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Common Garden Canna
California Coral Bells
Bitsy Hybrid Daylily
Succulents
Hen and Chicks
Common Garden Canna

Common name:Common Garden Canna
Botanical name:Canna X generalis Assorted Varieties

These lilies will grow anywhere from about 2-5' tall and have large dark green or bronzy green leaves with flowers that come in a variety of beautiful colors and that bloom spring to fall.

California Coral Bells

Common name:California Coral Bells
Botanical name:Heuchera micrantha

Coral Bells is a perennial for shade or part sun that stays tight in in its growth habit to 3-5 in. high. The flower stalks reach about 2 ft. or more with many small white spring flowers. It is a California native and attracts hummingbirds. -Cornflower Farms

Bitsy Hybrid Daylily

Common name:Bitsy Hybrid Daylily
Botanical name:Hemerocallis 'Bitsy'

Yellow flowers in profusion for over 250 days per year here. Thin scapes give an airy, fairy-like quality. Tinty 2" lemon-yellow blossoms appear very early in the season above 12-20" slender, grassy foliage.- Greenwood Daylily Gardens

Succulents

Common name:Succulents
Botanical name:Aeonium species

These plants are one of the most useful succulents, due to their decorative effects and sculpturesque quality. The branched stems hold a wide rosetta of either light green or purple leaves. The flowers appear in long, clustered form. They need some shade in hotter areas. Prostrate forms are low-growing, and spreading.

Hen and Chicks

Common name:Hen and Chicks
Botanical name:Echeveria X 'Imbricata'

This succulent perennial is very small, growing only 2"-3" high. It produces orange, pink, and red blooms and does best in full sun and moist soil.

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Soils and Compost:

Incorporate compost 6" into your soil to retain water, reduce compaction, feed earthworms, and provide valuable nutrients to your plants.

Integrated Pest Management:

Remove irrigation water and fertilizer from areas where you don't want weeds to grow.