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Coast Redwood
Santa Barbara Daisy, Mexican Daisy
Brisbane Box
Spineless Yucca
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.

Santa Barbara Daisy, Mexican Daisy

Common name:Santa Barbara Daisy, Mexican Daisy
Botanical name:Erigeron karvinskianus

This low mounding perennial, with fine leaves and white to pinkish daisy-like flowers, is an excellent asset to rock gardens. Capable of spreading.

Brisbane Box

Common name:Brisbane Box
Botanical name:Lophostemon confertus

This evergreen tree will grow 30-45' tall and 25' wide. It has leathery, glossy dark green leaves and inconspicuous white flowers in summer. The reddish brown, flaky bark resembles Eucalytpus, while the foliage resembles Ficus.

Spineless Yucca

Common name:Spineless Yucca
Botanical name:Yucca recurvifolia

This evergreen shrub is part of the agave family and reaches 6-10' tall. It has distinctive blue-gray leaves that bend sharply downward. It blooms with white flowers on 3-5' tall spikes in late spring and early summer. Leaf tips have spines but they bend and do not cause injury.

Designer: Gregory Lewis Landscape Archit

Vertically Pleasing

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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.