Common name:Coyote Bush
Botanical name:Baccharis pilularis 'Pigeon Point'
Pigeon Point is a compact evergreen groundcover that grows 18-24" tall and 10 to 12 feet wide. It is the preferred form of the Coyote Bush . Its leaves are green and it has white flowers that bloom in the Fall. It is important to plant this groundcover by gallons that are at least 6 -10 ft. apart. Otherwise they will overgrow each other and create a high groundcover. Pigeon Point is tolerant of ocean spray and is deer resistant.
Common name:Candicans French Lavender
Botanical name:Lavandula dentata v. candicans
This evergreen shrub will grow 3'-4' tall and 4'-6' wide. It has large, gray leaves with purple flowers that bloom spring through summer.
Common name:Garden Nasturtium
Botanical name:Tropaeolum majus
This annual groundcover/vine and will grow less than 1' tall, but will spread and climb up to 6' tall. Nasturtium has 2" light green leaves with edible, red, orange, yellow, or white flowers that are in constant bloom throughout the warm season. This plant usually reseeds, with new plants emerging in early spring.
Common name:Valley Oak
Botanical name:Quercus lobata
The valley oak is a large deciduous tree that grows 60-80 ft. tall. It develops a rounded canopy that spreads 50-70 ft. wide with leaves deeply lobed and rounded. The valley oak is very heat tolerant and drought tolerant. It is a native to California and attracts butterflies. -Cornflower Farms
Designer: Robin Lewis and Lynne Tuft
Photographer: GardenSoft
Practice grass-cycling by leaving short grass clippings on lawns after mowing, so that nutrients and organic matter are returned to the soil.
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.
Develop healthy soil for plants that are vigorous and naturally pest-resistant.