowers. Best to replant every couple years, propagate by tip cuttings in the early spring.
Common name:Pink Champagne Marguerite
Botanical name:Chrysanthemum frutescens 'Pink Champagne
Chrysanthemum fru. is a perennial and an annual depending on the zone. The flowers are 1.5 to 2.5 in. and are pink. They do well in containers and need well-drained soil.
Common name:Summer Lobelia
Botanical name:Lobelia erinus
This short ground cover has small green leaves with blue or red flowers that bloom in the summer and fall.
Common name:Martha Washington Geranium
Botanical name:Pelargonium X domesticum
Pelargonium domesticum is a shrubby perennial. Erect or somewhat spreading to 3'. Leaves heart shaped to kidney shaped, dark green, 2"-4" wide, with crinkled margins, unequal sharp teeth. Large, showy flowers in clusters of white and many shades of pink, red, lavender, and purple with brilliant blotches and markings of darker colors.
Common name:Glossy Ternstroemia
Botanical name:Ternstroemia gymnanthera
This elegant evergreen shrub of medium height with dark green to bronze leaves is highly valued for its glosy, polished appearance. For proper growth, the plant should receive shade.
Designer: | Pastel Beauty |
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Practice grass-cycling by leaving short grass clippings on lawns after mowing, so that nutrients and organic matter are returned to the soil.
Apply a 2-3 inch layer of mulch in planting beds to conserve water, suppress weeds, and protect the soil from compaction and erosion.
Attract, or buy beneficial insects such as ladybugs and lacewings to control pest outbreaks in your garden.