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LA Arboretum 8
Gray Lavender Cotton
Little Ollie Dwarf Olive
Spineless Yucca
Spanish Lavender
Coast  Live Oak
Gray Lavender Cotton

Common name:Gray Lavender Cotton
Botanical name:Santolina chamaecyparissus

This ground cover/small shrub will grow to 3' tall and has small, grayish silver leaves with yellow flowers that bloom in the summer.

Little Ollie Dwarf Olive

Common name:Little Ollie Dwarf Olive
Botanical name:Olea europaea 'Little Ollie'

This evergreen shrub will grow to 8' tall and wide. It doesn't produce any fruit. It will do well in hot dry areas but can also survive in coastal areas. It has a compact round habit making it great for borders. It can be used for bonsai. It prefers well draining soil and is drought tolerant once it's established.

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.

Spanish Lavender

Common name:Spanish Lavender
Botanical name:Lavandula stoechas

This dense shrub grows 2'-3' tall with blue gray foliage and deep purple flowers that have large showy bracts near the top of the spikes. It is drought tolerant . - Cornflower Farms

Coast  Live Oak

Common name:Coast Live Oak
Botanical name:Quercus agrifolia

The Coast Live Oak is an evergreen round headed tree. It can reach 15'-40' high and 20' wide; it grows very well from the coastal areas to the interior valleys. It is native to California, is drought tolerant, and attracts butterflies. -Cornflower Farms

Designer: Los Angeles Arboretum

LA Arboretum 8

Photographer: GardenSoft

Soils and Compost:

Maintain a two to four inch layer of mulch on the soil surface to reduce weeds, infiltrate rain water, and reduce compaction.

Integrated Pest Management:

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