Common name:Dwarf Pomegranate
Botanical name:Punica granatum 'Nana'
This shrub is highly ornamental with dense foliage. It can reach 3' tall and 6' wide. It is easily pruned and shaped, thus its popularity as a bonsai plant. Flowers are small, showy, and red orange, developing into dry red fruit (not edible). It is considered evergreen in mild frost-free winter areas. This shrub is great in containers. It needs extra summer water in hot inland valleys.
Common name:Frankly Scarlet Hybrid Daylily
Botanical name:Hemerocallis 'Frankly Scarlet'
These summer-blooming perennials form clumps with large, grass-like leaves. Its showy red flowers, resembling lilies, are borne in clusters on stems held well above the foliage. 4" blooms build color intensity throughout the day. Blue green, dense, 24" tall foliage makes an excellent landscape statement. Scarlet blooms shine in the heat. Daylilies prefer full sun and regular watering. Provide well draining, rich soil. Cut spent flowers to encourage reblooming.
Common name:Silver Mound Artemisia
Botanical name:Artemisia schmidtiana 'Silver Mound'
This mounding perennial will grow 1'-3' high and has medium-sized silvery white leaves with yellow and white flowers.
Common name:Red Yucca
Botanical name:Hesperaloe parviflora
This spectacular succulent is wonderful for a desert garden, with rosettes of gray green leaves to about 3'-4' tall and 6' wide. Red flower stalks emerge during spring and remain on the plant until the end of summer. This shrub will spread to form a crowded grass-like clump. This evergreen shrub is drought resistant but will appear better and bloom longer with added moisture. It does well in full sun, reflected heat, poor soils and cold temperatures to at least 0 degrees F.
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Incorporate compost 6" into your soil to retain water, reduce compaction, feed earthworms, and provide valuable nutrients to your plants.
Change spray sprinklers to low-flow bubbler or drip systems. Shrubs and trees are ideal candidates for this type of irrigation because the water is applied directly to the root zones.
Drip and other smart irrigation delivers water directly to roots, allowing no excess water for weeds.