Common name:Blue Oat Grass
Botanical name:Helictotrichon sempervirens
The Blue Oat Grass is an evergreen, blue clumping grass that grows 12"-18" tall and wide. Its showy flowers are 1'-2' above the foliage. This plant looks good alone as well as in mass plantings. The blue oat grass likes dry hill sides and is drought tolerant. This plant is fire prone. Please use caution when planting near your home.
Common name:Colorado Spruce
Botanical name:Picea pungens
The Picea pungens is a tall evergreen tree that grows to 100' tall. It is broadly pyramidal in form, with foliage varying in shades of blues and greens. This is a highly combustible plant.
This plant is fire-prone! Please use caution when planting near your home.
Common name:Hedge Lavender
Botanical name:Lavandula X intermedia
This attractive evergreen shrub reaches 2' tall and wide. Foliage is dense, gray green and aromatic. Leaves turn bronze and then purple during winter. Thin, erect, small tubular, purple flowers top the foliage during summer, attracting bees. This plant does well in full sun with neutral to alkaline, well-draining soil. Harvest flower stems when they are in bud stage to retain fragrance for potpourri or other crafts. This plant may be sheared for shape or tip-pruned in early summer to encourage density.
Designer: Karen Marshall
Photographer: GardenSoft
Maintain a two to four inch layer of mulch on the soil surface to reduce weeds, infiltrate rain water, and reduce compaction.
Be sure to fix all leaks promptly no matter how small they may seem.
Develop healthy soil for plants that are vigorous and naturally pest-resistant.
