Common name:Montara
Botanical name:Artemisia 'Montara'
Artemesia 'Montara' makes a gray mounding groundcover. It blends well with bright green ceanothus. Montara enjoys inland conditions, tolerates clay soils. It has gray foliage is evergreen and fragrant. The flower color is yellow.
Common name:Mexican Ruellia
Botanical name:Ruellia brittoniana
A shrubby perennial grows to 3' x 3'. Sometimes with narrow leaves sometimes with wider ones. Blooms spring to fall with 2" purple flowers. Will reseed if moisture is available. Full sun or partial shade. Attracts butterflies.
Common name:Canary Island Pine
Botanical name:Pinus canariensis
This graceful, slender-growing pine has a pyramidal form to about 70'. ITs needles are long and drooping inb bundles of 3. The foliage is a blue-green color, maturing to a dark green shade. Pines are highly combustible plants.
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Physical weed control, including mulching, or hand removal protects the watershed from harmful chemicals.
Be sure to fix all leaks promptly no matter how small they may seem.
Attract, or buy beneficial insects such as ladybugs and lacewings to control pest outbreaks in your garden.