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Perennials
Annuals
Arizona columbine
Artemisias
Asters
Baby's Breath
Blue pineleaf beardtongue
Columbine
Coreopsis
Delphinium
Echinacea
Gaillardia
Gayfeather
Iris
Lamb's Ears
Lavender
Pansy
Perennial Flax
Poppy Mallow
Purple Coneflower
Red Valerian
Sages
Scarlet Hedgenettle
Sedums
Statice
Sweet William
Texas Hummingbird mint
Tullips and Crocuses
Yarrow
Yellw Black-eyed Susan
Yucca
Cosmos
Desert Dragon
Desert PeaGanzania
Marigold
Mexican Sunflower
Pentas New Look
Phlox
Portulacca Sundial
Red Plume Blanket
Rose Campion
Santolina
Vinca Passion
Zinnias

~ Before planting flowers, improve the soil to foster root growth. Most perennials and annuals require full sunlight; only a few will flower in partial shade. Most flowers do poorly in heavy clay, due to lack of oxygen to their roots. Sandy soils may have poor water-holding capacity and be low in available minerals. If either extreme is true of your property, do not plant perennials the first year or two. Improve the soil with spagnum peat or compost until the soil is easily worked and does not compact; after this perennials may then be planted.
 

Trees
Shrubs
Acacia
Aralia
Bottle Tree
Gray Birch
Common Pater Mulberry
European Hackberry
Carob
Monterey Cypress
Eucalyptus
Fig
Juniper
Osage Orange
Chinaberry
Common Olive
White Poplar
Black Locust
Siberian Elm
Gray Dogwood
Amur Maple
Butterfly bush
Smoke tree
Washington Hawthorne
Japanese black pine
Cinquefoil
Fragrant zumac
Mountain Currant
Sassafras
Honeysuckle
Witch Hazel
Rugosa roses
Bayberry
Snowberry
Spirea
California lilac
Heather

Succulents (leaf color)
Succulets (flower color)
Aconium arborium - green
Cotyledon orbiculata - gray-green, red-edged
Crassula argentea - 'Sunset', yellow, tinged red
C. 'Campfire' - green, turns orange-red with maturity
Dudleya brittonii - chalky blue
Echeveria agavoides 'RubyLips'
-green, tips reddish brown
Kalanchoe pumila - lavender
Sedum adolphii - orange, bronze
Sempervivum tectorum - gray green, tipped
reddish brown Senecio serpens -blue-gray
S. Mandraliscae - blue-gray
Aconium floribundum - yellow
Aloe aristata - orange-red
A. saponaria - orange to pink
A. vera - yellow
Bulbine cuulescens - lemon
Crassula falcata - deep red
C. multicava - pink
Delosperma cooperi - purple
C. nubigenum - golden yellow
Echeveria elegans - pink
E. imbricata - orange-red
E. pulvinata - red
E. Set-oliver - red & yellow
Kalachoe pumila - lavender
Lampranthus productus - purple
L. aurantiacus - orange
L. spectabilis - pink, red, purple

Tips for Growing Succulents:
 
  • Provide good drainage. Well-aerated, unscreened gritty soil will work best for succulents.
  • Water more often in hot weather. Although succulents can tolerate neglect, they will look better when well-watered during the hottest weather.
  • Choose plants which match your climate. Consult your local garden center for plants which favor your growing environment; damp coastal, cooler mountain or hotter desert climates.
  • Use fertilizers sparingly. Fertilizing once or twice a year is usually adequate.

Ornamental Grasses
Cool-Season grasses grow best at temperatures ranging from 15 to 24 degrees centigrade (59 to 75 degrees farenheit). New growth starts as soon as temperatures rise above freezing in spring, in temperate climate zones. Growth slows and flowers bloom by early summer.
 
Warm-Season grasses prefer temperatures ranging from 26 to 35 degrees jC (78 to 95 degrees F). New growth begins after the soil warms up to 16 degrees C. Growth slows and flowers start to bloom by mid-summer, and continue through the Fall.
 
Running-Growth Habit: Ranging from slow creepers to agressive spreaders, running grasses are useful for erosion control on slopes or as ground covers.
 
Clumping-Growth Habit: These grasses grow in tufts. They make fine specimens and are also effective planted in groups or masses. Most ornamental grasses commonly used in gardens today are clump-forming.

Tips for Growing Ornamental Grasses:
 
Sunny spot: Most grasses prefer a sunny area, especially the more vibrant colored varieties.
 
Water new plantings: Drought-resistent grasses still require watering while getting established.
 
Space apart generously: When planting, allow suficient room between clumps for spreading out.
 
Trim: Clump grasses can be cut back with shears each spring to allow for fresh new growth. Grasses which turn brown in winter (deciduous) can be cut back to a few inches of the ground. Evergreen varieties, should not be cut back too much.
 
Seperate: Clump grasses may need to be seperated if they get too big or have die-back in the center of the clump. Use a pointed spade (or trowel) to cut larder divisions; pull apart by hand into smaller sections. Be sure to water replanted divisions generously.

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