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Tuscarora Crape Myrtle
Sea Lavender, Statice
Butterfly Iris
Tuscarora Crape Myrtle

Common name:Tuscarora Crape Myrtle
Botanical name:Lagerstroemia 'Tuscarora'

This tree will grow 18-25' high x 15-18' wide and has deciduous green leaves that turn to orange, red, and yellow in the fall. It produces showy red flowers and has brown/green, droopy branches.

Sea Lavender, Statice

Common name:Sea Lavender, Statice
Botanical name:Limonium perezii

This mounding shrub will reach about 3' high and has large, dark green leaves with small blue and purple flowers that bloom in spring and summer.

Butterfly Iris

Common name:Butterfly Iris
Botanical name:Dietes vegeta

This clumping evergreen iris bears tall, narrow leaves to 30" tall and white flowers marked purple in the center on stalks to 3' tall. This variety has stiffer, darker foiliage than the bicolor form. It requires sun to part shade with little or no summer watering when established. -Monterey Bay Nursery

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Soils and Compost:

Practice grass-cycling by leaving short grass clippings on lawns after mowing, so that nutrients and organic matter are returned to the soil.

Integrated Pest Management:

Attract, or buy beneficial insects such as ladybugs and lacewings to control pest outbreaks in your garden.