Common name:Red Flowering Currant
Botanical name:Ribes sanguineum
Upright, multibranched deciduous shrub with medium green maple shaped leaves. The rose-red flowers appear in clusters in mid-winter offering winter color for the garden, and food for hummingbirds. Can tolerate some shade on the coast, and needs shade in
Common name:Purple Leaf Loropetalum
Botanical name:Loropetalum chinese purple cvs.
Red Fringe Flower is a 6-12' shrub with arching branches and light green and reddish leaves .
Common name:Winter Daphne
Botanical name:Daphne odora 'Aureomarginata'
This shrub will reach about 6' tall and has small, glossy, greenish white leaves with pink flowers that bloom in winter and spring.
Designer: Michelle Dervis
Photographer: Michelle Dervis
Maintain a two to four inch layer of mulch on the soil surface to reduce weeds, infiltrate rain water, and reduce compaction.
Lawn watering more than 5 minutes usually results in runoff. Use multiple cycle starts.
Develop healthy soil for plants that are vigorous and naturally pest-resistant.
