Common name:Common Blue Fescue, Blue Fescuegras
Botanical name:Festuca glauca
This groundcover/grass will grow less than 1' tall and has small, blue-green leaves.
Common name:Santa Barbara Daisy, Mexican Daisy
Botanical name:Erigeron karvinskianus
This low mounding perennial, with fine leaves and white to pinkish daisy-like flowers, is an excellent asset to rock gardens. Capable of spreading.
Common name:Green Lavender Cotton
Botanical name:Santolina rosmarinifolia
Santolina is an amazingly tough plant with small, yellow, button-sized flowers that cover the 3' tall and 3' wide shrub in the summer months. The green leaves are very thin and needle like. This plant requires absolutely no care in most environments once established. Too much water will lead to mortality. Best grown in well drained soils.
Common name:Blue Moor Grass
Botanical name:Sesleria caerulea
This grass will grow to about 18-24"H x 18-24"W. It has blue/green or gray/green leaves.
Common name:Hidcote Lavender
Botanical name:Lavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote'
This is a slow growing lavender that grows to 1ft. tall with deep purple flowers. It is drought tolerant, attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. -Cornflower Farms
Common name:Tom Thumb Flax
Botanical name:Phormium 'Tom Thumb'
New Zealand Flax is an excellent accent plant for the garden. Evergreen leaves are long, narrow, and grow upright. Clusters of flowers grow on spikes above the foliage in late spring and summer. 'Tom Thumb' is the greenest variety, with very narrow red-bronze edges on the leaves. Leaves are small, plant grows to 18".
Common name:Santa Barbara Daisy, Mexican Daisy
Botanical name:Erigeron karvinskianus
This low mounding perennial, with fine leaves and white to pinkish daisy-like flowers, is an excellent asset to rock gardens. Capable of spreading.
Designer: | Shrub Mass Garden |
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