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Calendula, Pot Marigold
Iceland Poppy
Sweet Alyssum
Coast Redwood, Redwood
Rose Pink Texas or Autumn Sage
Calendula, Pot Marigold

Common name:Calendula, Pot Marigold
Botanical name:Calendula officinalis

This wonderful flower will grow about 1-3' tall and has amazing dark green leaves with bright golden-yellow-orange flowers that bloom in winter, spring, and summer.

Iceland Poppy

Common name:Iceland Poppy
Botanical name:Papaver nudicaule

This Iceland Poppy produces leaves that are divided with flowers appearing on stems 1'-2' high. These flowers are cup-shaped to 3" across, and come in colors of yellow, orange, salmon, rose, pink and cream.

Sweet Alyssum

Common name:Sweet Alyssum
Botanical name:Lobularia maritima

Lobularia maritima is an annual. It is a low branching, trailing plant to 1' tall, with narrow or lance-shaped leaves .5"-2" long. There are tiny, four-petaled, white flowers crowded in clusters.

Coast Redwood, Redwood

Common name:Coast Redwood, Redwood
Botanical name:Sequoia sempervirens

This fast-growing, aromatic tree has soft, dark green foliage with long needles appearing in flat sprays and brown, barrel-shaped cones that appear after 1 year. Its soft, red-brown bark is fiberous and furrowed. Particularly after mechanical damage, this tree will stump sprout to form new, young trees around the stump. Avoid planting in areas of high foot traffic.

Rose Pink Texas or Autumn Sage

Common name:Rose Pink Texas or Autumn Sage
Botanical name:Salvia greggii 'Rose Pink'

This shrub will grow 1'-4' tall and 1'-4' wide. It has glossy green leaves with pink flowers that bloom from fall to spring.

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Water Saving Tip:

Apply as little fertilizer as possible.

If you use fertilizer make sure it stays on the landscape, and carefully water it in so there is NO runoff.