by 505 Outside | Aug 2, 2018 | Flowering Plants
Full Sun, Part Shade
Medium Water
Mature Size: 36”X 36”
Blooming Season: Summer
Flower Color: Lavender
An old favorite, Lavender is a dependable performer blooming with pleasing purple flower spikes. In fact, this is the kind of plant that quickly becomes a favorite of everyone who grows it. Its compact silver-green leaves and gorgeous flowers combine well with many xeric and hardy garden perennials. A superb plant for edging walks and paths and wherever the aromatic flowers and foliage can be enjoyed.
by 505 Outside | Aug 2, 2018 | Flowering Plants
Full Sun
Low Water
Mature Size: 36”X 36”
Blooming Season: Summer
Flower Color: Orange
A sturdy South African native known for its tough, easy-to-grow nature. It has long grasslike foliage and unusual bicolor flower spikes in shades of orange and yellow. A substantial plant that looks great alone or in long beds lining driveways or entrances where dryness and alkaline soils might defeat even a daylily. Particularly attractive with Yarrow.
by 505 Outside | Aug 2, 2018 | Flowering Plants
Full Sun
Low Water
Mature Size: 12”X 12”
Blooming Season: April-August
Flower Color: Yellow
A wonderful everblooming yellow daisy that is both heat-loving and drought-tolerant. The narrow, silver-green foliage is evergreen and supports short stems of yellow daisies starting in spring. A vigorous reseeder, it quickly colonizes harsh areas of the garden. Use it to interplant with cold hardy cacti. Provide lean, well- drained soil. Once established H. scaposa is very xeric and needs little extra water.
by 505 Outside | Aug 2, 2018 | Flowering Plants
Full Sun
Medium Water
Mature Size: Up to 120”X 120”
Blooming Season: September-October
Flower Color: Yellow
Maximilian Sunflower produces one of the most spectacular late-season bursts of color. The tall flowering spikes, up to 20 or 30 in a mature clump, are covered with up to 30 or more yellow, closely spaced daisies. Place Helianthus against walls or fences or make a hedge with it, but don’t put it in the middle of your most fertile flower beds, as it will crowd out weaker neighbors. The more water it receives, the taller it gets. (Growing Tip: put it in a tomato cage early in the season and let the tall stems grow up through it so they don’t flop over with the weight of their flowers later in the fall.)
by 505 Outside | Aug 2, 2018 | Flowering Plants
Full Sun
Medium Water
Mature Size: 48”X 48”
Blooming Season: June-September
Flower Color: White or Pink
A native to the Southwest, Gaura gives the garden a wonderful informality with its long, wispy stems of spider-like flowers. It responds with a profusion of flowers when watered regularly during the summer. Most varieties of Gaura feature white flowers, but a new variety called Siskiyou Pink features pink blooms. Other native perennials that enjoy similar garden conditions and combine well with Gaura include Echinacea (Purple Coneflower) and Agastache cana (Giant Hyssop).
