Common name:Blue Sage
Botanical name:Salvia 'Allen Chickering'
The Allen Chickering sage is a perennial shrub that grows 2-5 ft. high and 2-4 ft. wide . It has blue flowers that bloom in the spring and summer. This shrub is native to California and is drought tolerant.
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Common name:Common Yarrow
Botanical name:Achillea millefolium
Common Yarrow is a hardy perennial with hairy, evergreen green foliage. It has a tight cluster of white flowers and typically blooms in the summer months. It attracts bees and butterflies. It prefers full to part sun and becomes drought tolerant once it's established. Following bloom, one should dead head the plant and divide the clumps when it appears crowded to keep it looking tidy.
Common name:Yellow Monkey Flower
Botanical name:Mimulus 'Yellow'
This Mimulus hybrid is characterized by its unusually large, yellow flowers that overpower every other feature of the plant. As with all other dry Mimulus species, it requires well drained soil with very infrequent summer water. In many gardens, it will
Common name:Woolly Blue Curls
Botanical name:Trichostema lanatum
The wooly bluecurls is an evergreen shrub that reaches 3-5 ft. high. It has an open branching habit and has long stalks of brilliant purple wooly flowers in the spring and summer. This shrub is native to California, is drought tolerant, and attracks humm
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Maintain a two to four inch layer of mulch on the soil surface to reduce weeds, infiltrate rain water, and reduce compaction.
Remove irrigation water and fertilizer from areas where you don't want weeds to grow.