Common name:Sunset Bush Manzanita
Botanical name:Arctostaphylos 'Sunset'
This manzanita is a mounding shrub 4-5' high and 4-6' wide. It has coppery red new growth later turning bright green. It has pinkish-white flowers in winter to early spring. This densely covered shrub prefers full sun and is drought tolerant once it's established.
Common name:Bush Anemone
Botanical name:Carpenteria californica
This California native is a dense, clean evergreen shrub that grows 4-8' high and 5' wide. It is tolerant of sun or shade. It has white fragrant flowers from May through August.
-Cornflower Farms
Common name:Trailing Gazania, Treasure Flower
Botanical name:Gazania rigens leucolaena
Gazania rigens is a clumping or spreading plant grown for colorful daisies over long bloom season. Tolerates seacoast conditions. Grows well in most soil conditions, and needs only occasional water once established (2-3 times per month).
Common name:Evergreen or Flowering Pear
Botanical name:Pyrus kawakamii
This tree grows quickly to about 20' tall and wide. It is has evergreen, glossy, oval, and pointed leaves. White, fragrant, spectacular flowers bloom in spring. Leaves may fall in winter if very cold. It prefers full sun and regular watering, more in hot summer months. Prune in winter. This tree looks great if espaliered. Fruit is inedible.
Designer: Cornflower Farms
Photographer: GardenSoft
Maintain a two to four inch layer of mulch on the soil surface to reduce weeds, infiltrate rain water, and reduce compaction.
Change spray sprinklers to low-flow bubbler or drip systems. Shrubs and trees are ideal candidates for this type of irrigation because the water is applied directly to the root zones.
Attract, or buy beneficial insects such as ladybugs and lacewings to control pest outbreaks in your garden.