Common name:Golden Bamboo
Botanical name:Phyllostachys aurea
This bamboo will grow to about 25' tall and is drought tolerant with dense foliage.
Common name:Garden Hydrangea
Botanical name:Hydrangea macrophylla
This deciduous shrub has bold, rich green foliage and large, showy clusters of flowers to 1' across. Borne in the summer and fall, the flowers are shades of pink, rose, red, white or blue.
Common name:Japanese Tree Peony
Botanical name:Paeonia suffruticosa
Paeonia suffruticosa is a perennial and deciduous shrub. Slow growth to an eventual 3'-5' tall, with handsome divided leaves and very large single to double flowers in early spring. Takes several years to reveal their true potential, but the results are spectacular.
Permeable surface allows subsurface water recharge.
Designer: Jeff Gamboni
Photographer: GardenSoft
Replace turf with groundcovers, trees, and shrubs. If you have areas where no one uses the grass, patches that do not grow well, or a turf area too small to water without runoff, consider replacing the turf with water-efficient landscaping.
