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Yellow Moraea, Fortnight Lily
New Zealand Flax, Purple
Yellow Wave Flax
Blue Fescue, Blue Fescuegrass
Martha Washington or Regal Geranium
Pork And Beans
Queen Palm
Yellow Moraea, Fortnight Lily

Common name:Yellow Moraea, Fortnight Lily
Botanical name:Dietes bicolor

This clumping perennial Iris relative stands 3'-4' high. It has light yellow, iris-like flowers with maroon blotches that are about 2" wide. It performs best in full sun and in soil with good drainage.

New Zealand Flax, Purple

Common name:New Zealand Flax, Purple
Botanical name:Phormium tenax 'Atropurpureum'

Phormium tenax 'Atropurpureum' is an evergreen perennial. Big, dramatic plant composed of many swordlike, stiffly vertical leaves can reach 5' tall. Leaves are purple red. Flowers stems reach high above leaves, bearing clusters of 1"-2" blossoms in dark red.

Yellow Wave Flax

Common name:Yellow Wave Flax
Botanical name:Phormium 'Yellow Wave'

This evergreen perennial is 3' high with arching, yellow green variegated foliage.

Blue Fescue, Blue Fescuegrass

Common name:Blue Fescue, Blue Fescuegrass
Botanical name:Festuca glauca

This groundcover/grass will grow less than 1' tall and has small, blue green leaves.

Martha Washington or Regal Geranium

Common name:Martha Washington or Regal Geranium
Botanical name:Pelargonium X domesticum

Pelargonium X domesticum is a shrubby perennial but treated as an annual. It is erect as well as spreading to 3' tall and wide. Leaves are heart shaped to kidney-shaped, dark green, and 2"-4" wide. Flowers are large and showy, found in white, pink, red, lavender, and purple with brilliant blotches and markings of darker colors. This plant blooms in throughout warm weather. It does well in regions of warm dry days and cool evenings with mild (no frost) winters. It needs well draining soil.

Pork And Beans

Common name:Pork And Beans
Botanical name:Sedum X rubrotinctum

This groundcover will grow less than 1' tall and has small leaves that vary in color and are brownish bronze in the fall. Red and yellow flowers will bloom in spring and summer.

Queen Palm

Common name:Queen Palm
Botanical name:Syagrus romanzoffianum

This palm has a very straight trunk to about 50' in height. It has arching, feathery, bright green, glossy leaves that can be 10'-15' long. It is fragile in heavy winds and a fast grower. It will become damaged in temperature below 24 degrees F.

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Flagstone and Colored Concrete Entry

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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:

Develop healthy soil for plants that are vigorous and naturally pest-resistant.