Common name:Candicans French Lavender
Botanical name:Lavandula dentata candicans
This evergreen shrub will grow 3'-4' tall and 4'-6' wide. It has large, gray leaves with pale lavender flowers that bloom spring through summer.
Common name:Magenta Cranesbill
Botanical name:Geranium incanum
Geranium incanum is grown as a trailing or mounding perennial to a size of 1' tall, spreading by underground runners to cover relatively large areas if healthy. Its foliage has a wispy, ferny texture. The lavender flowers with yellow green centers can appear from spring through fall. Trim plant after bloom period to prevent reseeding. The plant needs good drainage, and most suffer die back in cold winters. It flourishes in coastal areas. It does well in full to part sun. It needs occasional watering once it's established. Great plant for containers, in rock gardens, next to walkways.
Designer: Dan Berger LandPlan
Photographer: GardenSoft
Maintain a two to four inch layer of mulch on the soil surface to reduce weeds, infiltrate rain water, and reduce compaction.
Modify your controller each season. In the rainy season turn it off.
Attract, or buy beneficial insects such as ladybugs and lacewings to control pest outbreaks in your garden.