Common name:Tricolor Mountain Flax
Botanical name:Phormium cookianum hookeri 'Tricolor'
Standing 6' high, this variety of Phormium is yellow with green and light rose variegation.
Common name:Marjorie Channon' Pittisporum
Botanical name:Pittosporum ten. 'Marjorie Channon'
This ornamental Pittisporum is significant because of its variegated and beautiful foliage. It is a slow growing compact shrub with rounded pyramidal habit to 8-12'+ feet tall. The leaves are light green with white edges.
Common name:Roger's Red Wild Grape
Botanical name:Vitis californica 'Roger's Red'
This plant is a woody deciduous vine with round large leaves.The flowers are in small fragrant blooms and berry clusters appear in the summer. This vine has a sprawling, climbing growth habit. It is a selection with outstanding fall color.This plant is native to CA and is drought tolerant. This cultivar is named for its red leaves in the fall.
Common name:Montebretia
Botanical name:Crocosmia X crocosmiiflora
This plant is a cormous herb, and it closely resembles the gladiolus. Its summer deciduous bulb bears crenate vertical leaves to 3' tall and arching stalks of brilliant red, coral/apricot, red, red-orange, or bright yellow flowers in late spring and summer. It requires sun to part shade and little or no summer watering. This plant performs well in containers.
Designer: Marilee Kuhlmann | Quaint and Narrow Pathway |
Photographer: GardenSoft |
Maintain a two to four inch layer of mulch on the soil surface to reduce weeds, infiltrate rain water, and reduce compaction.
Adjust sprinklers to avoid watering sidewalks and driveways.
Drip and other smart irrigation delivers water directly to roots, allowing no excess water for weeds.