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.
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
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.
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
Practice grass-cycling by leaving short grass clippings on lawns after mowing, so that nutrients and organic matter are returned to the soil.
Drip and other smart irrigation delivers water directly to roots, allowing no excess water for weeds.