Common name:Willow Acacia
Botanical name:Acacia salicina
Evergreen tree grows quickly to 30' x 15'. Has drooping habit with medium green foliage. Flowers are fragrant creamy puffballs and appear in the spring. Needs deep well drained soil & some water to establish. Full sun. Suitable screen for narrow areas. Native to Australia.
Common name:Hacienda Creeper
Botanical name:Parthenocissus sp. 'Hacienda Creeper'
Hardy, fast-growing vine that can grow until restricted. Can be used as a groundcover, espalier, or along walls and fences. Five-part foliage turns a deep red in fall with adequate chilling. Adaptable to full sun or shade, poor soils, and drought.
Common name:Prostrate Juniper
Botanical name:Juniperus chinensis v. sargenti
Dense, soft, blue green foliage on a prostrtate habit. There is little to no shearing required, and it can reach a height of 1'.
Common name:Waxleaf Privet
Botanical name:Ligustrum japonicum 'Texanum'
This dense, evergreen shrub reaches 6'-8' tall and 4'-6' wide. Waxleaf Privet has dark green, leathery, evergreen leaves that make a great privacy hedge. White fragrant flowers bloom in spring and summer. Bees love these flowers! Blue black berries follow bloom season. Part of this shrub may be poisonous if ingested. It prefers full sun to light shade with a medium amount of watering, more in hot summer months.
Common name:Dwarf Myrtle
Botanical name:Myrtus communis 'Compacta'
This evergreen shrub grows to 6' x 5'. Leaves are glossy, dark green and aromatic. It blooms with white sweet-scented flowers followed by bluish-black berries. It can be grown in sun or partial shade. Well drained soil is essential. Myrtus communis 'Compacta' has smaller leaves than Myrtus communis and is often used for edges and low formal hedges.
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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.
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.