Common name:Lily of the Nile
Botanical name:Agapanthus hybrids
This evergreen groundcover/shrub will grow about 3' tall and has large green leaves with blue flowers ( there is a white variety and dwarf varieties) that bloom in spring and summer. It will grow in all soils but prefers loam soil.
Common name:Blue Oat Grass
Botanical name:Helictotrichon sempervirens
The blue oat grass is a evergreen blue clumping grass that grows 12-18 in. tall and wide. Its showy flowers are 1-2 ft. above the foliage. This plant looks good alone as well as in mass plantings. The blue oat grass likes dry hill sides and is drought tolerant. -Cornflower Farms
Common name:Mother-of-Thyme, Creeping Thyme
Botanical name:Thymus praecox arcticus
This evergreen groundcover needs full sun to light shade. It grows to 3" tall, forming a dense, thick mat. It needs well-drained, light soil. Creeping Thyme is considered drought tolerant. The foliage is dark green and slightly hairy. It has a pleasant, minty fragrance when crushed, though not considered for culinary uses. Flowers are lilac-purple and bloom in the summer. Attractive to bees and butterflies.
Common name:Chinese Fringe Flower or Loropetalu
Botanical name:Loropetalum chinese
This shade-loving, evergreen, rounded shrub is 3'high x 5' wide with apple green foliage and a profusion of white fringed flowers in the spring.
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Maintain a two to four inch layer of mulch on the soil surface to reduce weeds, infiltrate rain water, and reduce compaction.
Use water saving equipment, e.g. rain or soil-moisture sensors, MP rotator nozzles, weather-based controllers, and low-volume irrigation (drip systems, soaker hoses, and microsprayers).
Remove irrigation water and fertilizer from areas where you don't want weeds to grow.