Common name:Prairie Verbena, Sandpaper V.
Botanical name:Glandularia rigida (Verbena)
Perennial groundcover grows quickly to 2' x 4'. It has rough, dark green leaves and vivid purple flowers spring through summer. When it starts to look ragged, cut it back to the ground. Will even bloom some during winters. Produces color over a long season. Perhaps the hardiest of the verbenas. Native to South America, but it has naturalized across the southwest.
Common name:Ornamental Crabapple
Botanical name:Malus (In Variety)
Malus is a large group of deciduous trees that have ornamental fruit or berries. Malus is known for its outstanding white, pink or red flowers that may have a musky scent in spring. Leaves appear after bloom period, usually pointed but roundish and fuzzy found in green to purple colors. During summer, small red, orange or yellow apples appear; they can be edible, decorative or both. This tree does best in well draining fertile soil and needs winter chill. It is prone to disease. It can be espaliered.
Designer: Sallie Homan | Oasis Garden 10 |
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Physical weed control, including mulching, or hand removal protects the watershed from harmful chemicals.
Different areas of your landscape have different water requirements.
Shrubs need much less water than lawns and drip systems should never be scheduled on the same program with lawns.
Establish separate watering schedules for those areas.
Develop healthy soil for plants that are vigorous and naturally pest-resistant.