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New Zealand Flax
Rainbow Fescue
Mediterranean Fan  palm
Succulents
New Zealand Flax

Common name:New Zealand Flax
Botanical name:Phormium tenax 'Lancer'

This flax is an attractive evergreen perennial that is grown for the foliage. It reaches 5' tall and wide. Leaves are broad, lance-shaped, and stiff. Color depends on the cultivar within the Lancer series for ex. green with yellow margins, green with red margins, bronze and orange. This plant tolerates full to part sun with minimum to medium watering. It needs well draining soil. Very hardy plant.

Rainbow Fescue

Common name:Rainbow Fescue
Botanical name:Festuca amethystima 'Superba'

The rainbow fescue is a hardy fescue with fine blue green foliage that grows 8 in. It has spring flowers that are 12 in. above the foliage . This fescue is a very showy, neat grass for sunny spots during spring and fall. The rainbow fescue is drought tolerant. -Cornflower Farms

Mediterranean Fan  palm

Common name:Mediterranean Fan palm
Botanical name:Chamaerops humilis

Slow growing but very hardy. Clump forming with rich green foliage. Grows to 20'. Can be used as a good container subject. Full sun or partial shade, Native of Mediterranean, Europe and N. Africa. The only European native palm. Petioles have sharp spines.

Succulents

Common name:Succulents
Botanical name:Aeonium species

These plants are one of the most useful succulents, due to their decorative effects and sculpturesque quality. The branched stems hold a wide rosetta of either light green or purple leaves. The flowers appear in long, clustered form. They need some shade in hotter areas. Prostrate forms are low-growing, and spreading.

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Photographer: Vicki Anderson

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:

Drip and other smart irrigation delivers water directly to roots, allowing no excess water for weeds.