Common name:Biokovo Ground Cover Cranesbill
Botanical name:Geranium X cantabrigiense 'Biokovo'
This Cranesbill has white flowers with pink veins and stamens. It spreads by means of underground roots. It has beautiful green foliage.
Common name:California Poppy, Golden Poppy
Botanical name:Eschscholzia californica
This small annual (sometimes acts as a perennial) plant will grow to less than 1' tall and has light, small blue green leaves with gold and orange flowers that bloom in spring and summer.
Common name:Snow-In-Summer
Botanical name:Cerastium tomentosum
Masses of snow white flowers highlight this plant during the early summer season.
Common name:Lamb's Ears
Botanical name:Stachys byzantina
This tiny, herbaceous shrub will grow less than 1' tall and has medium sized, grayish green leaves with blue and lavender flowers that bloom in the spring.
Common name:Rubber Plant, Rubber Tree
Botanical name:Ficus elastica
This evergreen tree will grow 25'-50' tall and has dark green, leathery leaves with rosey pink sheaths.
Common name:Grosso Long Stemmed Lavender
Botanical name:Lavandula X intermedia 'Grosso'
Long Stemmed Lavender has beautiful violet colored plumes in the summer. It is very drought tolerant and is a great plant to create that Mediterranean effect.
Common name:Happy Wanderer Coral Pea
Botanical name:Hardenbergia violacea 'Happy Wanderer'
Hardenbergia violacea rosea an evergreen, shrubby vine. Leaves are usually undivided, 2"-4" long. Flowers are lilac or rose and look like sweet peas. Flower color depends on the cultivar.
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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.
Attract, or buy beneficial insects such as ladybugs and lacewings to control pest outbreaks in your garden.