Common name:Basket of Gold
Botanical name:Alyssum saxatile

Use as a foreground plant in borders, in rock gardens, and atop walls. This plant is generally hardy but may be killed in extremely cold winters. Dense clusters of tiny golden yellow flowers cover the plant in spring and early summer.

Common name:Italian Stone Pine
Botanical name:Pinus pinea

Italian Stone Pine has a moderate growth rate to 40-80' in height. It eventually forms a broad umbrella with a shaped, flat crown. The needles are in 2's, 5-8" long, and bright to gray-green in color.

Common name:Oriental Poppy
Botanical name:Papaver orientale

Large, beautifully crinkled blooms of bright colors are produced by this poppy in the spring to mid-summer seasons. It prefers rich, well-drained soils for growth.

Common name:Honey Gem Grevillea
Botanical name:Grevillea 'Honey Gem'

Grevillea 'Honey Gem' is an upright and very attractive shrub with finely divided, grey/green leaves with silvery undersides. Large golden/orange flowers, starting in spring and lasting most of the year, make an attractive accent with the foliage. These are excellent featured ornamentals that will make the biggest impact when planted en masse as a medium height hedge. They are one of the best attractors of honeyeaters and lorakeets as they literally drip with nectar at times. Easy to keep, this is one of Australia's favourite garden plants - for very good reason. Soil: Well drained, not too moist, slightly acid soils with lots of leaf matter and mulch around roots. Maintenance: Take care not to disturb the roots. Trim back after flowering as the heads can be messy. Fertilize with blood and bone or a slow release native formulated fertilizer. When they age, there is a tendency to become a bit sparse in the middle to lower areas. To get them to fill out again, just prune off the top layers (be a bit brutal if you can) without denuding the plant entirely of foliage. Then watch as new shoots appear along old and gnarled branches. This is best done in spring when it is growing fastest. Diseases: None of note. This evergreen shrub prefers full sun. It tolerates some wind. It quickly reaches 11.5' tall and 6' wide.

Common name:Dalmatian Peach Foxglove
Botanical name:Digitalis purpurea 'Dalmatian Peach'

This fast growing, first year flowering perennial foxglove received high scores in German trials. It ranked high due to its strong growth habit, floridity, and pure colored flowers. The flowers open a pretty shade of pinkish peach and then lighten to a soft peach color with tiny orange speckled throats. The basal foliage forms a compact clump and the plants are well-branched. Digitalis forms large rosettes of downy, green, oblong leaves from which numerous flower spikes emerge. It looks especially nice when planted along fences, at the wood's edge, or in large containers.