Common name:Dalmation Bellflower
Botanical name:Campanula portenschlagiana
The Dalmation Bellflower is a mounding, deciduous perennial that forms a curtain of purple flowers often blooming in waves throughout the year. It should be grown in areas with sun to partial shade. -Monterey Bay Nursery
Common name:Aptos Blue Coast Redwood
Botanical name:Sequoia sempervirens 'Aptos Blue'
The Coast Redwood is an evergreen tree that grows 3'-5' a year and is able to reach 100'-300' tall. This tree has dense, blue green foliage and horizontal branches with branchlets that hang down. It is native to CA and is a very good landscape plant. This plant is fire-prone! Please use caution when planting near your home.
Common name:Weeping or Sargent's Hemlock
Botanical name:Tsuga canadensis 'Pendula'
The dark green needles of this Tsuga are 1/2" long and are aranged paired and opposite, with a white band beneath. Its outer branchlets drop gracefully, and oval cones are produced from short stalks. On the older trees, the bark is deeply furrowed.
Once the conifer has shed its seeds in autumn, the cones will remain.
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Practice grass-cycling by leaving short grass clippings on lawns after mowing, so that nutrients and organic matter are returned to the soil.
Adjust sprinklers to avoid watering sidewalks and driveways.
Remove irrigation water and fertilizer from areas where you don't want weeds to grow.