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Tree Mallow
Leather Leaf Sedge
Trailing Yellow Lantana
White Gaura
Purple Fountain Grass
Elija Blue Fescue
Tree Mallow

Common name:Tree Mallow
Botanical name:Lavatara bicolor

This large, shrubby perennial grows up to 6' and has profuse lavender/pink flowers with maroon highlights. From the Mallow family, the flowers are produced year round and are especially showy in the fall.

Leather Leaf Sedge

Common name:Leather Leaf Sedge
Botanical name:Carex buchananii

This orange/bronze ornamental grass/reed is 2-3'H x 1-2' W and does best in full sun to part shade.

Trailing Yellow Lantana

Common name:Trailing Yellow Lantana
Botanical name:Lantana hybrid 'Trailing Yellow'

This bloomer is reliable intermittently all year. This variety has cheerful yellow flowers, and prospers from deep, infrequent watering and some pruning.

White Gaura

Common name:White Gaura
Botanical name:Gaura lindheimeri

White Gaura is a profusely flowering perennial for all zones that grows 2-4ft. high. It has pink buds that open to showy white flowers in spring and fall. It needs full sun and is drought tolerant. -Cornflower Farms

Purple Fountain Grass

Common name:Purple Fountain Grass
Botanical name:Pennisetum 'Rubrum'

This grass will reach 6' high and has deciduous, purplish red leaves with clusters of purple flowers that appear in summer and fall. Tall grasses are highly combustible.

Elija Blue Fescue

Common name:Elija Blue Fescue
Botanical name:Festuca 'Elija Blue'

The 'Elijah Blue' is a dwarf, very glaucous variety with almost white foliage. It should receive sun and little summer watering. -Monterey Bay Nursrey

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Color on the Hillside
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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.