Common name:Purple Robe Locust
Botanical name:Robinia 'Purple Robe'
Robinia X ambigua 'Purple robe' is a deciduous tree that grows 25' to 40' tall and 12' to 25' wide with compound green leaves. It requires full sun, low watering (drought tolerant), and will live in poor soil. It has blue, pink, and purple flowers that
Common name:Red Star Autumn Sage
Botanical name:Salvia greggii 'Red Star'
This shrub will grow 1-4' tall and 1-4' wide. It has glossy green leaves with red flowers that bloom from fall to spring.
Common name:Tobira Wheeler's Dwarf
Botanical name:Pittosporum tobira 'Wheeler's Dwarf'
This handsome dwarf form of the Pittosporum tobira grows into a low, dense mound that is covered with glossy, evergreen foliage.
Designer: Anon.
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.
Mulching around plants helps retain water and improves the soil.
Remove irrigation water and fertilizer from areas where you don't want weeds to grow.