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:Semi-trailing Yellow Gazania
Botanical name:Gazania hybrid 'Mitsua Yellow'

This somewhat hardy perennial will grow 6-12" high and produces wonderful, bright yellow flowers.

Common name:Prostrate Rosemary
Botanical name:Rosmarinus officinalis 'Prostratus'

The 'Prostratus' grows to a height of 2'-3' with a spread to 8'. Its flowers are pale, lavender blue in color; the leaves are needle-like with a dark, blue-green color. This plant makes a good groundcover, and its leaves can be used as seasoning in cooking.

Common name:Lavender Swirl TM Lantana
Botanical name:Lantana montevidensis Lavender Swirl TM

'Lavender Swirl' is a fast growing, evergreen shrub. It has dark green, 1" long, coarsely toothed leaves, which are sometimes tinged red or purplish. Flower clusters may be in pure white, solid purple, or white-and-purple.

Compost for Healthy Soil and Plants

The natural world works in cycles. Everything is changing form and moving from place to place in an endless energy exchange system. The leaves and twigs that fall to the ground, not to mention other life forms that might die, decompose and combine with water, air and minerals of the soil to create a medium for future plants.

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