Crape Myrtle Lagerstroemia indica Plant Form: Deciduous tree, shrub Water Use: Low, moderate Mature Size: 2-22 ft. tall and wide Exposure: Full sun, part sun Bloom Time: Summer (June-Aug), Fall (Sept-Nov) Native to: China Hardiness: Cold hardy to 15°F Crape Myrtle’s claim to fame is its incredibly showy, ruffled flowers, but it has many other admirable qualities. This ornamental shrub or tree offers year-round interest: flowers from summer into fall, fall foliage color, sculptural branching in winter after leaves drop when […]
Filed under Plant of the Month · Tagged with borders, crape myrtle, Deciduous Shrub, Deciduous tree, deer resistant, Easy care, fall bloom, fall foliage color, fire wise, Flowers for cutting, full sun, good for containers, hedges, Lagerstroemia indica, low maintenance, low water use, mass plantings, patio friendly, pink flowers, privacy screens, purple flowers, Rabbit resistant, red flowers, rose flowers, sculptural branches, showy flowers, specimen tree, summer bloom, tolerates most soils, water wise, white flowers
Blonde Ambition Blue Grama Grass Bouteloua gracilis ‘Blonde Ambition’ Plant Form: Perennial grass Water Use: Very low Mature Size: 2-3 ft. tall and wide Exposure: Full sun Bloom Time: Spring (Mar – May), Summer (June – Aug) Native to: Southern California, Canada, North America, Mexico Hardiness: Cold hardy to -30°F Blue Grama Grass is a long-lived bunchgrass with distinctive seed heads that look like curved combs or blonde sets of eyelashes. Its unique seed heads hover horizontally above green foliage from summer […]
Filed under Plant of the Month · Tagged with attracts birds, Blonde Ambition Blue Grama, Blue Grama Grass, Bouteloua gracilis ‘Blonde Ambition’, California water-wise gardening, cold hardy plants, Container-friendly plants, Cottage gardens, Deer resistant plants, easy to grow, gardening with native plants, good for containers, good for cut flowers, Heat-tolerant plants, low maintenance, low water use plants, meadow gardens, Mediterranean gardens, perennial grass, plants for naturalized gardens, rock gardens, songbird gardens, Southern California native plants, southwest desert landscaping, summer bloom, Very low water use, Water-wise landscaping, winter interest, Xeriscape plants
