Moderate Water, Bees


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Veronica 'Crystal River'

Common Name: 'Crystal River'
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Teucrium chamaedris

Common Name: Germander
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Rose/Red
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 24"
Mature Width: Groundcover
Description:

Semi-evergreen shrublet, SPREADS to make groundcover, dry partial shaded areas, takes pruning well, cut back after blooming to promote bushiness.


Teucrium aroanium

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Common Name: Gray Creeping Germander
Bloom Season: Summer to Fall
Bloom Color: Lilac
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 6"
Mature Width: 15"

Salvia farinacea

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Common Name: Victoria Blue
Bloom Season: Spring to Frost
Bloom Color: Blue
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 18"
Mature Width: 14"
Description:

Deep blue flowers, long bloom season When deadheaded. Cut to new growth early spring. Long lived.


Rosmarinus officianalis

Common Name: Rosemary 'Arp'
Bloom Color: Blue
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 48"
Mature Width: 36"
Description:

Culinary Herb. Hardier variety. Evergreen. Shears nicely to form or keep to size you want.


Ceratostigma plumbaginoides

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Common Name: Blue Plumbago
Bloom Season: Summer to Fall
Bloom Color: Blue
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 10"
Mature Width: Groundcover
Description:

Good groundcover spreads by rhizomes.Long bloom season with dark blue flowers. Red foliage in fall.


Garden Notes: Keep a border (sidewalk) around this plant to keep in place. Slow to leaf out in spring, sometimes dies to ground by winters, but usually provides hint of red through winter.

Caryopteris x clandonensis

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Common Name: Blue Mist Spirea
Bloom Season: Late Summer
Bloom Color: Blue-Purple
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 30"
Mature Width: 36"
Description:

Nice small shrub. Considerable drought tolerance, long bloom period. Cut back to 1/3 its height in spring to encourage heaviest bloom.


Garden Notes: Somewhat short-lived shrub. Can die for no apparent reason. Very long bloom season and neat appearance until that time makes it a shrub worth growing.

Buddleia X weyerana 'GOLDEN GLOW'

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Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Yellow with Pink
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 84"
Mature Width: 84"
Description:

Yellow flower clusters. Hybrid between B. davidii and B. globosa. Produces constant flowers through summer for nectar source for butterflies. Not terribly showy from a distance, but very nice.


Buddleia 'PETITE PURPLE'

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Common Name: Butterfly Bush
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Purple
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 30"
Mature Width: 36"
Description:

Lovely dwarf plant.Silvery foliage on shorter plant. Nice and compact. Smaller, silvery leaves. Very similar to Nanhoe Blue.


Garden Notes: This is becoming one of my favorite plants. It makes a nice bush with nearly evergreen leaves. It has a more refined look to it than most other Buddleias.

Buddleia daviddii 'BLACK KNIGHT'

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Common Name: Butterfly Bush
Bloom Season: Summer to Fall
Bloom Color: Deep Violet
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 72"
Mature Width: 60"
Description:

Deep violet, almost black flowers from summer to fall.