Common name:Sweet William
Botanical name:Verbena canadensis
These plants are highly branched and somewhat prostrate, making them good ground covers. Its 8"-20" long stems produce masses of rosy purple flower clusters in spring and again in late summer or fall. The Verberna will grow in any type of soil.
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Common name:Japanese Maple
Botanical name:Acer palmatum 'Shaina'
This magnificent plant can used as a small tree or shrub. It is deciduous with graceful leaves that have a scarlet color in spring as it leafs out. Later, they turn orange or yellow in fall. It is slow growing to 20' and requires shelter from hot winds.
Common name:Santa Barbara 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.
Common name:Blue Star Creeper
Botanical name:Laurentia fluviatilis
Laurentia fluviatilis has bright green, nearly stemless, 1/4" leaves. In late spring and summer, these form a backdrop for equally tiny, star-shaped pale blue flowers.
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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 as little fertilizer as possible.
If you use fertilizer make sure it stays on the landscape, and carefully water it in so there is NO runoff.
Drip and other smart irrigation delivers water directly to roots, allowing no excess water for weeds.
